WE ARE CARBON NEUTRAL
Since 1st January 2020, The Ultimate Travel Company has been doing more than simply offsetting the carbon footprint created by its London office and staff. We are now offsetting the thousands of flights we arrange for our customers as well.
How? By planting three hundred acres of Mangrove trees in Madagascar. This area alone will absorb 37,000 tonnes of CO2, far in excess of the emissions from our own and our clients’ travels, over the ten year planting cycle. We are very excited by this initiative and hope you share some of our enthusiasm. It will not alone save our planet, but will hopefully help in a small way.
Your support will be greatly appreciated, should you decide to book a holiday with The Ultimate Travel Company.
Thank you. Nick Van Gruisen, Managing Director
WHY MANGROVE TREES IN MADAGASCAR?
Madagascar has lost 80% of its forests in the last 100 years.
Mangroves grow quickly and can store up to four times as much carbon, per acre, than a tropical rainforest.
75% of all tropical fish lay their eggs in mangrove roots.
In these turbulent times of storms, tsunamis and rising water levels, mangrove forests are one of the best antidotes to coastline degradation and erosion.
The trees will also be planted by the local community, thereby creating employment. Our initiative alone will require 1,200 working days per annum.
WHO ARE WE WORKING WITH?
We will be working closely with Offset Earth, a young, dynamic and resourceful group who manage the project. I am very confident that they will use our contributions wisely, and with a minimum of overhead to ensure that they go as far as possible. Offset Earth’s partners in Madagascar, Eden Reforestation Projects, are also one of the leaders in their field with more than 20 years of experience. So we are in safe hands.
THE ULTIMATE CHARITY
Launched in 2005, the Ultimate Charity Initiative helps raise funds for less fortunate countries and communities around the world, many of which have given us and our guests such a warm welcome and endless enjoyment. The scheme involves us levying a small voluntary contribution on each tailor-made and escorted tour invoice which we then match before distributing the entire amount to our chosen project.
Over $800,000 has been raised and distributed to a wide variety of projects around the world. We and the recipients are deeply grateful for your generous support. Thank You.
THE GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST – ECUADOR
TOFT – TRAVEL OPERATORS FOR TIGERS
THE LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY – KENYA
FIMAFRICA – KENYA
IMPACT – INDIA
AMANTANI
DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST – UK
THE HENRY VAN STRAUBENZEE MEMORIAL FUND – UGANDA
LIVELY MINDS
TUSK TRUST
EXOTISSIMO – CAMBODIA
