Dress and behaviour
Cover shoulders and knees in temples, mosques and villages, and take off your shoes where others do. Your guide will tell you what is expected.
Responsible travel
Travel that leaves more than it takes
Private, small-scale travel can do a lot of good: it pays local people fairly, it supports family businesses, and it can be gentle on the places it visits. Here is how we try to do that.
How we work
What we do
Local people first
We work with guides, drivers and family-run guesthouses from the regions you visit, and we choose them for their knowledge and their care.
Fair to suppliers
We pay the families, guides and small hotels we work with directly and on time.
Small groups
Private journeys mean small numbers in fragile places: a village, a monastery, a forest.
Wildlife with respect
We follow park rules, use naturalists who keep their distance from animals, and do not book attractions that keep wild animals for entertainment. We do not book elephant rides.
On your journey
What you can do
Photographs
Ask before photographing people, and respect a no. Do not photograph cremations or ceremonies unless you are invited to.
Plastic and water
Carry a refillable bottle and ask your guide or hotel where to fill it.
Spending locally
Buy crafts from the people who make them, eat in local restaurants, and tip guides, drivers and hotel staff directly.
Plan my journey
Tell us roughly what you have in mind
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