Community Based Tourism

Community Based Tourism is tourism that maximises the benefits to the local community - akin to 'Fair Trade' markings on food and drinks. In these communities, tourism is embraced as a source of sustainable employment and income.
 
A brilliant example of this is our trip in the Sunderbans, India, where former tiger poachers are now tiger conservationists as a result of the superior (and safer) income the villagers receive through tourism.
 
On these trips, accommodation is locally owned and run, we eat in local restaurants that source their food locally, utilize public transport where practicable, and of course as on all our trips, use a local guide.
 
Whilst all of our trips contain an element of community based tourism, those that feature exclusively locally owned and operated accommodation are highlighted in our community based tourism trips and listed here (and specially marked on each trip):

Sunderbans Smiles - India
Village Vitality - Thailand
Elephant Encounter - Thailand
Hanoi and Hilltribes - Vietnam
Nepalese Encounter - Nepal
Islands and Volcanoes - Vanuatu
Remote Queensland - Australia
Minarets and Mountains - Morocco
Taste of Morocco - Morocco
Simply Namibia - Namibia
Taste of Libya - Libya
Desert and Dunes - Libya
Malawi and Vic Falls - Malawi