Sustainability
Travel that leaves more here than it takes.
A small studio, working with people we know, in places small enough to notice the difference. Here is what that means in practice on a trip we plan.
01
The money stays here
We choose a property on how good it is, and on this island the best are Sri Lankan owned: tea-estate bungalows, houses in Galle Fort, hotels run by the people whose name is on them. Nothing is chosen to make a point; the money stays here because the best rooms are here.
02
Filtered water in every vehicle
Every vehicle carries filtered water and refillable bottles, so a fortnight here costs you nothing in single-use plastic. Sri Lanka has a serious plastic problem and a case of bottled water per guest is a measurable part of it.
03
Wildlife on the animal’s terms
We work with trackers who read behaviour and keep their distance, and we build enough time into a park day that patience is an option. A good sighting is one the animal did not notice.
04
Smaller groups, fewer vehicles
Private trips of two to six mean one vehicle rather than a coach, and they let us use small properties a group tour could never fill. It is lighter on the places you visit, and it is simply a better trip.
05
Guides who are from here
Our drivers, trackers and specialists are Sri Lankan, paid directly and properly, and they are the reason a trip works. We do not send one guide round the island with you: whoever meets you at a site has spent their career on that site.
06
Straight answers about impact
Long-haul flights are the largest part of the footprint of any trip to this island. We will tell you that plainly rather than let a locally grown breakfast imply otherwise, and we would rather you travelled here once and stayed three weeks than twice for ten days.
Ask us anything about how a trip is run.
Who owns the property, who guides the walk, where the money goes. We know the answers because we know the people, and none of it is a difficult conversation to have.
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