The Wilderness Journeys Vision

In choosing Wilderness Journeys you can be sure that you are travelling with a company that takes its commitment to sustainable tourism and wilderness conservation seriously.  Whether you are on a walking safari in Kenya, sea-kayaking in Greenland or trekking in Patagonia, our trips are designed to  protect and benefit the environments that you are travelling through.

Responsibility to the wilderness environments, through which we journey and the communities we work with has always been and will continue to be at the very core of our business. This commitment has been recognised in many awards over the years, most recently as a Highly Commended Tour Operator in the 2006 World Responsible Travel Awards and as the top UK company in the 2008 Guardian Ethical Travel Awards.

For a business to be truly sustainable it is necessary, in our view, to recognise that environmental and social factors are as equally important as the financial bottom line. This is especially critical in the tourism industry where our product is in many ways the precious wild places we choose to visit. For example, on our ski touring trips in France, we shun the lifts and rely on leg-power to travel through the mountains. In Tanzania, we work with a local partner who employs local Masai guides to lead walking safaris.

Put simply, our mission is to make a meaningful contribution to wilderness conservation through our holidays - both in terms of direct financial support to local conservation projects and also in ensuring that the locations we visit are part of an integrated local framework, where tourism is proven to directly benefit local communities and conservation effort.

Whether you are travelling to Scotland, Italy, Alaska or any other of our wilderness destinations, we want you to be inspired by your adventure holiday and  by travelling with us, to have helped to protect the earth's wild places.

Preserving the Earth's Wild Places

We are passionate about wilderness and wild places and it is a real privilege to share the landscapes, flora and fauna of so many countries with our clients. We greatly value these assets and we are absolutely committed to operating in a manner which conserves and enhances our natural environment.

Through the provision of engaging experiences from wilderness to wildlife, we are firmly of the view that tourism has great potential to develop the significance of the natural environment and the importance of sustainable living in global society. It is not our intention to force these principles upon anyone whilst enjoying what is ultimately a holiday. This process often takes the form of informal environmental interpretation and discussion with our guides. However, above all, we have found that wild places themselves - destinations such as Bhutan, the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, or the Andean mountains of Peru -  have an inherent ability to educate, inspire and foster feelings of importance and respect.