Committed to Sustainable Business Practices
Nature Discovery is committed to making a positive impact and positive social and environmental legacy where we operate. Tanzania is our home and we’re dedicated to improving it; for the environment, for local people and for our employees, by developing protocols and practices which are outlined by the UNCTAD’s sustainable development goals.
We received the UNCTAD award (presented by Responsible Tourism Tanzania) for “most responsible tour operator in Tanzania” for the last two years (in 2018 and 2019), and we are totally commitment to promoting responsible travel at the highest level.
We focus on the following sustainable tourism objectives and protocols, by:
From the blog:
Kilimanjaro Mountain Clean Up
Our porters were able to collect 115kg of waste in 4 days on the route we were given. This is all trash left behind by previous climbers and staff.
Nature Discovery Opposes the Planned Kilimanjaro Cable Car Project.
The Tanzanian government is planning a new cable car project in order to double the number of climbers on Mount Kilimanjaro. However, the impact on the environment and communities could be irreversible.
The Melting Glaciers of Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro’s glaciers are disappearing rapidly. This is due to warmer, drier conditions resulting in the glaciers, which are literally drying out or ‘sublimating’ (solid ice evaporating straight to gas).
Making A Difference: Our Tent-Making Division Is Making Protective Gear For Hospitals During The Cv19 Crisis
We’ve turned our tent-making operation at ND into a mask-making factory to supply local hospitals with much-needed masks to help keep hospital workers safe at the time when they are most-needed.
Conservation Continiuum – Our Carbon Offsets Continue To Support Vital Land Conservation In Tanzania
Carbon Tanzania has sent us an email thanking us for our support and commitments to reducing our environmental impacts and offsetting our carbon footprint, which continues strongly despite the world being in lockdown.
Nature Discovery Awarded ‘Best Responsible Tour Operator in Tanzania’ 2019
We're delighted and proud to report that we've been awarded "Tanzania's Best Responsible Tour Operator" for the second year running!
Nature Discovery’s Focus on Responsible Tourism
Our CSR policy has been financed, implemented and documented for years, and we have a number of tangible successes to show for these efforts.
Tanzania Bans Use of Plastic Bags
The Government of Tanzania is implementing a law banning the use of many types of plastic bags, effective on the 1st of June, 2019.
Ethical, Sustainable Tanzanian Gift Idea
Wondering what to gift that special person who has everything? If you’d like to show how much you care about them AND about helping make the world a better place, please consider donating to The Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project (KPAP).
Speaking About Sustainable Tourism at the UN in Geneva
Our General Manager Thomas Holden was flown to Geneva to speak at the United Nations (UN) after Nature Discovery won the Best Responsible Tourism Product Award 2018.
What it Means to be a Travelife Partner
Nature Discovery officially obtained the Travelife Partner award in October 2018 in recognition of our leading role and long-term efforts in sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Cleaning up Tanzania Together
Nature Discovery is committed to sustainable and responsible tourism, and actioned this by sponsoring a recent trash clean-up in coordination with Let’s Do it! (LDI).
Best Responsible Tourism Product Award 2018 Goes to Nature Discovery
Nature Discovery are honoured and excited to have won the Responsible Tourism Awards 2018 overall award for Best Responsible Tourism Product.
99.3% Proof of Our Fair Porter Treatment
Nature Discovery was one of the first Kilimanjaro Guide Companies to partner Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project (KPAP). We cherish and embrace our role as leaders in establishing the standards of ethical porter treatment on Kilimanjaro.
What does being a partner of the KILIMANJARO PORTERS ASSISTANCE PROJECT (KPAP) mean to us?
We are considered to be the industry leader in practicing ethical porter treatment standards in our work on Kilimanjaro.
Nature Discovery Steps Up Its Carbon Offset
As of January 2017 Nature Discovery has been awarded the status of Carbon Elite Offsetter by Carbon Tanzania.
Nature Discovery’s Social Responsibilty Commitment recognised by KPAP
KPAP (Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project) has affirmed that Nature Discovery is the leading example of practicing ethical porter treatment standards on Mount Kilimanjaro. She recently sent us an email...
Committed to Recycling Plastic with the Organization TENA
Nature Discovery is committed to social and environmental responsibility. We've made important partnerships which make us a notable leader in ethical porter treatment standards (with KPAP, the Kili Porters Assistance Project).
Nature Discovery Helped Sponsor, Organize and Provide Logistical Support for Community Event Raising nearly $25,000
This event was a collaborative effort to raise funds for developing the Arusha Cycling Club and to send children in need of heart surgery to India for treatment.
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Our Partners in Sustainable Tourism
KPAP‘s mission is to improve the working conditions of the porters on Kilimanjaro
Nature Discovery received the Travelife Partner award in recognition of our leading role in sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Carbon Tanzania link Tanzania’s threatened forests and their communities with the international carbon market.
Sentinel are highly trained professionals with a passion to provide knowledge of outdoor leadership and skills and risk management.
Nature Discovery is part of the coveted ‘We are Africa’ tribe
Leave no Trace protects the outdoors by teaching and inspiring people to enjoy it responsibly
Atta represents African tourism interests at the highest levels, in a continuing dialogue with many tourism ministries, tourist authorities and associations.
The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators’ objective is to be an effective change agent to promote regional and global competitiveness in tourism trade and investment.
