Charities and partnerships

With more than 20 years’ experience as a leader in the global carbon and climate change sector, ClimateCare works with sustainable development projects that reduce carbon emissions at scale, measurably increase quality of life and deliver towards the UN Global Goals. ClimateCare is currently ranked the number one B-Corp in the UK and Explore is proud to be working with them to offset any residual carbon from our overseas operation.

Rewilding Britain is a small, independent charity, committed to championing rewilding for people, nature and in the fight against the climate emergency. Rewilding Britain’s vision is to see rewilding flourishing across Britain, to reconnect us with the natural world and to let nature lead the way in creating resilient nature-based economies.  Rewilding offers a chance to tackle the species extinction crisis and climate emergency. Rewilding Britain works hard to increase awareness of the benefits of natural climate solutions and campaign for governments to recognise this and create legislation and policies to support rewilding initiatives.

We aim to be single use plastic free on our tours, and we proudly work with Water-to-Go to help achieve this goal.

Water-to-Go is a filtration system that eliminates over 99.9% of all microbiological contaminants including viruses, bacteria, chemicals and heavy metals from any non-salt water source, allowing you to drink water from any tap, stream or even stagnant water wherever you are in the world.

You can purchase your own Explore branded bottle at an exclusive price or take advantage of a 15% discount on any other Water-to-Go product using discount code EXPLORE15. 

Mahouts is a UK registered charity working with local communities fostering harmony, patience and peace to protect Asian elephants and, importantly, the communities with which they coexist. Founded by the Blaine family after a life changing trip to Thailand, Explore has worked with Sarah and her family for many years to develop community driven solutions allowing mahouts and elephants to thrive together. You can see first-hand the wonderful work by Mahouts on Explore’s Mahouts Elephant Extension.

Wild Welfare is a global organisation committed to improving animal welfare for captive wild animals. Based on their knowledge and first-hand experience they work together with animal welfare organisations and captive wildlife facilities, including zoos, aquariums and sanctuaries, they achieve long-term and sustainable solutions to the most critical issues facing wild animals in captivity. Their vision is a world where every captive wild animal is able to thrive and live a life worth living.

ANIMONDIAL is an award-winning, key advisor to the global travel industry on all matters concerning animal, wildlife, and nature protection. Working with travel businesses, travel trade associations, NGOs, academics, and Destination Management Organisations, ANIMONDIAL seeks a world where tourism is kind to animals.

We partnered with ecollective to help us measure and improve our carbon footprint. A team of self-confessed carbon geeks, ecollective is committed to helping businesses fight the climate crisis. They do this by making it as simple as possible to measure carbon performance today and providing tools to improve it tomorrow. By finding sustainable solutions that benefit the business, the customer and the planet, they create positive change that is quantifiable. They’ve worked with us to measure every one of our 500+ trips so that our customers can be clear on carbon, and can make more informed decisions, and so that we have a starting point to reduce the footprint of our trips and operations.