In the recent past Eco travel, Eco tourism, Eco friendly, Eco tourists, Eco conscious and all the ECO jargon you can think of have been perfect catchphrases anyone can slap around to look better. Hotel operators, tour operators, Marketers and other investors always throw it around to sound “GREEN” and travellers have not been left out, theoretically are great and amazing Eco traveller’s, it is rather incredibly SIMPLE. However, in practice it’s not as easy as it sounds.

Being Eco-conscious is simply making educated decisions that are good for you, the people around you and the place we all call HOME🌏 – the Planet.

On our second part of the ECO conscious traveller series we suggest a few fips to aid your Eco travels when you set out to your next vacation or staycation.

Treat your hotel as if it were your HOME

A great way to kick of your journey of becoming a more Eco conscious traveler is by feeling at home in your hotel accommodation, by doing simple yet meaningful and fruitful acts such as hanging your towels so they don’t have to be changed on daily basis, taking quick showers and turning off TV, lights and aircon everytime you leave.

Every drop counts

Reduce the amount of water wasted by turning off the tap when brushing your teeth or washing your hands and remember always take quick showers

Reuse hotel towels

Hang up your towels to indicate that you’re happy to reuse them and avoid getting clean towels unnecessary just as you would back home.

Responsibly use electricity /heating and cooling

You don’t leave your lights on at your house when you leave for work now do you? Always turn off the the lights, TV and aircon as you would at home

Our words have power but our actions shape our lives.

Rachel Hollis

These acts may seem embarrassingly simple but remember it’s the smallest of actions that transform the world when multipled by millions of people. Remember to try these suggestions on your next vacation and leave us your feedback!

Customer Service week is a global Celebration where Employees and Companies take the time to appreciate their staff for the effortless commitment to ensuring clients Needs are met and exceeded. And this year’s theme is The magic of Service, we can all agree that a good Service is Magical!! Want to turn an unhappy customer into a satisfied long term customer or an occasional customer into a repeat customer,struggle nomore a good service does it all.

While most Organizations if not all sent out nice messages on social media appreciating their staff and clients for loyalty, hardwork and dedication, Expeditions Maasai Safaris decided to do something alittle unexpected and surprising😊

Bebwa Bila Fare Initiative

How many times a week do you wake up and find a pop-up roof tour van or a Comfy and luxurious landcruiser waiting at your bus station to drop you off in town or school, well Expeditions Maasai Safaris made it happen, to ensure you feel touristy and part of the family,

I am NINETY NINE POINT NINE NINE NINE PERCENT SURE that we all LOVE to Travel. Now what makes me so certain is that one, Travel is so therapeutic, it’s a whole rich and nourishing food for the soul and secondly it allows us to create a bunch of memories for a lifetime!!

Which begs the question of how we can travel more responsibly and ensure we contribute positively to the Ecotourism triangle as we create memories. Lucky for you on our travel tip today we might have a way to ensure you honor the LEAVE NO TRACE PRINCIPLE and collect only MEMORIES.

Refuse single Use Plastic

We encourage you to choose to refuse single Use plastic cutlery, takeaway containers and straws instead think Reusable water bottles and other combastible eco-friendly alternatives or just sit in and dine

Remember contributing negatively to the environment is not COOL or INSTA-WORTHY at all.

𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐵𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑅ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙔

Raise up both your hands if you believe a Rhino is just a Rhino , I mean a Rhino is a Rhino. Okay, I will go first. All through my childhood I have always believed there is only one species of a Rhino, just a RHINO, But jokes on me, jokes on me guys.

It’s up until recently, few days to World Rhino Day to be precise which is Celebrated annually o the 22nd of September in honor of these enormous creatures in our protected areas and private sanctuaries and Luckily, the theme for this year was “𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑹𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓” and to feed my curiosity I went on to discover and learn more about the existing Rhino Species and so here we are 😊

The family of Rhinocerotidae comprises of Five living Rhino Species. Two of these (Black and white Rhino) live in this side of the Sub-Sahara while their other three counterparts (Sumatra, Javan and the One-horned Rhinos) are found in Asia. Most importantly the Javan Rhino can only be Found in one National Park on the northern tip of Indonesian Island of Java. How do I know this, I read about it 😊

These ever blind yet alert, watchful and Simply Magical creatures may look strong and powerful but they are vulnerable and sensitive and sadly they continue to be prosecuted for their HORN with a crazy belief that Rhino horn can actually do a bunch of other stuff. Dear Poacher, Need I remind you that NO ONE, AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOONE IN THE WORLD NEEDS A RHINO HORN BUT A RHINO.

As a result of illegal poaching and a massive threat from climate change, Rhino numbers have dropped from 70,000 by the 1970s to around 27,000 Rhinos in the World. What’s more, three of the Five Species (Black, Sumatra and Javan Rhinos) have been listed as Critically endangered while the others Greater One-horned Rhino as vulnerable and lastly the White rhinos which were once thought as extinct now thrive in private sanctuaries listed as Near threatened.

“If we all do our part, We can make a difference and conserve our Natural Heritage.” Author ~Anonymous

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton