As you may be aware, air travel releases gases that contribute to global warming, such as carbon dioxide. In fact, your flight will be the largest environmental impact of your holiday.

We’ve teamed up with a carbon offset company, Climate Care, to help you to repair the damage your holiday does to the climate. Climate Care funds sustainable energy and forest restoration projects that reduce carbon dioxide on your behalf, by the same amount as your share of the plane emits.

Examples include a project in India to help schools move on to renewable cooking fuel and a project in Uganda that is restoring the rainforest in Kibale National Park.

We have calculated the emissions of the flights for each of our individual tours based on flights from London Heathrow. If you would like a more specific quote for your flight itinerary please let us know and we would be happy to calculate this for you.

Here are some examples of the projects which Climate Care use carbon offsetting funds to support:

Clean stoves in Mexico

Our project is working in Mexico to make fuel efficient cooking stoves available in some of the poorest communities. This supports conservation by reducing the wood needed for cooking. It also benefits the householders by removing smoke from the kitchen and dramatically cutting the health risk from wood smoke.

Each stove saves about 3 tonnes of CO2 a year.

Treadle pumps in India

In the Chhattisgarh region of India, irrigation is vital for farmers to grow crops outside the monsoon season, and ensure an income all year round. Many farmers have to rent diesel pumps at a significant cost to them.

By using manual power instead of diesel, each treadle pump reduces diesel fuel use by 0.45 litres per hour on average, saving 0.65 tonnes of CO2 per year. Farmers have also seen their annual income double.

Restoring Rainforests in Uganda

We are funding part of a forest restoration programme in the Kibale National Park in Uganda. The project aims to re-create a rainforest canopy by planting and managing 30 species of local trees. The area is an important wildlife habitat – with one of the highest number of primate species in the world - and the project provides employment for local communities.

The project is expected to save 400 tonnes per hectare of rainforest each year.

For more information or to offset your personal emissions please visit Climate Care's website