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BAOBAB TRAVEL LTD. Wolverhampton, England United Kingdom www.baobabtravel.com
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Overview

BAOBAB Philosophy
It is BAOBAB’s belief that travel and tourism has an enormous capacity to provide much needed economic growth within developing countries. However, they also recognize the fact that it has the potential to inflict irreversible damage on fragile environments and communities. It is their aim to reconcile these two conflicting aspects and provide you with a form of sustainable tourism that is sensitive to your destination and yet still provides you with a holiday experience of a lifetime.

BAOBAB promotes a form of tourism that …

• Is nature-based, with the main motivation for travel the observation and appreciation of nature, including the traditional cultures prevailing in natural areas.
• Supports the protection of natural areas through generating economic benefits for host communities. Providing alternative employment and income opportunities for local communities and increasing awareness towards the conservation of natural and cultural assets.
• Minimizes the negative impacts upon the natural and socio-cultural environment, and wherever possible generates positive impacts.
• Provides educational and interpretation features to enhance environmental and cultural understanding.

The BAOBAB Travel Experience
Whether you fancy diving in the Indian Ocean, going on safari in the Serengeti, or meeting indigenous African tribes, BAOBAB has a holiday for you! They combine various activities, with destinations that are brimming with cultural and natural interest, to give you a holiday experience that is certain to make you want to come back for more!

Small Group Trips
BAOBAB has a range of group trips, including special themed trips of various durations, that have been specially designed to help you make the most out of your destination. They are committed to keeping group sizes small, so as to prevent them becoming intrusive to local cultures or damaging to the environment. This has the added benefit of giving you a personal experience, and means that you can fully benefit from the knowledgeable local tour guides.

To keep things as flexible as possible and to try to ensure that you have the holiday that suits you best, a number of BAOBAB’s Tanzanian group trips can be booked in combination. This means you can pick the itineraries that interest you most and create your ideal holiday. In addition, all group trips in Tanzania can be booked in combination with a tailor-made beach based option to give you some time to relax by the sea or sample scuba diving.

Tailor-Made Trips
In all destinations, BAOBAB has a selection of fabulous small-scale hotels and lodges. Whether these are based by the beach or in a national park, they are all available on a tailor-made basis to fit your own unique requirements, interests and budget.

Contact BAOBAB for a sample itinerary - a starting point to give you ideas of what is possible. They can generally make any adjustments that you would like - change the durations, substitute different hotels, add in other destinations, add in activities such as diving etc - and they will do the rest.

Let BAOBAB know which bits are of interest to you and anything you would like to see changed and they can then take it from there. These trips can be taken on their own or in combination with any group trips.

The BAOBAB Difference
BAOBAB holidays are designed to show you the real places, nature and culture in Africa – avoiding resorts, which have been ‘manufactured’ for tourists. They introduce you to local people so you can learn about their cultures and traditions, and take you to places that are ‘off the beaten track’, as well as the more famous destinations.

Many itineraries include local tourist initiatives that have been set up based on local areas of interest and which provide an income for local communities.

Hotels and Lodges
BAOBAB only works with small-scaled hotels that operate in a way that supports the local community – at the very least all hotels employ local people and buy all produce from local suppliers. Many hotels actively contribute to local community projects and have environmentally friendly ways of dealing with waste and energy needs. BAOBAB avoids, at all costs, hotels that are owned by foreigners, whose profits disappear out of the host country.

Information
Before you depart on your BAOBAB holiday, you will be provided with a detailed information pack about your destination. This information will be tailored to your specific holiday and is the perfect size to take away with you. These packs are full of interesting facts and useful information that will make your holiday even more fulfilling!

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