Travel to connect with a higher purpose - Impact journeys from Journeys With Purpose in 2024
Travellers are demanding more from their experiences in 2024. More than just a ‘holiday’, increasing numbers of guests expect to connect with a higher purpose, prioritise positive contributions, and see their trip as an investment over a lifetime. Impact travel specialist, Journeys With Purpose, specialises in immersive journeys that provide exclusive access to the world’s leading conservation projects and the people and places that inform and guide them. Guests return with a new perspective, more educated, and prepared to advocate for communities and environments that urgently need support. Journeys With Purpose has released its specialist itineraries for 2024.
“Our audience lives in a world where anything is possible. They have access to whatever they want and need almost instantaneously - as a result our guests are seeking something different from their travel. We facilitate meaningful connections and activate learning,” said Duncan Grossart, Founder of Journeys With Purpose. “Guests have any number of unique interactions with remarkable people, extraordinary places, and innovative projects, as part of their journey with us.
This could be a quiet moment in the forest in Romania where guests find themselves alone with the sound of wolves howling in the distance, enjoying an Argentinian red wine around the fire with the conservation powerhouse, Kristine Tompkins, listening to her share her successes and failures as Tompkins Conservation worked to establish Argentina's largest national park, or participating in a day tracking in Kenya with the country's only all-female anti-poaching squad.
Guests leave richer, with a wealth of knowledge, relationships and understanding - something our guests prioritise much greater than possessions.”
Journeys With Purpose 2024 Impact Journeys:
Learning from Belize’s three biomes – 23rd February – 2nd March 2024
Spend eight nights at the forefront of nature restoration in Belize’s three biomes hosted by the global changemakers that drive them. Learn about neotropical migrant birds and all five Central American wild cats - currently species of concern - from Roni Martinez, Belize’s top nature guide and conservation specialist. Paul Lister, custodian of Alladale Wilderness Reserve and founder of The European Nature Trust, will offer a global perspective on the application of these learnings worldwide.
More information: $12,950 per person based on two sharing, including full board, all domestic transfers and a 20% donation to your hosting NGOs. Excludes international flights.
www.journeyswithpurpose.org/journeys/belize
Channelling the power of women in Kenya – 20th – 31st March 2024
The 11-day, all-women-for-women trip, the first of its kind, will connect with the women at the frontline of nature protection and restoration in East Africa. The trip, hosted for the duration by Co-founder of Daughters for Earth, Zainab Salbi, & COO of WildLives Foundation, Rachel Rivera, will celebrate the power of women in conservation and explore the science and strategy required to drive these extraordinary projects. Guests will visit the Ewaso Lions Project, whose community project, led-by the Samburu women themselves, works to reinforce humans as the protectors of wildlife, they'll spend time tracking with the Zeitz Foundation Female Rangers and Canine Anti-poaching Unit, and be welcomed into a naming ceremony by leading Maasai women.
More information: $48,750 per person based on a private room, full board, all domestic transfers, exclusive experiences, and a donation to Daughters for Earth.
www.journeyswithpurpose.org/journeys/daughters-for-earth-kenya
Creating the ‘Yellowstone of Europe’ in Romania – 15th – 23rd June 2024
Guests venture deep into the Carpathian Mountains, Europe’s second largest mountain system, with their hosts, biologists and founders of Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC), Christoph and Barbara Promberger. The landscape has been decimated by illegal logging and continues to be threatened. Over the course of 15 years, the FCC team has preserved almost 63,000 acres (25,400 hectares) of forests and alpine meadows, started a breeding programme for “Carpatin” livestock guard dogs to support anti-poaching measures, and reintroduced beavers and bison to the region. JWP guests spend eight days in the Stramba Valley tracking the rehabilitation of bison and beaver, sharing a habitat with lynx, wolves and brown bears, and learning from Europe’s conservation pioneers.
More information: €9,215 per person based on two sharing, including full board, all domestic transfers and a 20% donation to FCC. Excludes international flights.
www.journeyswithpurpose.org/journeys/journey-to-carpathia24
Heal the Scottish Highlands with Paul Lister, Custodian of Alladale Wilderness Reserve - 8th - 14th September 2024
The UK's biodiversity has been increasingly depleted over centuries of habitat loss, unsustainable farming practices, development and persecution of wildlife. Since 1970, the abundance of species studied has declined on average by 19%. Guests will join the Alladale team working hard to restore the ecosystems of the 23,000 acre estate to their former health. Guests will get outdoors to comprehend the significance of this vital work, they’ll encounter degraded peatland and damaged woodlands - and contribute to the projects rebuilding them. Raptor Legend, Roy Dennis MBE, will lead guests on an introduction to raptor conservation and Pete Cairns, Executive Director of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, will offer a global perspective on how recovery at Alladale can be used as a blueprint for nature conservation in all corners of the world.
More information: Prices and details on enquiry.
Restore the Iberá Wetlands with Sofía Heinonen – 29th September – 6th October 2024
Hosted by Sofía Heinonen and the Fundación Rewilding Argentina (FRA) team, this journey offers first-hand engagement with the reintroduction of endangered species, immersion into the unique flora and fauna of the Iberá Wetlands, and fireside chats with the experts behind the remarkable rewilding initiative. Sofía personally led some of the first efforts to bring rewilding to South America, more than 15 years ago, and her efforts to restore the Iberá wetlands, the largest wetland ecosystem in Argentina, has led to the reintroduction of jaguar to the region following 70 years disappearance and the creation of 7.6 million acres of national parks across the country.
More information: $14,225 per person based on two sharing, including full board based all domestic transfers and 20% donation to FRA. Excludes international flights.
www.journeyswithpurpose.org/journeys/argentina-hosted-by-sofia-heinonen
South Africa’s flourishing savannah – 28th October - 2nd November 2024
Shadow mother and daughter team, Sarah and Isabelle Tompkins, as they work to protect and regenerate 67,000 acres of wilderness in the Great Karoo following decades of destruction for agriculture and political turmoil. Join the crusade to heal and restore the environment for future generations. Conservation biologist, Professor Graham Kerley, has been studying the region for decades. Under his personal guidance, guests will participate in the next stage of the rewilding process - sensitively introducing female black rhino into the current community of males to protect the population in perpetuity.
More information: $28,450 per room based on two sharing including full board, all transfers and a 20% donation to Samara’s latest world-first female black rhino reintroduction project. Excludes international flights.
journeyswithpurpose.org/journeys/africa/
Stewards of Sri Lanka with Lanka Environment Fund and Conservation Collective - 23rd - 30th November 2024
Delve into Sri Lanka’s pioneering conservation projects across marine conservation, habitat restoration and creation of wildlife corridors. Visit Galwila Eco Park, a unique forest ecosystem home to over 30 species of mammals on Mannar Island, ancient Buddhist temples at Thanthirimale, and the Mannar Region Systemic Solutions (MARESSOL) Project in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, a marine reserve between Sri Lanka and India renowned for its rich biodiversity and abundance of marine species. Guests will join the extraordinary individuals protecting the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ hosted by Executive Director of Lanka Environment Fund, Vinod Malwatte. Contribute to the removal of invasive species to protect elephant habitats, join Corridors for Conservation to establish forest corridors in the central highlands of Sri Lanka to ensure the long-term survival of Sri Lanka’s ecosystems, in particular the island’s leopard population.
More information: Prices and details on enquiry.
Look ahead to 2025 - more details to be released soon:
February - Belize
May - Montana
June - Kenya
September - Argentina
November - Dominican Republic
As well as their Flagship Journeys, Journeys With Purpose designs Bespoke Journeys for guests, groups and corporations. These trips can be curated to focus on a particular destination, theme, or biome. Journeys With Purpose works with the leading and emerging conservation projects around the world, those that are paving the way in nature restoration. From the Scottish Highlands to the Panamanian coastline, from Belize’s coral reef to the wildest corner of the Rwandan jungle. They connect individuals, families, philanthropists, and activists with today’s environmental pioneers.
“After eight or so days immersed in the wild, our guests gain a deeper understanding of the capacity to restore and rebuild the world’s natural resources,” said Duncan Grossart, Founder of Journeys With Purpose. “Guests depart with not only the tools to take action but become part of an international network that extends well beyond the isolated projects - they grow into global ambassadors.”
JWP is a member of 1% for the Planet, The Long Run, and a Certified B Corp, and it has been awarded B Corp's “Best for the World: Environment 2022” as B Corp’s highest scoring travel company.
About Journeys With Purpose:
Journeys With Purpose facilitates engagement with the world's most ambitious conservation projects, empowering global change by regrounding individuals in nature. Through hosted experiences with pioneering conservationists, guests gain firsthand experience with the rewilding and restoration of biodiversity, in the wildest corners of the world. Each journey signifies travel as a force for good, channelling funding to the programme, while engaging the local communities and raising awareness of the importance of wild nature. Journeys With Purpose believes that by being immersed in the natural world, and experiencing vibrant ecosystems where all things thrive, that we become motivated to protect it.
JWP is a member of 1% for the Planet, The Long Run, and a Certified B Corp, and it has been awarded B Corp's “Best for the World: Environment 2022” as B Corp’s highest scoring travel company.
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