Responsible Tourism Policy
Our Ghana tours have grown out of working with bead makers and artisans over twenty years. They began as a means of providing a more personal access to Ashanti crafts, organising workshops and allowing guests to work in the communities to make their own crafts.
We have extended them to provide other routes to experience the places and people of Ghana, including cycling, walking, festivals and drumming.
We enable guests to interact sympathetically and sensitively with the local people, by explaining customs and behaviour, local language and gestures. Thus all our tours are focused on getting to know the places and people intimately, not merely through a coach window.
We use local guides, drivers and vehicles wherever possible.
We encourage guests to try local food – in restaurants, from street vendors, and home cooked.
Our tours are small in scale (typically six people) and are managed in partnership with the host communities. We encourage and support local community tourism initiatives and we support projects in the local communities.
Fair Trade Policy
We operate in alignment with FINE and BAFTS criteria for Fair Trade, in particular:
- We are guided by principles of mutual respect, justice and equal partnership.
- We display transparency on information, aims and working practices.
- We pay fair prices to producer groups, to reflect the true costs of production. These would cover areas such as product development, transport, environmental protection and social development.
- We ensure favourable conditions for employees.
- We promote high product quality.
- We respect traditional crafts and encourage their development.
- We develop long term relationships with producers.
These criteria emphasise the empowerment of producers and non-exploitation of places and people.
For more information visit:
British Association of Fair Trade Shops |
IFAT – International Fair Trade Association |
