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Why No Roads
There are literally hundreds of travel companies on the internet these days. The net allows small companies to have a presence on the web, and for them to compete with large multinational companies. This is great news for them and consumers.
Unfortunately, while many of these small companies look great, their services and what they claim they can do for you do not always add up.
For many of us, we work hard all year to get away for 2 or 3 weeks. That annual adventure centres our lives, puts life back into perspective and allows us time for just ourselves. It is a vital part of our existence and a time that should not be wasted. That is why it is important to choose the right adventure company, a company that will fulfil your wishes in a conscientious way, so that you can return home rejuvenated, enriched by the experience knowing you have helped yourself and hopefully someone else along the way.
No Roads Expeditions is dedicated to achieving these goals for you. The following are some of the reasons why you should choose No Roads expeditions as your operator on your next adventure.
We Are The Best!
Yes you have heard it all before. "We are the best", "Number 1", blah blah blah. How can you tell who is the best? It is impossible until you have traveled with us. But what you can do is look through our website and check out the Testimonials from ex clients, give us a call and talk to us or email us with some of your questions. We will not lie, sometimes we don't get it right, but our "Above Satisfaction" ranking in post trip surveys is 98%. That is pretty high, but not high enough as far as we are concerned.
We may be the best operator on the market but we are still not the best we can become. We are constantly trying to improve every aspect of our trips to make them the best trips they can possibly be.
We Know What We are Talking About!
No
Roads Expeditions only offers trips we have first hand experience
with. We only offer expeditions that are run professionally by either
our own local team or by a local operator that works with No Roads
Expeditions to our standards. All these operations are run by
registered companies, not fly by night businesses.
We Are The Operator
No
Roads Expeditions in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia is the operator.
We have direct input into how the trip is run. We have strict
environmental, social, cultural and labour policies. For operations
we don not run ourselves, we ensure our local operator abides by
these same standards by visiting them each year.
We Are A Licensed Travel Agent
No
Roads Expeditions is a Licenced Travel Agent. This means your money
is protected under the Travel Compensation Fund (TCF). As a prudent traveler, you should not be giving money to anyone that is not
covered by this Licence. Without a Travel Agent you are on your own.
We Are Fully Insured
This
is a vitally important point. What happens if you are injured while
on expedition? Insurance companies will not honor policies if you
travel with an uninsured, unlicensed operator. Even if your operator
uses a Travel Agent to make the booking, if the operator you are
using is not insured, you are risking your health if you get injured.
No Roads Expeditions is fully insured to the sum of $10,000,000. Don't risk it to save a few hundred dollars!
We Have Unique Itineraries!
Many
of the places we visit, no other operator works in the area. Sea
Kayaking in the Komodos, sea kayaking in New Ireland PNG, traversing
East Timor are but a few that make No Roads Expeditions unique.
However, in places where there are other operators such as Gunung
Rinjani in Indonesia, the Orangutans in Borneo, Everest in Nepal or
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, No Roads Expeditions prides itself on
offering these trips in a unique and unusual way, so that you see
another side to the adventure and that you succeed in completing it.
For example on Kilimanjaro, we offer Crater Camps so that you will
camp inside the crater of Kilimanjaro or on Rinjani, we offer
different routes to the summit, or the Orangutans, we will take you
to special places and do special activities such as helping with a
reforestation program.
We at No Roads Expeditions believe that travel is not a one way street. While we make a profit from our operations, much of that profit is given back to projects that we believe are worthwhile for the communities we work with. Some of these projects you can participate in directly such as the eco toilets along the Kokoda Track or protecting the Orangutans in Borneo. Others we undertake ourselves on your behalf. The following are some of the projects we are involved in : Orangutans of Borneo, The Kokoda Track Foundation, Clothing for Porters in Tanzania, Footwear for Kokoda Porters, the Komodo Dragons and the International Porters Exchange Project.
We Have A Social, Cultural and
Environmental Conscience!
It is vitally important that
travel has a positive impact on the social, cultural and
environmental aspects of the places we visit. We ensure that when you
visit places with us, your presence will help those that live there,
that their culture will be respected and that the environment at the
very least will not be harmed.
Social Policy
We believe in
fair pay for fair work. That is why our local teams are not only paid
above market wages (usually these market wages are below standard),
but are fed well and equipped well for your expedition. You will see
the difference as our teams remain highly motivated and ready to
serve you on expedition. Click here for our Porter Policy.
Cultural Policy
All
societies have their own rules, borne out of generations of cultural
development. We are not here to change these directly, but to witness
them and appreciate them as another form of human existence. While on
expedition, we will respect local cultures, those developed out of
religion or social norms. We ask you to respect these to, as they are
no better or worse than our own.
Environmental Policy
There
are many aspects to the issue of the environmental impact of travel.
Flying to the destination, accommodation, food preparation and human
waste control. Each of these is covered either directly by our own
environmental policy or we ask you to assist by for example,
offsetting your carbon emissions to get to your destination. For more
on Carbon Emissions please click here.
While on expedition we will offset all your carbon emissions. We try to use eco friendly accommodation where possible. Food is bought and prepared locally. We try to use fresh produce as much as possible. All non biodegradable material is packed and brought back to main metropolitan centres for correct disposal.
Human waste is a major problem when traveling. It can impact on the environment directly. We attempt to dispose of this waste as effectively and sensitively as possible. We will inform you on how you can help with this goal. We are currently installing eco toilets along the Kokoda Track in PNG and expect to extend this project throughout our operations in PNG and Indonesia.
ACTIVITIES
