VOLUNTEER & EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL Volunteer and Educational Travel is a unique opportunity for schools, universities and the ‘curious at heart’ of all ages to engage in community projects with unimaginable educational experiences. Our dedicated team of educators, development specialists and travel experts operate with compassion and ethical professionalism to provide you with the most rare of service learning, charity challenges and corporate incentive experiences throughout Indochina and Thailand.
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Buffalo Tours believes Responsible Tourism is one of the most effective tools for poverty alleviation, cultural preservation and environmental protection. That is why our Volunteer and Educational Travel products offer an innovative range of community-based experiences and development projects. Ecotourism (trekking, rafting, climbing, caving, kayaking and elephant riding) Cultural exchange (silk weaving, basketry, dancing, cooking, ethnic minority interaction) Service learning (volunteer projects, teaching, water supply and housing projects, medical care etc.) Educational (meaningful travel in historical & culturally significant locations)
Buffalo Tours’ Codes of ethical Volunteer and Educational Travel Poverty Alleviation
Travel that empowers the host community to reduce poverty through economic and non-economic benefits for ownership, income generation and improved education and health care.
Cultural Preservation
Travel that instills pride in the host community by providing respect and encouragement for the dynamic growth of local customs.
Environmental Protection
Travel that offers sensible alternatives to global and local impacts by providing guests with options for carbon, energy and waste reduction.
Community Involvement
Travel that allows guests in depth interaction within a community to create new perspectives of our world through the eyes of their hosts.
Curriculum Enhancement
Travel that creates learning opportunities that directly support a school, university or organisation’s learning objectives. For further information refer to our website: www.educationaltravelasia.com
* Volunteer in partnership with rural communities and development NGOs * Build infrastructure to support local initiatives that create a better way of life * Create new hope, new jobs and new ways of seeing our world * Design a raft using only natural materials and float past towering mountains * Trek to mountain tops to witness a way of life that has changed little for centuries * Lead a group through difficult tasks to discover new strengths * Conduct field studies and research to gain extra credit * Discover the world and discover yourself
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