Posts Tagged ‘abode’

Experience Travel Organise Guardian Trip to Sri Lanka

31 August 2011 by

The travel section of the Guardian last Saturday published an excellent article by travel journalist Ben Tarring about his family visit to Sri Lanka. I thought it was an excellent piece and we were proud to have been involved in suggesting and planning the trip. Have a read: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/aug/26/sri-lanka-family-knuckles-mountains.
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Thoughts on Ethical Conservation

18 November 2009 by

Knuckles Mountains (photo courtesy L Duggleby)

We are delighted to welcome back Sidantha Kumara, one of our specialist nature & adventure guides, as our guest blogger. Here he shares his passionate views on the ethics of conservation. His views are directly influenced by his involvement in the Abode community tourism project in the knuckles mountains and from his general passion for social and environmental protection of Sri Lanka’s incredible natural and cultural wealth.His views are also influenced by his deep commitment to the human side of the conservation debate. Other similarly informed and opinionated people we work with have different views on this complex subject. Visiting Sri Lanka will likely raise many questions and debate about the conservation of such immense heritage and precious natural resources on all levels. For now though, over to Sid: (more…)