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We are proud (and honestly, a little emotional) to share that Kamaroutes has been awarded Travelife Certified status, the highest level of sustainability certification a tour operator can achieve. This is not a small thing for us. It is the result of years of quiet, unglamorous work: rethinking how we run our office, how we choose partners, how we talk to travellers about the places we take them, and how we try to leave those places better than we found them.
What Travelife Certified actually means
Travelife is the leading sustainability certification for tour operators and travel agencies worldwide, and its standards are formally recognized by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). Getting there isn’t a one-step process — it’s a three-stage journey:
(1) Travelife Engaged — committing to the program and starting the groundwork
(2) Travelife Partner — implementing sustainability practices and reporting progress
(3) Travelife Certified — full compliance with 200+ criteria, verified through an independent, on-site audit
We are now at stage three. That means an outside auditor came in, checked our practices against Travelife’s standards for things like emissions, biodiversity protection, fair labour practices, and animal welfare — and confirmed we meet the mark.
What this means for travellers
🌿 The accommodations and guides on your route are thoroughly vetted
🌿 Your trip supports local communities and economies
🌿 Your experiences help protect nature and preserve local heritage
🌿 You connect with people, not just tick off places
🌿 Fewer single-use plastics, from refillable water bottles to cotton bags
🌿 Wildlife encounters on our itineraries respect animal welfare standards
What this means for our partners and advisors
You can have peace of mind knowing you work with a company dedicated to the protection of local communities, wildlife and natural habitats. We continually check our suppliers, from the lodges we book to the drivers we employ, against the same standards that earned us this certification.
Why this matters to us
Our work with local communities, conservation efforts, and sustainable development in the destinations we operate in is not new, it is something we have believed in from day one. This certification is an external, independent stamp of approval of that commitment.
None of this happens without a team that actually cares, and partners who were willing to raise their own standards alongside us. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. We will keep sharing what this looks like in practice as we go.
