At Rickshaw Travel, we use the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a guide for making travel a positive force. We focus on the goals where tourism can have the most impact: No Poverty (SDG 1), decent work and local livelihoods (SDG 8), responsible consumption (SDG 12), climate action (SDG 13), and the protection of wildlife and natural habitats on land and at sea (SDGs 14 & 15).
By working with small, locally owned partners, designing trips that respect nature and wildlife, and continually improving how we operate as a business, we aim to create meaningful, responsible holidays that benefit the places you travel to, as well as the people who call them home.
Fair & Local
By working together with local entrepreneurs, the local population can benefit directly from the trips we carry out together. We work closely with local partners in all our destinations and their dedicated teams will help and guide you through their country, doing their best to ensure you have the trip of a lifetime. They work with, support, and donate to a range of projects and organisations that focus on preserving local cultures. SDG 1, 8 & 12.
Make it good for everyone
We consciously choose local accommodation, guides, drivers and local representation. This creates employment and people who otherwise have less access to markets can set up their own honest business. We also try to reduce the inequality between men and women by giving women a prominent role (and therefore a paid job) in our travels. For example, in Nepal we use female drivers and our guides are increasingly women, and in China we work with our local partner who only employs women.
Share the dream
We consciously choose local accommodation, guides, drivers and local representation. This creates employment and people who otherwise have less access to markets can set up their own honest business. We also try to reduce the inequality between men and women by giving women a prominent role (and therefore a paid job) in our travels. For example, in Nepal we use female drivers and our guides are increasingly women, and in China we work with our local partner who only employs women.
