on the go believe travel should be a rewarding experience for you, as well as for the local people we encounter and that preserving the natural state and beauty of the areas we pass through is essential. At all our destinations, we aim to ensure that the benefits of tourism reach the right places, by employing local tour leaders, frequenting where possible locally owned hotels, shops and eating establishments. We’d like to keep you up to date with what we’re doing to help.

Change for Children - A few Rupees, Yuan or Egyptian Pounds. It all adds up. In support of local causes in Egypt, India and China, on the go provide all passengers with an envelope to place inside all their unwanted local currency. on the go will then put this money to work by purchasing educational supplies and equipment for the benefit of underprivileged children. In addition, half the proceeds from our 10-day ‘Eco Egypt’ tour will directly benefit ‘change for children’ in Egypt. 

We are actively involved with a variety of organisations promoting better practise in tourism, including: Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO). on the go has achieved the status of three RT (Responsible Tourism) Stars, the highest level awarded by AITO. on the go works very closely with the Association which has produced Responsible Tourism guidelines for its members, based on a number of important objectives.

Travel Operators for Tigers - on the go tours are members of TOFT and we are happy to pledge a contribution to TOFT for each of our clients that choose to travel on a wildlife tour in India with us. Travel Operators for Tigers campaign (TOFT) is a collective Global travel industry initiative, in cooperation with the charity Global Tiger Patrol, that aims to advocate and support through supply chain pressures a more responsible approach to tourism in India ’s main wildlife reserves. It also aims to catalyse collective support for specific conservation programmes which benefit local communities and habitat preservation and restoration. more

For more information regarding TOFT visit www.toftiger.org

Possibly the single most environmentally harmful impact of travel is the CO2 emissions from international flights. Climate Care offer the opportunity to offset the CO2 emissions from your international flights. Offsetting means paying someone to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere by the same amount that your activities add. In this way you can ‘neutralise’ or ‘balance’ the CO2 added by your activities. Climate Care offsets your CO2 by funding projects around the world including renewable energy, energy efficiency and forest restoration. on the go are proud to work with Climate Care. Head to www.jpmorganclimatecare.com to find out more. You may buy your offsets directly with Climate Care - or we can do so on your behalf when you book a tour with us. more

1,700,000 men & women of the Commonwealth forces died in the two World Wars. The tireless effort of marking and maintaining the graves of the Commonwealth Forces, to build memorials to those no known grave or who perished at sea, to embellish sites with horticulture to give casualites dignified commemoration and to keep records and registers is carried out by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission which was established by Royal Charter in 1917.

For every ANZAC booking made, on the go will make a donation to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. For more information, see www.cwgc.org. more