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wander lightly

Contiki passionately believes in respecting the lands where we travel and the people who call these places home. We want to wander lightly through the world – by reducing our climate impact, conserving native wildlife and environments, and investing in the communities that support us exploring the world. Travel changes you for good. Our job is making sure it changes the world for good too.

At Contiki, we aim to be a responsible travel provider – helping you meet local people, respect the local wildlife and reduce your impact on the planet when you travel. We have a 5-year sustainability plan with ambitious goals to achieve by 2030.

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Wander Lightly 10,000

Empower a Generation

We’re building a generation of changemakers who travel – and lead – with purpose. They’re wanderers, innovators, and storytellers who believe travel should leave the world better than they found it. By 2030, Contiki is committing to empowering 10,000 people across our ecosystem of travelers, Trip Leaders, employees and trade agents to adopt sustainable behaviors while they travel, and in their communities. You can take part in a Wander Lightly Challenge on your next Contiki.

Travellers in an open safari vehicle watch a giraffe cross the road in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Conservation

Protect Wild Spaces

Through our not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation, we’re supporting five Wander Lightly Conservation Projects that bring large-scale impact to wildlife protection in the spaces and places we care about most. You might just visit one on your next Contiki.

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Experiences

Invest in Local Communities

We’re investing $7 million USD in the local communities we visit by 2030. We’ll do this through support for our partners in destination, to help them adapt to climate change, and to help a growing number of our MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences expand their impact in their communities. You can experience a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on your next Contiki.

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Climate Action

Combat Climate Change

We’re on the road to net zero – helping you reduce your emissions when you travel. Our ambition is backed by a 4-point Climate Action Plan to move us forward and pursue low-carbon alternatives where available. For example, in 2025, 68% of our fuel use in Europe came from Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel which has up to a 90% lower carbon footprint than diesel*. Learn how we’re lowering the carbon footprint of our trips here.

*source needs to be included at bottom of page: Source: GoodFuels, 2026. https://www.goodfuels.com/news/hvo-diesel-road-5-things-you-should-know

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