Guided by purpose: Our ethics and policies

Our Commitment to Animal Protection We want wildlife to be wild, and nature to be natural

At Explore, we care deeply about the welfare of animals and we’ll never knowingly compromise it for the sake of our trips.

Our aim is simple: to help keep animals wild, protect their natural behaviours, and lead the way in raising welfare standards across the travel industry. We introduced our Animal Protection Policy in 2021 and review it every year to make sure we’re learning, improving, and reducing our impact wherever we can.

We follow a strict no-contact approach, and we’ve introduced a traffic light system that helps us assess and categorise every wildlife interaction we offer. This system is independently audited each year, to help keep us transparent and accountable.

But we also know we don’t have all the answers, and meaningful change can only happen when we listen, learn and work together. That’s why we’re partnering with animal welfare experts to develop training, support our suppliers, and keep evolving.

Our Stand Against Modern Slavery Committed to a fairer world for everyone.

At Explore, we believe travel should enrich lives not harm them. That’s why our Modern Slavery Policy is more than a promise, it’s a pledge to act with integrity, fairness, and transparency every step of the way. We’ve built clear standards and routines to spot and eliminate unfair practices in our operations and supply chain. And we’re not stopping there, because real change takes constant awareness, training, and collaboration. We’re learning as we go, together.