Sustainable Tourism

Our mission statement

• We want people to enjoy Latin America as much as we do ourselves. We aim to create new ambassadors for all the beauty this diverse and colourful continent has to offer.
• We realise that we have our earth on loan from future generations and therefore we want all our activities to make a positive contribution to preserving the natural resources and cultures in the areas in which we operate.
• We continue to invest in our personal development and establishing and maintaining long-term relationships based on the win-win principle. This way, not only we, but also future generations can enjoy Latin America.

Our vision

To organise beautiful trips, creating unforgettable moments and staying true to our core values, it is important that we know and can trust our network locally. We have known most of the people we work with for many years. With many of them, we have also established personal and friendly ties. We share the same philosophy when it comes to organising trips and we adhere to the same core values. Our friendly relationship does not prevent us from being critical of each other when there is room for improvement.

Better holidays

When putting together our trips, we take people, the environment, nature and culture into account, so that the holiday is not only special for you now, but later also future generations can enjoy attractive destinations. Whether it's holidays where you enjoy pristine nature, experience local culture, meet new people or taste a delicious local dish; together we work on holidays that make for better places and more beautiful experiences. And in doing so, we make an important contribution to sustainable developments at the destination. For you as a traveller, but also for the people living at the holiday destination.

The positive contribution of sustainable travel

Whichever way you look at it, travelling creates an ecological footprint. With our partners on site, we strive to keep it as low as possible. We do this by, for instance, eliminating disposable plastic such as water bottles and straws. But even if we do our best to keep our carbon footprint as low as possible and offset all our travel, we cannot deny that there is a footprint.

However, sustainable travel means more than just keeping our ecological footprint as low as possible. We believe that sustainable travel makes a positive contribution to nature, the environment and culture in several ways;

• With sustainable travel, we make it economically important for local communities and governments to preserve and protect natural areas and cultures for future generations.
• With sustainable travel, we offer local communities the chance of education and an income.
• With sustainable travel, we ensure interaction between our travellers and local people, creating understanding for each other. In our opinion, a better world starts with understanding each other and focusing on our similarities rather than our differences.
• With sustainable travel, we create ambassadors who underline and support the importance and preservation of nature and culture in the destinations we offer.

Sustainable initiatives

We encourage the use of renewable energy sources such as solar energy, working with local products, striving to recycle waste as much as possible. We also consider it of great importance to contribute with our local partners to the positive development of local people and the preservation of Latin American nature and culture. With Sapa Pana Travel, we are constantly looking for such initiatives.

Fight child abuse, even abroad!

We actively support ANVR and Defence for Children - ECPAT in the fight against child exploitation in holiday countries. We invite you to be alert with us and report suspicions of child abuse at www.dontlookaway.nl , even if committed abroad! More information on combating child abuse is available from us