The switch to electric is not just good for the environment. In Kenya, Lewa Wildlife camp and Emboo River Camp run solar-powered safaris with vehicles retrofitted by Kenya-based Swedish start-up Roam. In Sabi Sands Game Reserve, bordering Kruger National Park, the exclusive Cheetah Plains lodge has converted its vehicle fleet to electric, charged via solar panels. Now, electric-powered safaris are coming to other Southern African countries. Going on solar-powered safarisĬhobe Game Lodge launched the first “e-safaris” – with solar-powered boats and electric vehicles – in Botswana a decade ago. Helping locals plant trees for firewood thus protecting pre-existing forests, which are also the habitat for endangered lemurs: could a 2023 trip deliver more than just wonderful memories? 7. In Madagascar, you can volunteer time planting trees with Planeterra’s Soa Zara on its “energy tree” project. A portion of expedition fees pays for capital costs such as hardware and transportation, and these solar micro-grids are then owned and run by the community.
TRAVEL INSPIRATION INSTALL
On a trip with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), trekkers in India and Nepal install solar technology in remote villages, bringing clean energy for lights and hot water. Making regenerative travel your goalĬould your next trip also have a positive long-lasting impact on the globe? Beyond the mission to “do no harm,” travelers are seeking opportunities to make things better. Get involved in regenerative projects like tree-planting for sustainable fuel in Madagascar © Image courtesy of Planeterra 6. Sleeper trains, meanwhile, are having a revival, with new overnight routes just added and more on the way.
TRAVEL INSPIRATION WINDOWS
The new GoldenPass Express through Switzerland has just added carriages with large two-part windows in all three classes for dramatic mountain, forest and river vistas. (In fact, France recently banned flights between cities connected by train in 2.5 hours or less.) The best reason to plan a train adventure in Europe? It’s a toss-up between the rolling views by day or the romance of a sleeper carriage by night.
The benefits of getting around by train are well documented – you land in the middle of a city, there are no baggage delays and (of course) train travel has a lower environmental impact than air travel. Not since Richard Linklater’s Before Sunset hit cinemas in 2004 has European train travel been so romantic.
With services expanding across Europe – including on Switzerland’s GoldenPass Express – 2023 is a fabulous moment for a big train trip © Sirnarm Usavich / Shutterstock 3.
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