About Us

First and foremost, we are a small company and plan to keep it that way! We started the company in 1994. Ian, who had already been leading and organising wildlife tours for another company for five years, noticed a yearning on the part of many of his customers. Those on birding holidays rather wanted to stop and look at the butterflies and flowers that were being passed by, and customers on butterfly trips were covertly sneaking looks at bird books, floras, and even the odd tome on reptiles... Sometimes, there would even be couples with different areas of wildlife interest !

Greentours was therefore born, with the aim of looking at the best of the flora and fauna of areas chosen from all over the world. Our leaders are chosen to be sociable, and for their in depth knowledge of a range of areas of natural history, rather along the lines of 'old-fashioned' naturalists. In summary, our holidays are all about great wildlife, great scenery, good company, food and fun, and not too much strenuous exercise!

Both ecology graduates, we try to follow ecological ideas within Greentours, from using recycled paper, through to donating binoculars, telescopes, tripods and field guides to local guides in areas where these items are hard to come by and out of the price range of local people. We also donate 5% of the profits from five tours each year to conservation projects in the relevant countries.

We look forward to experiencing many more wonderful days in the field, with both new faces and all our regulars alike.

Greentours’ Responsible Tourism

We Aim To:

To Support Local Communities.
We use, wherever possible, locally owned hotels, locally run facilities, and where possible purchase local produce. We provide binoculars, telescopes, field guides and other equipment (much of it donated from our customers so please continue to do so), as well as helping to train local leaders in flora and fauna identification and local ecology. This enables them to earn a living from showing and interpreting their local fauna and flora to visitors.

To Support Environmental Organisations.
Greentours is a corporate member of the African Bird Club and the Ornithological Society of the Middle-East. We provide valuable species records to relevant organisations including a vast amount of biogeographical data. As an example Greentours clients and leaders spend more person days in the Aksu-Dzhabagly Reserve in Kazakhstan than do the resident scientists. Every tour report represents an increasing and already vast data source. We provide key data to relevant organisations such as the finding of species new to countries, flagging up previously unknown populations of vulnerable species, and even finding new species to science.

Greentours and Climate Care

Climate Care invests donations in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies as well as reforestation programs, all aimed at reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere. So how can you help? Climate Care has calculated the cost of removing from the atmosphere the CO2 generated per person on your flight, based upon the hours flown.
To keep it simple we’ve divided the holidays into short haul (Europe, Turkey & the Mediterranean) £5, medium haul (Central Asia, East Africa, Iran, India and Canada) £15 and the rest of the World £27 all return per person. To contribute please tick the relevant box on the booking form and include the payment with your deposit. If you would like more information on carbon offsetting and carbon emissions, then take a look at www.climatecare.org or call Nicola at Climate Care on 01865 207009.