Company Mission and Services
gloCaltravel is committed in providing detailed information about the
featured destinations in Mexico, an overview about the history, culture
and traditions of the country, and tips and suggestions helping travellers
to make the most of their trip, enjoying the local life, in a way that
contributes directly to the local communities.
Our lodging section lists ecolodges, indipendent hotels, B&Bs, camps,
posadas, and haciendas all over the country, avoiding hotel chains and
mass tourist resorts. Accommodation can be searched by areas and type,
and travellers will find a detailed description for each of the featured
properties - with emphasis on their ecopolicies - and a rich photogallery,
with some extra information about the surrounding areas.
Our ecotours range from daily activities and excursions to longer trips
exploring different regions, and are all focused on nature watching and
on the discovery of the amazing archaeology and culture of Mexico, with
interaction activities with local communities. Nature tours and adventure
trips include outdoor and sport activities like trekking, mountain-biking,
rafting, kayaking, climbing, flying, diving and snorkeling. Cultural and
historical tours include visits to archaeological sites and indigenous
communities, language, cooking and handcraft courses, food and drink tasting.
Other activities are focused on health and well-being, like yoga, meditation,
and relaxation practises.
Through our blog, activities and campaigns we are also dedicated to raising
awareness amongst tourists of the importance of environmental conservation,
and to cooperate with local operators for a more sustainable development
of the tourist industry.
Our Responsible Tourism Policy
glocaltravel operates a first selection on the same destinations, trying
to avoid those tourist centres offering mostly resorts built and managed
by International Tour operators. We mainly promotes destinations off the
beaten tracks, focusing on areas offering peculiar eco-systems and bio-diversities,
and natural, historical and archaeological parks. Where tours include
popular destinations which might interest also the ecotraveller (i.e.
a famous archaelogical site / colonial town / biosphere reserve) sound
alternatives to the mass packages are always provided.
Accommodation and tour providers are carefully selected among those who
show an approach to the tourist development based on sustainability and
respect for the environment, applying natural design principles, practising
ecology policies (i.e. recycling, waste control, and energy and water
savings), and creating an atmosphere where visitors can have an authentic
travel experience. Participants to cultural and nature tours are accompanied
in small groups by anthropologists, biologists and local guides, cooperating
with the native communities.
glocaltravel provides also information about NGO's operating on the Mexican
territory, together with volunteering programs, and shopping tips which
follow principles of social equity and fair trade.
Our company is based in London, but unlike other operators we spend at
least a couple of months per year in Mexico, going on tours, trying accommodation
options and meeting the local guides in order to have firsthand knowledge
of the holidays we sell through our website. We prefer checking their
eco-behaviour on the spot instead of simply relying on their published
policies about sustainability and environmental conservation.
gloCaltravel is member of TIES (The International Ecotourism Society),
Sustainable Travel International, Ecoturismolatino, Ecoclub.com, and is
featured on the Ecotourdirectory and on Planeta.com's World Travel Directory.
gloCaltravel.com Ltd. was founded in 2003 by Barbara Soldi
