Our Way of Giving Back
Supporting paper reduction
Supporting paper reduction with e-docs… many cruise lines have taken the initiative to reduce environmental impact by issuing e-docs instead of bulky paper documentation. With smart phones and tablets it is a much easier way for cruisers to keep their documentation at their fingertips. In fact, some Cruise Lines no longer supply hard-copy docs and supply e-docs only. Cruise Traveller are pleased to support their efforts and offer our guests the option to go ‘e-docs only’ (where possible). Please ask your Cruise Specialist if you prefer to receive your documents electronically.
Our team are also very focussed on paper usage and we recycle everything we can. Including the ‘packaging’ from the many postal and courier satchels we receive going back to Australia Posts recycling initiative.
Here are some of the many activities our amazing cruising partners are involved in (too many to list):
Adventure Canada’s Discovery Fund… In 1996 Adventure Canada established their Discovery Fund which is contributed to by every cruise guest as part of their fare. It’s aim is to strengthen sustainable initiatives and projects in the regions they travel.
Aqua Expeditions… Aqua Expedition’s support local environmental conservation and wildlife protection initiatives including work in Peru’s Amazon restoring the taricaya turtle population with the help of local environmentalists in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.
Frontiers North… Canada’s north is home to many species of arctic wildlife that rely on a pristine environment. We travel responsibly to protect these fragile natural habitats, to benefit local communities and to preserve and celebrate the customs and traditions of the places we visit. As well Frontiers North have strong commitment to community, education and giving.
Lindblad Expeditions … One of Lindblad’s governing principles is to positively impact the areas they explore. They created the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (LEX-NG) Fund to support projects at the global, regional, and local level. They aim to protect the last wild places in the ocean, support innovative local projects, and facilitate conservation, research, education, and community development projects in the places they explore.
PONANT … Ponant is committed to the preservation of the environment including the Certification of each of their ships by the international Clean Ship label which certifies minimised environmental impact.
MEKONG PRINCESS
The team at Mekong Princess assist with humanitarian dental work in Cambodia. Below is more about the incredible work Mark and the team do each year.
“The work started in Myanmar (Burma) in 2019 after two American dentists, who were doing a river cruise, were deeply touched by the condition of the children they saw at an orphanage we stopped at overnight along the river cruise.
They asked me how they could help and that if Mark Nicholls organised the trip they and a team of volunteer hygienist’s and assistants would come…and they did.
In 2023 they moved the dental work to Cambodia due to the ongoing civil war in Myanmar.
In January 2026 I will take a dental team of 16 back to Siem Reap, Cambodia were we will continue the work we started in February 2025 when we operated at two schools that are responsible for educating the children from very poor family’s in the area including children that live on small fishing boats on Lake Tonle Sap.
In 2025 the teeth of 450 + children were repaired most of the children had never seen a dentist before. Many of their teeth were in terrible condition through neglect, easy access to sweets, soft drinks etc and a lack of dental hygiene.
All the mobile dental equipment is hired in the USA including a hand held X-Ray machine and carried to Cambodia by the team as well as modern medicines.
We also bring dental kits for every child which includes tooth brush, toothpaste and dental floss and the children are given instruction on the importance of dental hygiene and how and when to brush. We also run training for the teachers and ask them to follow-up with their students. We also bring Lego(large) kits for the children to play with while they wait and we leave these with the schools.
It’s a work of love..!”
