Wildlife Conservationist Holly Budge Launches Wildlife Positive Travel
Wildlife Positive Travel has been set up by adventurer and conservationist Holly Budge and launched to coincide with World Female Ranger Week – which runs from June 23 -30. The aim of WPT is to offer specialised luxury travel, combined with meaningful and unique environmental and conservation experiences.
The first trip available will be a week-long visit to Kenya on October 19-26 2024, where travellers will be able to witness first-hand the pioneering elephant conservation work being carried out by the Mara Elephant Project (MEP).
Travellers will get to patrol with the MEP frontline rangers, meet the last two northern white rhinos in their natural habitat and enjoy a helicopter conservation tour to the Loita Forest, along with a visit to an experimental farm that welcomes crop-raiding elephants in the name of ground-breaking research.
From Nov 20-27 2024 adventurous travellers can also be the first to experience a week-long trip with Africa’s first all female, anti-poaching team, The Black Mambas. Taking part in day and night patrols with the rangers, viewing the ‘Big 5’ – lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo – along with meeting the communities where the rangers live and work are all part of this unique trip.
“Our mission is simple yet powerful: to ignite luxury travel experiences that support wildlife conservation projects worldwide. We offer deeply immersive and unique trips that engage with pioneering conservation projects,” said Holly Budge, Director of Wildlife Positive Travel and the creator of World Female Ranger Week.
Wildlife Positive Travel is inspired by the time Holly has spent immersed with anti-poaching teams on the front line in Africa and through wanting to share these unique, impactful journeys with others.
She herself will be hosting each trip and sharing her personal experiences as both a conservationist and an adventurer and is highlighting the fact that anyone signing up for the adventure will be directly supporting conservation.
Prices start from £4995 (excluding flights) with further information at www.wildlifepositivetravel.com or by calling the company on 07440 192203 for more details
Also the founder of UK charity ‘How Many Elephants’ and World Female Ranger Week, Holly was recently voted ‘Woman of the Year in Non-Profit’, listed in the Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise, and is an official UN Women UK Delegate.
Holly’s impactful work has been celebrated worldwide, including by Sir David Attenborough and HRH Prince Edward. As an Everest Summiteer and the first woman to skydive Everest, Holly is no stranger to adventure and has raised over £500,000 for conservation to date.