For the second year in a row, Explorandes, has been awarded by the World Travel Awards, the honor of “World`s Leading Green Tour Operator” of 2013, during the award ceremony on the 30th of November, 2013 in Doha, Qatar.
Explorandes is the pioneer agency in adventure tourism in Peru. Since 1975, Explorandes has been organizing adventure trips and active tourism, with a vocation of service and dedication to the sustainability of natural resources, cultures and traditions of the destinations that offers. Over the years, Explorandes has been recognized for its innovation and spirit through the exploration of internal Peru, thus acquiring a thorough knowledge of its geography, nature and cultural environment, helping to understand that caring for the environment is extremely important for the sustainability of tourism in Peru.
The World Travel Awards were founded in 1993 with the objective to recognize and reward excellence within the travel industry, tourism and hospitality all over the world. The winners are nominated and those who receive the most votes, win. In this opportunity, Explorandes, was nominated and received the most votes for its extensive and careful work that has been doing in its tourism operations, implementing its company vision for sustainable tourism, developing products with local partners, certifying its activities, working by protecting the environment and natural surroundings, and by preserving the traditions and expressions of their cultural origins.
Thanks to this world-renowned award, Explorandes will continue walking down the path of cultural and natural sustainability, and will continue maintaining its tourism development strengthened in its commitment to minimize negative impacts that tourism may cause on the destinations and adventures that Explorandes operates and promotes in the many different attractions and destinations of Peru.