The Stewards
of Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA
Journeys With Purpose is honoured to announce an immersive impact experience in partnership with Lanka Environment Fund and Conservation Collective. This is an eye opening journey of discovery, revealing what is possible when dedicated local groups are given the opportunity to protect their natural environment and restore what has been lost.
AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE GROUP
EXPERIENCE
INCLUDED
DETAILS
WHAT TO EXPECT
Embark on an environmental odyssey to gain insight into Lanka Environment Fund’s critical role protecting and restoring Sri Lanka’s biodiversity. Staying in guesthouses and luxury hotels, experience the country’s old world charm during leopard and pangolin treks, moonlit tours, safari game drives and biodiversity studies hosted by key wildlife scientists, conservationists and project experts, to discover and contribute to the protection of Sri Lanka’s vast ecological wealth. All-inclusive. Excludes international flights.
ACCOMMODATION
This journey incorporates a range of luxury accommodations including The Wallawwa in Negombo, Palmyrah House on Mannar Island, Jetwing Vil Uyana in Sigiriya, Ceylon Tea Trails in Dick-Oya and Uga Residence in Colombo. It will be a very comfortable journey with access to luxury amenities. All meals, showcasing the best of Sri Lankan cuisine, are included in the journey price, as is a 24/7 concierge throughout.
PERFECT FOR
This seven day journey will take guests on an environmental odyssey across Sri Lanka. It is perfect for inquisitive travellers looking to come away with a renewed sense of purpose and understanding of how they can play a part in shifting the needle on climate change and biodiversity loss. This trip is open to individuals of all ages, from families with young children to intrepid solo travellers.
CONSERVATION IMPACT
Listed as one of the world’s 35 biodiversity hotspots, Sri Lanka plays a critical role in ensuring our planet’s biodiversity and ecosystem health. However, the Sri Lankan government is currently unable to allocate adequate funding towards protecting and restoring its ecosystems due to the country’s economic crisis and challenging recent history. It is therefore necessary for community intervention and, with Sri Lanka being declared as 2020’s sixth most vulnerable country to changing climatic conditions in the annual Climate Risk Index produced by the German Watch, the need for action is now.
The Lanka Environment Fund allows individuals and businesses to support the protection and restoration of the island and to be a part of creating a more responsible, greener and cleaner Sri Lanka. Lanka Environment Fund strongly believes that supporting local environmental and conservation groups can make a positive impact and help bring about long-lasting change.
YOUR HOSTS
MEET YOUR HOST:
VINOD MALWATTE
Vinod Malwatte
Vinod Malwatte is a Sri Lankan conservationist, activist, Director of the Lanka Environment Fund and Co-founder of the Parrotfish Collective, a group of conservation communicators.
In the past decade he has operated as the project coordinator for the Rewilding for Tourism (RFT) project under the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA); as the co-founding project manager for Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB); and as project manager for the Federation of Environmental Organizations (FEO), Sri Lanka.
Vinod has a masters degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in Environment with a focus in community engagement and sustainability planning management and an undergraduate degree in Geography and Anthropology from Macalester College, USA.
In addition to his work with the LEF, Vinod is currently Co-Chair of the Mangrove Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods (MCSL) Forum which is comprised of several local conservation organisations working to conserve mangrove ecosystems. He also sits on the Policy and Advocacy committees of the Federation of Environmental Organisations (FEO), Sri Lanka, and is on the judging panel for the Best Sustainability Projects awarded by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) at their annual Corporate Citizen Awards.