African Scenic Safaris Earns Travelife Certification

What Is Travelife?

Travelife is a training, management, and certification program for tourism companies working towards sustainability.

For tour operators and travel agencies, Travelife provides a clear system for managing social and environmental impact. It helps companies improve how they work with staff, suppliers, guests, communities, and the environment.

To become Travelife Certified, a tour operator must meet more than 200 sustainability criteria covering environmental management, climate action, biodiversity, working conditions, human rights, local communities, supply chain management, and customer communication.

The Travelife Certification Stages

Travelife is a three-stage program, and companies work through it in order.

Stage 1: Travelife Engaged — This is the first stage. The company commits to sustainability and begins implementing management procedures. A Sustainability Co-ordinator receives a personal Travelife certificate, and the company begins applying basic good practices.

Stage 2: Travelife Partner — At this stage, the company prepares a sustainability report and meets basic requirements assessed by Travelife. African Scenic Safaris reached Travelife Partner status in 2017. This was a key step in our sustainability work because it helped us organize our efforts more effectively.

Stage 3: Travelife Certified — This is the certified stage. An independent auditor assesses the company against the international Travelife Certified standard through an on-site assessment. The requirements are stronger than at Partner level. African Scenic Safaris reached this stage in 2023.

What This Means for African Scenic Safaris

Travelife certification shows that our responsible tourism work is not handled as a side activity. It is part of how we operate.

Certification requires a structured sustainability policy rather than a set of good intentions, and it holds us to it across the whole business: how we employ and pay our teams, how we choose and assess suppliers, how we manage waste and environmental impact on tours and in the office, how we support local communities, and how we talk to guests about all of it. The specifics are set out below in the section Practical actions behind the certification.

This is important because our work takes place in areas that need long-term care. Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti, local villages, safari routes, riverbanks, and mountain trails are not just travel locations. They are living, working, and community spaces.

Our Responsible Tourism Work

Our sustainability work spans various aspects of different organizations.

We also follow strict waste management protocols on safari and on the mountain, and we support Responsible Tourism Tanzania by applying their best practices in our work.

Practical Actions Behind the Certification

Travelife certification is linked to practical work. For African Scenic Safaris, this includes actions such as:

These aren't one-off gestures; they are built into how we operate. They are part of how we run our trips and manage our impact.

What It Means for our Guests

When guests travel with African Scenic Safaris, they are choosing a company whose sustainability work has been independently reviewed.

That means their safari or Kilimanjaro climb supports more than a travel experience. It supports local employment, community projects, fairer mountain operations, responsible suppliers, and better environmental practices.

Travelife certification gives guests a clearer way to understand that we measure, check, and maintain our sustainability commitments.

Our Commitment Continues

Certification is not a finish line. Travelife reassesses certified companies every two years, so companies must meet the standard again each cycle rather than once.

For African Scenic Safaris, sustainability is ongoing work. It is in how we plan trips, treat our teams, work with suppliers, manage waste, and support local communities.

Our aim remains simple: to operate in a way that benefits Tanzania, its people, its wildlife, and its future. Want to travel to Tanzania with us? You can talk to our experts, who will guide you towards your dream travel in the country.