Our Philosophy

We protect what we personally love, respect, and value.

Once in a remote village in the Colombian mountains, a small boy looked up at me and announced, “Biodiversity is our gold!” Destination: Wildlife is committed to protecting and preserving biodiversity - our Earth’s gold!

People and cultures are also our diversity "gold." Understanding is a bridge built on shared experience, mingling, talking, learning, and laughing together.

🦋 10% every reservation purchased is donated to a conservation-missioned US 501(c)(3) organization in the traveler's name, connecting them to the work.

🦋 Our worldwide impact is accelerated by itineraries that incorporate local climate, species, and habitat research and conservation initiatives.

🦋 Our policies prohibiting single-use plastics and the chasing, baiting, feeding, excessive calling, or other interference with wildlife foster a sense of shared responsibility.

🦋 Our local-first policy for guides, cafés, accommodations, and cultural experiences introduces people - and is fun.

🦋 Regional socio-economic stability and peace are strengthened by the increased self-empowerment and economic well-being of local stakeholders.

“Sustaining” the present is no longer good enough; travel needs to be regenerative.

Tourism done right is foundational to a better, healthier, more peaceful world.