Conservation, Sustainability, and Carbon Neutrality

Dear Explorer,

Thanks for taking the time to look at our journeys and imagine yourself on an expedition to remote Asia.

Adventures come in all shapes and sizes. Voygr helps you find ones that push your limits, broaden your cultural orbit, and discover wild wonders. For us, it is critical that we provide these experiences built around protecting the environment and preserving vanishing cultures.

I founded Voygr almost a decade ago after years of experiencing adventure travel around the world. I grew tired of seeing middlemen take huge cuts of what I paid simply for providing connections. I wanted to see the many excellent guides that I encountered at the center of my travel. With a background in international development and sustainable business, I decided to have a go at making the system fairer for the communities involved and for the environment.

Our guides are what sets Voygr apart. They are historians, photographers, and mountaineers. They are local, and they love showing off their unique communities. They value the unique areas where they work and are committed to, and trained in, cultural preservation and environmental sustainability.

• Cultural Preservation: In our travels to remote communities, Voygr endeavors to not just observe, but to engage communities. Our guides know the locals, our guests hear their stories and learn about their lives. We engage and document these communities, returning many times over to develop strong relationships.
• Environmental Sustainability: Our expeditions cover many fragile ecosystems in some of the highest regions of the world. Voygr follows Leave No Trace principles wherever we go.
• We provide our ranger teams, our remote infrastructure, and our expedition crews to build predator proof corrals, run community training programs, engage regions that have active human-wildlife conflict, and provide trainings to field teams from wildlife reserves across Central Asia.
• We revere wildlife through the use of trained guides and a respect for the animals’ habitat.

We aren’t just carbon neutral. We are proud to be CARBON NEGATIVE. After calculating a tours carbon emissions, we offset another 10 tonnes of carbon on top.

As lovers of the mountains, Voygr also recognizes the intersectionality of both cultural preservation and environmental sustainability. The people and the planet are intertwined. Wherever possible, we involve local communities in our work by promoting sustainable building practices, supporting national park systems, and developing livelihoods that are fair.

We look forward to sharing this with you.

Behzad J. Larry, FRGS, FRAS

Founder & CEO