Exalt and the Environment

 

   EXALT is an organization whose business is helping people appreciate nature. Everyone connected with EXALT is an environmentalist. We believe that nature appreciation begins with the right mentality towards nature protection. Whilst we admit that all tourist activity (even our excursions) results in some negative impact, EXALT takes sepcific measures to limit that impact. We ask all participants to respect the sensitive environments we visit and to refrain from writing on rock surfaces, gouging their initials in tree bark, picking wild flowers, making excessive and/or intrusive noise and depositing non-organic materials on the landscape. During stops or pauses in the excursion, we always shut-off our vehicle's engine and do not allow unnecessary idling. Except during earthquakes and emergency situations, EXALT does not drive its vehicles across virgin landscape or cultivated fields. At all times we allow snakes and other life-forms to pass unharmed before our wheels. The shooting of birds with anything other than a telephoto lens is strictly taboo on EXALT excursions.