terranova biketours is committed to responsible, sustainable and ethical tourism.
terranova is a pioneer of cycling tourism with over 40 years of company history and extensive tourism experience. As a medium-sized bike tour operator, terranova is committed to the principles of a sustainable economy as the basis of its existence.
All trips we organize ourselves are neutral for the climate. We cooperate with the non-profit foundation Wilderness-international based in Germany and Canada. The costs for the compensation in the destination are already included in the travel price for all our original trips. terranova has had the nature consumption = CO₂ footprint of all self-organized trips calculated for this. It is terranova's practice to compensate the CO₂ flight emissions through contributions. When booking a flight through terranova, the CO₂ compensation costs are included in the ticket price. We cooperate with wilderness-international.org in this regard.
About our partner Wilderness-international
- Three sisters, one mission: It all started with the enthusiasm for forests with huge trees... Back then, 26 people from six countries, 24 different professions and aged between 18 and 69 were united by their love for impressive, wild nature and the desire to preserve it for future generations. So they founded the environmental protection organization Wilderness International in Germany and Canada in 2008. In 2019, we added the Peruvian organization. Today, Wilderness International consists of three sister foundations with one great goal: to protect the last unique wilderness areas forever.
- Local: Each of them was co-founded by local people, and locals are actively involved. There are always local projects, such as the forest guardians in Peru or tree planting events in Germany.
- International: But above all, the three organizations work together on an international level for wilderness protection, environmental education and reserach. In addition, we always register all three foundations on every land title - to strengthen the security of protection.
- Mission: The Wilderness International team dedicates its daily work to the legally secure purchase of ecologically valuable and acutely threatened wilderness areas around the world in order to protect them in perpetuity.
- Visison: We still have the opportunity to save the last wilderness areas on earth. This knowledge and the enthusiasm for fantastic nature drive us to make our mission a reality, step by step.
Climate-conscious travel with terranova
Since our guests travel from many different regions and choose different means of transport, we cannot include the carbon footprint of the journey arrival- and departureflights automaticly
It is terranova's practice to compensate the CO₂ flight emissions through contributions. When booking a flight through terranova, the CO₂ compensation costs are included in the ticket price. We cooperate with wilderness-international.org for this purpose. If you do not book your flight through terranova, you also have the option of offsetting the CO₂ flight emissions. Ee recommend our partner atmosfair.com. atmosfair is a non-profit climate protection organization with a focus on travel. Air passengers pay a climate protection contribution depending on the emissions, which atmosfair uses to expand renewable energies in countries where they are still scarce, i.e. mainly in developing countries. In this way, atmosfair saves CO₂ that would otherwise have been generated by fossil energies in these countries.
