Carbon-neutral Shore Excursion tour for these lucky Star Princess passengers
Sunday 18 October 2009, 2:11PM
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A group of American & Canadian cruise boat passengers off the Star Princess offset their Shore Excursion carbon emissions during the 'Coast to Coast Eco-tour' Auckland tours on Friday.
Part of the west Auckland day trip is to visit the historic sheep farm & Homestead of tour owner/operator hosts Donna & Stuart Hamilton, where a group Native tree planting (complimentary inclusion for Cruise boat passengers), ensures their day tour is carbon neutral.
In visiting the west Auckland attractions of Arataki Information Centre, craft-shopping, wine & honey tasting, Muriwai beach & gannet colony, and the 100-acre sheep farm, the round trip is just on 200km, and tour operators Donna & Stuart want to make their operation as sustainable as possible.
Recently nominated for the Manaakitanga [Hospitality] Awards, which showcases the best in the hospitality industry throughout the Rodney District, the 'Coast to Coast Eco-tour's' unique-to-Auckland Native tree planting project saw them a finalist in the Sustainability section of these awards.
[Full story on this project's conception HERE]
Locally sourced produce, goods & services, compliment the 'Coast to Coast Tours' firm committment to sustainability and 'true' Eco-tour practice.
'Coast to Coast Tours' is Tripadvisor's 2011 -and- 2012 Certificate of Excellence Award winners, and this personalised tour is highly rated.