Dedicated to making a difference | Sustainability & Cosmos

Lighting the Path to a Better Tomorrow

For nearly a century, the Globus family of brands has shed light on the world’s most fascinating places and people – allowing travellers to bask in their glory, intrigue, and wonder. As we explore ancient pathways, historic hallways, and storied sidewalks of the world around us, we gain deeper knowledge, compassion, and understanding of the world and its people than ever before.

By partnering with like-minded organisations that care for our planet and the people and places we cherish, we’re committed to playing our part in advancing causes through conservation, preservation, and humanitarian partnerships.

While a lighthouse may stand alone, we can come together to light up the world’s exceptional places – and extraordinary faces. Enter the Cosmos Lighthouse Project – an illuminating initiative where we can all come together to tread lightly and give generously for the globe’s greater good. Cosmos, along with sister companies Globus and Avalon Waterways, invites our travellers and partners to help us in supporting causes that provide for a more sustainable planet and a brighter tomorrow for the planet, people, and places we treasure.

Additionally, Cosmos team members take pride in being active participants in the travel community, spearheading and participating in dozens of volunteer programs and events.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
The Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital

Australia’s unique and much-loved wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate. With help from donations from across the globe, the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital gives injured wildlife a second chance. One of the world’s largest animal hospitals, in one year, approximately 10,000 animals are brought here for lifesaving treatment, playing a vital role in saving Australia’s native species.

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Keeping the world in its best light

While nothing is more exciting than tracing the paths of historic legends, doing so with the most minimal footprint excites us even more. We make every effort to conserve and preserve in each destination we visit by helping to protect the waterways, wild places, and wildlife by supporting and shining a light on organisations that do the same.

Keeping the Blue Planet Green.

We love caring for the world just as much as we love sharing it with you! By booking a Cosmos tour, you’re helping us do just that! When you travel with Cosmos, we make a contribution to environmental organisations that work to improve the health of our planet. Travel confidently, knowing we’ve made a donation to two leading conservation champions: The Ocean CleanUp and Trees4Travel - committed to the cause of cleaner water and air. Cosmos partners with Trees4Travel to purchase a tree to be planted for each guest who travels with us. This is a small way we make a big difference in helping to reduce CO2 from the air, while keeping our commitment to bigger experiences and smaller footprints.

The Forests for the Trees.

While a single tree doesn't make a forest, Cosmos believes in the power of people and their effect on the world as a whole. Enjoy the anticipation and excitement of your upcoming adventures, while making a difference in the world we discover together. You may also choose to make a personal donation of your own to The Ocean CleanUp or Trees4Travel to help make the world even greener!

The planet-focused initiatives we support include:

The Ocean Cleanup
Trees4Travel
Wildland Firefighter Association
Vital Ground Foundation – Grizzly Bear Recovery*
Wildlife Conservation Network, Lion Recovery Fund
South African Parks Honorary Rangers
*visited on trip

Additionally, we shine a light on the following organisations through a combination of holiday visits and donations:

Monkey Rehabilitation Center, Brazil
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Baby Elephant & Rhino Rescue, Kenya
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, China
National Kiwi Conservation Project, New Zealand
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, Australia
The Kangaroo Sanctuary, Australia
Elephant Nature Park, Thailand

Paws for Cause: Our Promise for Ethical Wildlife Encounters

The Globus family believes the world's four-legged, furry, feathered, and fragile wildlife populations are precious to our planet - and in need of protection. As part of our commitment to the welfare of wildlife worldwide, Cosmos has adopted the guidelines of World Animal Protection to end the use of wild animals as entertainment. By creating an animal welfare policy, we are committed to protect wild animals by not selling, offering, or promoting venues or activities involving wild animal entertainment, such as rides, bathing, walks, and shows. We will only offer responsible viewing of wild animals in the wild or semi-wild habitats and with a high standard of animal welfare and conservation.

PEOPLE
Helping the communities of the world shine

It’s not just the splendid landscapes and landmarks that make travel so rewarding – it’s the unique people we meet along the way and the cultures they hold dear. We are dedicated to protecting, respecting and supporting the extraordinary communities of the world as well as improving the individual lives within them. The measure of the Lighthouse Project’s success? The megawatt smiles we see along the way.

The people-focused organisations we support include:

Landmine Design
Rural Aid
Pathways Project
UNICEF Australia

Additionally, we shine a light on the following organisations through a combination of holiday visits and donations:

Local orphanage, Cambodia
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity
KOTO Hospitality Training Center, Vietnam
Local school English class, Cambodia
Local school, Tanzania
Indigenous Amazon communities (via lodge stays), Ecuador and Peru
Home visits, Peru
Ladli Child Vocational Program, India

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Reflecting on the past; Brightening the future

The parks, palaces, museums and monuments we enjoy today are the result of previous generations passionately committed to preservation. By way of the Lighthouse Project, we aim to pay it forward – staying light years ahead of preservation – so that future generations can enjoy the same glorious places to relax, renew and reflect..

While every one of our destinations is precious to us, here are some of the sights and attractions we have supported – many of which we also visit on trip:

National Civil Rights Museum, Tennessee*
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho*
Yosemite National Park, Nevada, California*
Squamish Lil’Wat Centre, British Columbia*
USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii*

World War II Memorial Museum, Louisiana
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, New Mexico*
Alaska Native American Heritage Center, Alaska*
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site, Alberta*
Museum of the Cherokee Indian, North Carolina*
*visited on trip

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PLANET Keeping the world in its best light

Keeping the Blue Planet Green.

The Forests for the Trees.

The planet-focused initiatives we support include:

Additionally, we shine a light on the following organisations through a combination of holiday visits and donations:

Paws for Cause: Our Promise for Ethical Wildlife Encounters

PEOPLE Helping the communities of the world shine

PLACES Reflecting on the past; Brightening the future

PLANET
Keeping the world in its best light

PEOPLE
Helping the communities of the world shine

PLACES
Reflecting on the past; Brightening the future