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Past, Present & Future

Over the last 12 years, we have been at the forefront of conservation travel. Our ground-breaking wildlife and wilderness tours support the habitat, species and communities that we visit. The change of name from Discovery Initiatives to Steppes Discovery and our rebranding to fully integrate it into the Steppes Travel Group will enable us to further develop our core beliefs and expand our range of destinations.

Having pioneered and championed the idea and implementation of wildlife eco-tourism, we have raised more than £750,000 for local, regional and international projects, putting our money where our mouth is. It is through our clients' desire to seek out new adventures and by listening to their feedback that we are able to offer such unique travel experiences.

Our countries shown here highlight some of our flagship tours and conservation elements. They present some of our proudest achievements to date.

We look forward to creating exciting and new tours to complement our old favourites in the year ahead.

Kieran Murphy
Group Managing Director


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Steppes Schools We are pleased to announce the launch of our new schools programme which starts this autumn. Dedicated to Education through Experience, it features destinations as diverse as Brazil, Galapagos Islands, Iceland and Russia. Read more or Contact Us

Galapagos Day Attended by Sir David Attenborough, we supported a highly successful evening at the Royal Geographical Society in London, in aid of the Galapagos Conservation Trust. The Steppes Travel Group raised an incredible £21,000 with the auction of a rare fifth edition of 'On the Origin of Species'. Read more


		Steppes Autumn Events William Dalrymple Book Launch We are supporting the book launch and tour of William Dalrymple's new book 'Nine Lives' This is his first travel book in a decade and has been reviewed as a modern Indian 'Canterbury Tales'. Read more


		John Simpson Lecture BBC World Affairs Editor and specialist correspondent John Simpson is hosting an evening lecture at Worcester Cathedral on 8th October. We are delighted to be supporting this event with English Mutual Group. Read more

Competition! 20th Anniversary Birthday Book

Our photography competition is still open for entries. Do send us your favourite travel-related images for a chance to be selected and published in our special edition album and receive £300 of travel vouchers.
To enter read more

Galapagos We raised money for the Charles Darwin Research Station in The Galapagos Islands allowing our clients a fascinating expert-led exploration of the islands. Read more or contact Dawn

India Recognised as the first UK tour operator to establish a Snow Leopard Tour in Ladakh, we were given The Responsible Travel Award for Endangered Species. We had successful sightings of this elusive cat last season, with our tour dedicated to the conservation of the snow leopard and its habitat. Read more or contact Charlotte

Uganda We contributed to helping build a school library for the Kiyoima primary school in Uganda, which we continue to support through our Ugandan Wildlife Tour. This ensures that the local community directly benefits from tourism. Read more or contact Chris

Rwanda We were the first tour company in the world to help habituate gorillas for tourism, ensuring their protection with the local wildlife authorities. Read more or contact Chris

Botswana Our expert-led elephant, leopard and wild dog tours have helped pay for tracking equipment to monitor some of Africa's most endangered animals. Read more or contact Mandy

Brazil Our new Brazil Jaguar Tour takes in some of the highlights of the awesome Pantanal Wetlands and supports the incredible wildlife to be found here. Read more or contact Dawn

Steppes Schools Our new schools programme is designed to offer experiential learning through hands-on, cultural programmes and strong student and community interaction. Read more or contact Steppes Schools

Namibia Working with Save the Rhino and AfriCat in Namibia, we are helping to fund vital research work on desert elephants, cheetah and leopard. Read more or contact Mandy

Borneo Over the last 12 years we have raised nearly $300,000 for Orangutan Conservation with our Orangutan Study and Support Tour. We also have a few places available this December for our Orangutan Photography Tour led by John Wright. Read more or contact Chris

Steppes Travel
Have you visited our sister company's web site? Steppes Travel is a specialist in tailor made travel to the more exotic regions of the world. Their highly experienced team place service and knowledge as their highest priorities. Their aim is to design itineraries, which, while including the highlights of any country, additionally take travellers off the beaten track to see lesser known, but equally interesting places not frequented by large numbers of tourists.
Read more or contact Steppes Travel

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