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Discover Yourself Somewhere Else – Travel Changes You
Travel is about more than visiting new places. Discover how One Life Adventures small group tours create unforgettable experiences, lasting friendships, and deeper cultural connections around the world.
Making Waves: Our Bali Beach Clean-Up Success!
On March 21st, 2025, the One Life Adventures team came together for a Travel for Change initiative, our Bali Beach Clean-Up at Kedonganan Beach in the South Kuta area. This event was not just about cleaning up; it was about giving back to the local community, protecting our environment, and strengthening our team spirit. And what a success it was!
5 Ways to Leave a Positive Impact When Travelling
If you’re reading this, then that means you have a passion for travel just like us. Or even so, a passion for ensuring we can make a positive impact on the local communities that we travel to. The travel experiences that have a positive impact on the local economy,...
Responsible Tourism and Animal Welfare
Welcome to One Life Adventures, where we believe in exploring the world responsibly and leaving a positive impact wherever we go. Here we delve into the vital intersection of responsible tourism and animal welfare. As travelers, it's our duty to ensure that our...
8 Ways Travel Makes You A Better Person
Travel is thrilling, inspiring, and most importantly, it's super fun! We are fortunate to live in a world where travelling is easier and more affordable than ever before, and more people are doing it than ever before - an estimated 1.2 billion people travel...
Tips for Sustainable Travel
Sustainable travel has been a prominent topic in recent years, and for good reason! To summarise, it is the concept of visiting somewhere as a traveller but also aiming to have a positive impact on the local environment, society, and economy. It begins even before you arrive at any destination, with smarter decisions about how we travel and being mindful of where we spend our money. Some things are easier said than done, but we can all make small changes and make significant decisions as we travel.
To help you begin, we’ve compiled a list of practical methods to travel more sustainably on your next adventure!
7 Of The Best Meditation Apps Out There
Whether you’re back in lockdown (we are with you, UK friends), or you’ve come out the other side - no one can argue that things didn’t change in 2020. Maybe you’re one of those people that enjoy lockdowns... You’re baking, exercising or even reconnecting with people...
World Kindness Day | How To Spread Some Extra Kindness
November 13th is World Kindness Day and we don’t think this could be any more relevant in these difficult times, especially with a few of us going back into a second lockdown. In honour of this, we thought we’d put together some tips on how to make your world a kinder...
3 Ways to Reduce Your Meat Consumption
The health benefits of eating less meat, along with the ethical/environmental considerations, has left many of us turning towards vegetarian (or flexitarian) lifestyles. But we’re all too aware that sometimes it’s just not that easy. For a multitude of reasons,...
8 Easy Swaps for Eco-Friendly Travel
If you’re like me, you might find that getting organised for your next adventure is half the fun! You might also find that you’re constantly on the lookout for more of an environmentally friendly way to travel overseas, but you’re not always sure how. With busy...
5 Ways to Travel Sri Lanka More Sustainably!
Last year, over 2 million people visited Sri Lanka, and when you contemplate the country’s pristine mountains, beaches, waterfalls and jungles, it’s easy to see why so many travellers go there year after year! This small island is a verifiable paradise. In addition to...
Supporting Local Schools
Mahatma Gandhi once said “by education, I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man; body, mind and spirit”. Education is crucial; children are quite literally the future. With each generation comes a huge shift in the way we live our lives, when...
Local Communities
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’ll know the travel industry is continuing to grow exponentially. Rewind even just 10 years, and travel has gone from being a pipe dream for many to being much more accessible. From luxury resorts...
OLA Travelship
We love travel! It’s probably pretty evident if you’ve made it this far through the website, that we like to travel. Well, more than like, we’re actually pretty damn passionate about it. Travelling is what we do; it’s who we are. One Life Adventures was built off of a...
Reducing Plastics
The Statistics say it all 8 million metric tonnes of plastic enter the ocean & kill more than 100,000 marine animals every year Plastic has been found 7 miles deep in the ocean, contaminating some of the most remote parts of the world By 2050, scientists estimate...
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