Angofa Wildlife Tours is a new initiative designed to develop rural wildlife tourism in Transylvania to support long-term biodiversity monitoring and conservation efforts alongside local communities. This business was launched through a partnership between Friends of Wallacea, a global tour agency focused on partnering with rural communities to protect wildlife through tourism, and Fundatia ADEPT, a Romanian NGO that promotes traditional Transylvanian agricultural practices that maintain local biodiversity.
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Your contribution can help us acheive the following:
Angofa Wildlife Tours aims to provide new tour options that differ from current cultural excursions to both divert income into more rural areas that are critical to conservation and to improve Transylvania’s tourism offering by increasing regional bednights and length of stays. The tours are developed in partnership with Operation Wallacea, a biodiversity monitoring organization with a 10-year track record in Transylvania, ensuring the tours are safe and provide a positive impact on local wildlife. Income from tourism at Angofa enables us to hire local hunters and scientists to track and monitor wildlife, shifting perspectives toward seeing animals as collaborators rather than enemies. This income will also enable ADEPT to continue habitat restoration and conservation, and agricultural development projects across Transylvania.
Friends of Wallacea
Friends of Wallacea connects international travelers with communities involved in wildlife conservation, providing unique experiences for tourists and essential income for local businesses. Our tours are 100% locally-owned, generating income, employment, and economic growth opportunities in rural communities worldwide.
Community-run tourism operations are proven to effectively replace extraction-based economic development (mining, logging, agriculture, etc) to incentivize and fund the protection of threatened ecosystems. Friends of Wallacea works with rural and indigenous communities who are actively involved in local conservation efforts to help them reach a global audience of intrepid travelers who care where their tourism dollars land.
