For nearly a century, the Globus family of brands has shed light on the world’s most fascinating places and people – allowing travelers 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 organizations 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.
Let It Shine.
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.
Yosemite National Park
Not Just a Great Valley, but a Shrine to Human Foresight
Yosemite National Park plays a significant role in the imagination, culture, and history of California and the United States. It is a land of contrasts, with its thundering waterfalls, soaring granite cliffs, serene meadows, and the largest trees on earth. Yosemite is also the birthplace of the national park movement, a muse for writers, painters, and photographers, and a natural resource that has fueled the growth of California and the Western United States. It’s important to protect this incredible place for future generations.
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 organizations 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 organizations that work to improve the health of our planet. Travel confidently, knowing that travelling with us also supports a leading champion for the environment, Trees4Travel, planting trees on behalf of our guests to help offset their trip’s carbon emissions. 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 Trees4Travel or The Ocean Cleanup to help make the world even greener!
The planet-focused initiatives we support include:
- The Ocean Cleanup
- Trees4Travel
- 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 organizations through a combination of vacation 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 this 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, Globus 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. These guidelines are currently in practice, and we are committed to full compliance by the end of 2024.
The people-focused organizations we support include:
- Landmine Design
- UNICEF
- Rural Aid
- Pathways Project
Additionally, we shine a light on the following organizations through a combination of vacation 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
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*
*Visit on trip
- 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*
Additionally, the Globus family of brands team members take pride in being active participants in the travel community, spearheading and participating in dozens of volunteer programs and events.