Coral Reef Safari

Harnessing tourism for marine protection

Coral Reef Safari, our tourism division, is committed to becoming the leading force in regenerative travel for Marine Protected Areas.

Reef Positive Businesses

We create, fund, and promote reef-positive businesses that offer nature-based ocean travel experiences and products. These businesses are established with the sole purpose of reinvesting most or all proceeds into conservation, ensuring sustainable support for marine protection and the long-term health of our oceans.

Positive Impact

We are committed to creating a net positive environmental and social impact through our operations. We champion low-impact tourism and strive for carbon neutrality, ensuring our operations leave the lightest possible footprint.

Our reef-positive initiatives educate, inspire, and foster meaningful connections with wildlife and conservation efforts.

By promoting responsible marine tourism practices, we aim to raise awareness and drive behaviour change, ensuring a sustainable future for our oceans.

How we work

We provide customised management and support services to reef-positive businesses, tailored to their specific needs. Our role is either be leading or supporting, depending on the objectives.

Evaluation

Thorough planning, financial modelling, market surveys, and due diligence to meet investment criteria.

Investment

We invest in early-stage reef-positive businesses through our blended finance facility and catalytic capital. 

Development

Product planning, marketing strategy implementation, sales, commercial and financial monitoring, recruitment, local team capacity building, and ESG support and certification.

Operations

Strategic oversight and executive management to ensure optimal reef positive business performance.

Promotion

We provide travel trade representation, PR, brand endorsement, sustainable travel associations memberships, and cross-marketing of products and destinations.

Projects

We work to develop Reef Positive tourism in, or adjacent to Marine Protected Areas that are co-managed by Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas

The Manta Underwater Room

A Coral Reef Safari investment that turns a rare reef stay into direct support for marine protection.

Set just offshore from Pemba Island, within the biodiverse Pemba Channel Conservation Area, the experience invites guests to spend time above and below the waterline, closely connected to the surrounding coral reef.

All proceeds support Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas’ management of North PECCA, a recognised coral climate refuge with important habitats, migratory routes, and marine life.

Operated by Manta Pemba Island, the model links responsible tourism with long-term conservation, supporting reef ecosystems and the coastal communities that depend on them.

Visit: www.themantaresort.com/rooms/underwater-room

Coral Reef Safari Day Adventures

In the Philippines, our day trips in the Verde Island Passage offers a guided scuba adventure with genuine purpose.

During our unique day trips in the Verde Island Passage, guests explore rarely visited dive locations, secluded beaches, and hidden coves, led by skilled naturalists. This immersive wildlife experience deepens connections with coral reef ecosystems and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), highlighting their role in biodiversity preservation and local community support.

The safaris contribute to ocean rewilding by financially supporting marine conservation efforts in North Mindoro through MPAs co-managed by Blue Alliance.

These safaris are more than just day trips; they are impactful ocean explorations fostering a closer connection to nature.

Visit: https://coralreefsafari.eco/safaris/verde-island-passage/

Coral Reef Safari Cruises, Indonesia

Our Voyages are currently in creation and coming soon.

Designed as shared small-group departures or private charters, each voyage explores coral reef regions, island chains, and off-the-beaten-track places. Every journey begins and ends in planned locations, while the route in between stays flexible, shaped by the guests on board and the experiences that resonate most.

Days move between snorkelling, diving, kayaking, paddleboarding, and island visits, balanced with slower moments to pause, reset, and reconnect with nature. A dedicated crew ensures everything runs smoothly, while guides share insight into marine life, reef settings, local culture, cuisine, and history in an easy, informal atmosphere.

Visit: www.coralreefsafari.eco/cruises/indonesia/

Coral Reef Safari Travel

Travel planning and itinerary design that brings together destinations and experiences across the wider Coral Reef Safari portfolio. 

Journeys combine our cruises, day adventures, and the underwater room, alongside a carefully selected network of partners, allowing time to move between time in seascapes, land-based exploration, and other stays and experiences that reflect our approach — guided, unhurried, and shaped around places off the beaten track. 

A purposeful approach underpins each itinerary, with every journey contributing directly to marine conservation through a share of revenue and all profits supporting marine protected areas, alongside a focus on responsible, low-impact travel. 

Visit: www.coralreefsafari.eco

In Belize we provided comprehensive technical assistance to the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve to enhance tourism awareness, engagement, and revenues for reserve management.

Our efforts included the creation of tourism products —  an artificial reef wreck, a snorkel trail, and a nature trail. We developed a dedicated promotional website, and with it we designed and developed related marketing collateral for increased traveller engagement.

We launched an in-resort environmental awareness program that was underpinned by a range of custom merchandise designed to generate donation based revenues, and implemented sales strategies to sustainably increase tour operator engagement and boost tourism revenue.

To implement these initiatives, we managed the hiring and training of tourism-focused teams.

Visit https://visitturneffe.org/ to see our work

Memberships & Associations

BlueWild EcoVentures is a proud member of the following organisations, reflecting our commitment to travel that is genuinely transformative and deeply regenerative.

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