We Have Renewed Our Travelife Certified Award

We are proud to share that Experience Jordan Adventures has renewed its Travelife Certified award, the highest level of Travelife’s sustainability certification for tour operators. The renewal follows an independent, third-party audit, and our new certificate (number JO0118) is valid from 2 November 2026 until 2 November 2028.

View our Travelife Certified certificate (PDF)

We first reached Travelife Certified status on 17 September 2024, after becoming a Travelife Partner in 2022. Keeping it is not automatic: every renewal means showing, once again, that the way we run our office, design our trips, choose our suppliers and talk to our travellers meets the standard.

What is Travelife?

Travelife is the leading international sustainability certification for the travel sector. More than 35 national travel associations promote it to their members, including 20 in Europe, and since 2012 more than 1,500 tour operators have been trained in corporate social responsibility through the programme and more than 500 have received an award.

Travelife is a three-stage certification programme for tour operators and travel agents: (1) Travelife Engaged; (2) Travelife Partner; and (3) Travelife Certified. We are at the final stage – Travelife Certified.

What the certification covers

The Travelife Certified award is a recognition of our excellence towards social and environmental sustainability. We comply with more than 200 criteria related to sustainability management, office operations, working with suppliers, and customer communication.

The standard covers the ISO 26000 themes of corporate social responsibility, including the environment, biodiversity, human rights and labour relations. It also brings together the EMAS III environmental management requirements, the Global Reporting Initiative’s tour operator supplement, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the industry criteria of the Tourism Sustainability Certifications Alliance (TSCA). In other words, it looks at our whole business, not just one project.

“I am delighted to see that sustainability in the tour operators’ sector is achieving momentum. The renewal of Experience Jordan Adventures’s Travelife Certified status sets an inspiring example for other companies in Jordan to follow the same path.”
Naut Kusters, Manager, Travelife for Tour Operators

What it means for your trip

For us, sustainability is something you should be able to see on the ground, not just read about. It is why we work with local guides, Bedouin hosts and family-run guesthouses, and why lunch with a family in a village is part of so many of our trips: the money goes straight to the people who welcome you. It is why we developed the Jordan Bike Trail to bring visitors to villages that tourism usually passes by, and why we encourage travellers to explore Jordan beyond Petra and Wadi Rum.

It also shapes how we run large events. At this year’s Marathon des Sables Jordan, for example, we worked with a specialised waste management company to sort, collect and recycle the waste from the race, and restored the camp sites in Wadi Rum to their natural state afterwards (read how we managed the waste at MDS 120 Jordan). You can read more about our policies on our sustainability page.

Thank you

A certification like this is the work of our whole team, in the office and in the field, and of the communities, guides and suppliers we work with every day. We would also like to thank our partner Evaneos, who connects us with travellers looking for more sustainable trips, for their support in achieving this award.

If you would like to travel with a company that takes its impact seriously, have a look at our small-group tours or get in touch to plan a private trip.

Frequently asked questions

Is Experience Jordan Adventures Travelife Certified?

Yes. Experience Jordan Adventures is Travelife Certified, the highest of Travelife’s three stages. Our current certificate, number JO0118, is valid from 2 November 2026 to 2 November 2028.

What does Travelife Certified mean?

It means a tour operator has passed an independent audit against more than 200 criteria on sustainability management, office operations, working with suppliers and customer communication.

When did Experience Jordan Adventures first become Travelife Certified?

On 17 September 2024. We became a Travelife Partner, the second stage, in 2022.