The Sustainable Voice® Podcast Presented by Big Five Tours and Expeditions

Locally owned hotels yield more power than any other chain brand or foreign-owned hotel because they are purpose-built and driven by passion. The owner has skin in the game and had risked, in some cases everything, with the sole purpose of lifting up an entire community. These are their stories. For more information about Big Five Tours, visit our website or social media channels to see some of th...

Special guest Robin Cline from the Intrepid Traveler Podcast joins us to discuss women's prominent role in the smallest of societies. This episode picks up talking about the communities around Medellin, Colombia, and the great progress being made there.

Red Mangroves represent more than planting trees. This is the beginning of a movement by local communities in the islands near Cartagena to protect their land and understand the benefits of preserving red mangroves in their natural environment. Before the pandemic, the mangroves and surrounding shorelines were largely ignored and covered in waste and plastic. Today, the local people, mostly fisher...

The Periyar Wildlife Reserve, also known as Periyar Tiger Reserve, is in the mountainous Western Ghats of Kerala, southern India. It is a wildlife sanctuary and is home to not only tigers but a significant elephant population in addition to rare lion-tailed macaques, sambar deer, leopards, and Indian bison. In this episode, Ashish talks about the challenges surrounding dealing with the ramificatio...

In 2013, the headmaster started approaching surrounding Maasai communities in Ntulelei, Tanzania asking parents to allow their children to attend school. In this area, children have no access to any local government-run schools, nor do they have the means to travel to any outside of their villages. The Maasai people of the area are primarily farmers, and their children start at a young age learnin...

Community-based tourism around Medellin such as that in Comuna 13 has revitalized this city from the depths of devastation to a leader in sustainable tourism in Colombia. For more information, visit our website

Micro-entrepreneurship among females in developing nations is always a struggle, but a new partnership in the Andean communities aims to change that through tourism. Ashish talks about weaving, travel, and an unforgettable experience in Awamaki. 

In this episode, Ashish talks about his travels to Kenya, specifically the Mbulia Conservancy, and the famous account of Colonel John Patterson.

In this episode, Ashish talks about Kipi the Robot and what it does for the community around it in the Peruvian Andes! Listen for the full story and subscribe today to never miss an episode! 

On the coast of northern Peru, 186 miles from the Ecuadorian border and 559 miles from the coast of the Galapagos, is a little know treasure known as the Illescas Peninsula. Nestled between the Sechura desert and the beaches of Sechura Bay, Illescas is a stretch of mostly flat desert covered in small rolling hills and short trees and shrubs.

Welcome to The Sustainable Voice Presented by Big Five Tours & Expeditions! Hosted by Ashish Sanghrajka, in each episode we will be traveling around the world exploring the unknown and unheard stories of the people and projects that are actively trying to make the world a better, more habitable and sustainable place for everyone. Subscribe today to stay up to date with each new episode that comes...