The Partnership
For over five decades, Tauck has been committed to making a positive impact – environmentally, socially and economically – in the places Tauck travel to. Tauck has invested in more than 80 national parks, monuments and destinations the world over to better protect our planet – and preserve natural, historical and cultural destinations for generations to come. Destination grants include Mesa Verde, Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Civil War Trust, National Civil Rights Museum, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Jasper National Park, and Friends of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Their itineraries are woven into the very fabric of places where Tauck travel, and they partner with many family-owned businesses and businesses of all kinds, from very small to large, creating jobs and improving the economic health and vitality of destinations. Traveling with a light “footprint” is enabled by smaller groups and lower guest-to-guide ratios, and they are mindful about how they travel to ensure we make a positive impact.
Tauck’s Support
People, Places and Planet – this is Tauck’s commitment to create a thriving world.
Tauck is partnering with Just a Drop to truly change lives with safe water and sanitation in Cambodia.
Despite the beautiful rice paddies and famous Angkor temples, Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia and is still recovering from the Khmer Rouge regime. Just a Drop works in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia but despite the influx of tourists, the communities outside of the tourist belt are poor and do not benefit from the benefit that the tourists bring.
Last year, Tauck supported the 254 community members of Trapeang Svay by supporting Just a Drop to install 30 Biosand Filters – giving Trapeang Svay’s residents access to clean water for years to come. We also built 25 latrines to address the issues surrounding open defecation and ran a programme of WASH in the community to teach the community how to address hygiene issues in the community and help to reduce the level of disease spread through poor sanitation.
In 2025, Tauck is supporting the community of Preah Kor, where the 178 community members live off subsistence farming (cassava and rice), and they receive little income from this. The community collects water from nearby sources that are dirty meaning that the community members often fall sick from waterborne diseases. They often spend the little income they have on doctor’s bills – keeping them in a cycle of poverty.
With Tauck’s support, we’ll change this situation for the 178 people in the community. We will provide access to safe water through 25 Biosand Filters (BSFs) and improve sanitation by building 20 village latrines and one latrine for the local school.
The impact of this work will be clear as soon as the project finishes. We will see:
- 178 people will be healthier – they no longer have to drink dirty water
- Children can attend school and don’t drop out due to waterborne & hygiene-related illnesses
- Living conditions improve – the whole village is more hygienic
- The community develop economic opportunities and less people leave villages to find work
- Reducing the spread of disease through the wide availability of clean water for handwashing and drinking
- Women and girls in particular benefit from improved hygiene because they do not have to carry the burden of caring for sick family members, and missing out on school and livelihoods
- Open defecation in the community stops – making it more hygienic, liveable and preventing disease
As with all of Just a Drop’s projects, sustainability is key. Each project is designed to benefit the community for the long term. Local ownership is vital to this sustainability. We work with communities to determine the most appropriate solution for their needs, and then the community remain involved at every stage of the project. Indeed, the communities themselves are even responsible for the building and maintenance of the facilities.
Find out more about Tauck’s impact across the world here.
