These are our gift guides for travellers, hikers and nature lovers. Where possible we have tried to choose gifts which focus on being ethical and/ or sustainable, and tried to choose as many as possible that will support small businesses. Some of the gifts are practical travel gifts, some add a touch of style, comfort or personalisation to a trip, others will remind people of their travels or the great outdoors, hopefully making their home, one they want to come back to after a holiday.
We would always encourage asking the recipient if there’s anything they would like, or need there’s no shame in it, it’s much better to get something they will be put to good use rather than something that’s shoved to the back of the cupboard. A sustainably bought item isn't sustainable if it's not used. Here's our luxury gift guide £100+;
1. Bombus Map Gifts
£100+ Based in Faversham, Kent. Bombus make custom location pieces, whether that be letters, numbers, book ends, decorations, clocks, houses, or various shapes, sizes and styles of wall art. There are some more affordable options on their website, but we thought we'd include it on here too, for their statement pieces you can keep adding too.
2. Finisterre Outdoor Clothing
£100+ Based in Cornwall. Finisterre is a pioneering, sustainable outdoor brand, for men and women, built to inspire a love of the sea and anchored in exceptional product. B Corps certified. 'The oceans future is our future. Thats why we’re here to inspire a love for the sea and protect it together.' Natural and recycled fibres amongst other eco products including recycled down jackets or alternatives to down recycled and recycled woolen knitwear. Again, Finisterre do sell some more affordable clothing but we've decided to include it in our luxury guide for their sustainable outdoor winterwear, including their jackets.
3. Eco spheres
Starting from £100. Eco Spheres by Urban Botanist UK. Based in London and Vancouver. A unique piece of greenery to have in your home.
Looking for more plant ideas check out; patch plant or plant hunt uk.
4. Sunglasses
£100+ Eco eyewear, made from recycled metals and plastic or biobased biodegradable material. A tree planted for every pair. If you need prescription glasses they do them too, with the option to buy a magnetic clip on sunglass clip, may sound like something you'd get in the kids department but its a neat idea and you really can't tell you're not wearing normal sunglasses.
Alternatively try bird or pala eyewear other ethical and sustainable brands.
5. Yala Jewellery
£100+ Based in Bristol, made in Kenya. Jewellery Inspired by Modern Africa, combining traditional crafts with 21st century values. First jewellery company in the UK to be certified B Corp.
6. Stay Wild Swim Swimwear
£140+ Based in London. Pieces created using regenerated ocean plastic through the most sustainable and ethical practices possible.
7. Robust Multi-sport Watch
£150+ Travellers, outdoorsy people and hikers in particular love to track their step count and even elevation gain, seeing what your max heart rate at 5200m is particularly interesting. So, get them a robust fitness watch that they can dive into the ocean in, zipwire through the rainforest, climb mountains into high altitude and sandboard in the desert, facing all the elements. Couldnt recommend garmin specifically their forerunners enough.
8. Tea and Tequila
£120-180 Based in Mexico and London. Handmade by Indigenous Communities in Mexico. Supporting traditional craft and skills passed down through generations.
9. A Polaroid Camera
£100+ Check out the original polaroid cameras, look out for these second hand online or from camera stores refurbished, film for these is more expensive, at around £15-20, than the new instax minis, which costs about £10, but either way they're the best way to capture, raw, unedited memories.
10. Smugglers Treasures
£30-£250+ Based in Whitby. Inspired by the sea, ethical jewellery, made from recycled sterling silver and sea glass.
11. Lefrik Luggage
£140+ Based in Spain. Made from recycled plastics. Weather resistant and PETA award winning. Also check out cotopaxi luggage if you're after something more colourful (made from recycled and repurposed fabric).
12. A Portable BBQ or Pizza Oven
£100+ Ultimate road trip kit, or great for a summers evenings at the beach, and you can use them again and again, unlike disposable BBQ's which create so much waste!
Some of our recommendations to suit all budgets!
Experience gifts are always great. Why not give them a head start at planning their next travels and get them a voucher for a tour company. Our recommendations; G Adventures, Much Better Adventures, KE Travel, Exodus, Undiscovered Mountains, Blue Yonder, Adventure Alternatives, Better Places Travel, Justice Travel or Responsible Travel.
You could also give a donation to their favourite charity on their behalf, especially for the friends and family that have everything. You can make a donation, or some charities allow you to give a gift on their behalf check out ‘Help Refugees - Choose Love’ or you could even ‘Twin your toilet’ or ‘Twin your Tap’ to provide hygiene facilities in various developing countries, these are just a few ideas of many!
Get them vouchers for somewhere they’ve missed during their travels, whether that be their favourite restaurant or cafe, a local climbing wall, escape room or the cinema or just about anything.
A subscription service whether that’s monthly spices, baked goods or one of our best finds, a subscription service to ‘The Happy Newspaper’ by Emily Coxhead. Starting from £3.99 and spanning to all budgets, depending on how long you wish to subscribe the recipient for. A whole colourful newspaper filled with only good news, good for those stuck at home and waiting to travel and also great for those returning in the future to catch up on the good stuff.
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