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.
Check out our midrange gift guide for more travel print ideas, if you want them framed they'd fall into this category!
Here's our High End Gift Guide £30-50;
1. Tessa Galloway Illustration
£30 (add frame). Based in London. Intricate line art graphic design, choose your own background colour, add a year or personalisation if you wish! Couldn't recommend these prints enough! We've included Tessa Galloway in this price category so you can frame the print for a gift, so they can hang it straight up on the wall.
2. Bombus Map Gifts
£30-50 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. Depending on what you're after bombus do something for all price ranges. There are some pieces you can keep adding too.
2. London Garden Trading Animal Metal Art
£40 Based in London. Animal wire wall art , if you know a safari lover pick their favourite animal or choose one that reminds them of their most epic encounter.
3. El camino bracelet
£30+ (bracelet - £22+, charms £8-16) Based in Cornwall. A personalised travel charm bracelet, add countries, cities, continents, oceans, seas and landmarks and personalised them further with words of dates if you wish. A great gift to add to, year on year, adventure after adventure.
4. Rapa nui x passenger collab
£30+ Based in the Isle of Wight and the New Forest, Hampshire. Clothing for men and women. Two brands across Hampshire with sustainability at their heart. Rapa Nui are supporting circular fashion; 'it's the future, remade'. The material from old products sent to Rapa Nui is recycled and redesigned into new items of clothing. A pure materials makes remanufacturing possible, and means products are softer and harmless to the environment. All products and packaging are made from natural materials not plastic, and made using renewable energy. The cycle itself is renewable, their products can be returned and remade again, and again and again. At passenger, clothing is made to embrace the journeys to come, while leaving the smallest of footprints, with a focus on sustainability and adventure. For every product sold, a tree is planted. Products are made using recycled pre and post consumer organic cotton and linen, recycled polyester and recycled plastic bottles. (They both independently have clothes that are below £30. )
5. Idioma
£30+ Based in London. Sustainable unisex fashion that fuses world languages and clean, minimal design, to encourage a curiosity in other cultures, languages and nature.
6. Bumbag
We can't rave about bum bags enough, most of our travel photos feature at least one of us wearing one. We both picked up ours from a market in Chile for a fraction of the price of these but if you're looking for something a bit more substantial, ethically and sustainably made these are great options. Alternatively, look for one with RFID protection.
Lollykiks
£35 Based in London.
Handmade african inspired wax print bags
Patagonia
£25 Using their voice, business and community to do something about the climate crisis. Adovocating for public land rights and outdoors for all. Sustainably made, environmentally conscious and ethically made products for the silent sports; hiking, climbing, surfing, fly fishing, snow boarding and trail running.
Cotopaxi
£35 Made in the Philippines of remnant materials so colours are a surprise.
7. Photobox Photo Book
£35+ Make a high quality photo book of your trip, of up to 100 pages the perfect way to show your friends and family your favourite photos from your adventures.
8. Create Gift Love Photo Block
£30 Based in Hampshire.
Get your photo printed on to wood for a unique textured aesthetic
9. Lily Charmed
£35+ Based in Windsor. Made from ethically sourced recycled sterling silver.
10. Solar Panel Portable Charger
£30+ Get one that's waterproof and drop proof and is going to last you adventure after adventure. Ideal for travellers, especially in remote locations and hiking, even during wet weather starting from £30. Look out for how many charges it holds, recommend 8+.
11. Yala Jewellery
£40+ 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.
12. Lefrik Backpack
£45+ Based in Spain. Sustainably made using recycled bottles. Ethically manufactured. PETA award winning. Different styles, sizes and colours available.
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.
Socks and Sandals
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