Business Idea

Ecomantra is an eco-tourism company based in Mumbai with about 10 years of experience in the domain of eco-tourism and responsible tourism. The company���s vision is to create and continuously improve on a replicable and financially sustainable model for tourism that maintains a low carbon foot-print and allows for community participation in decision making, employment and profits.

Environmental Impact

• Reduce impact to the environment created by visitors and operation of the property. i.e. ��� minimize the environmental impact at all levels.
• Create window that allows people to experience the environment without having to rely on a more polluting form of main-stream tourism.

Social Impact

• Community participation in the project at multiple levels
• Improving quality of life and providing employment opportunities to local communities (without being intrusive)
• Local communities have a degree of control in how the participate in the venture

Current status and Expansion Plans

The company operates The River Trails campsite at Kolad (Maharashtra). and has two main revenue streams - from design and delivery of out-bound experiential learning programs at their own property and selling customized itineraries to travelers who are interested in responsible or adventure tourism. Itineraries are spread across the country.

The company is in the business of executing a business plan to scale from a single-property company to a multi-property company The investment in this phase has come from individual investors and internal accruals.

Funding Requirements

Seeking an investment of INR 10 million to procure land, fixed assets and adventure equipment for specific eco-tourism projects in the Konkan-Mumbai belt.