Your safety is of paramount importance at Borderlands. We are the only company in Sri Lanka working with internationally certified guides, and we pride ourselves on meeting international expectations on health and safety. Our aim is to ensure that you will have a real adventure in a totally safe environment whilst with us at Borderlands.
Commitment to Safety
Risk may be inseparable from adventure, but for Borderlands our clients’ safety and well being is our top priority. We operate our programs, activities and adventures to strict International Safety Standards. Borderlands has a set of specific operating procedures in place for each activity, which includes a safety briefing, and equipment and gear check prior to all activities. We are the only adventure operator in Sri Lanka who insists on safety kayakers for all of our water activities, so that we can be sure that river conditions are safe at all times.
Staff
Borderlands values a diverse staff to meet the array of goals and interests our customers bring to us. Our trip leaders are professionally trained and dedicated to creating safe environments in collaboration with our participants. Borderlands instructors are educators and in the field they focus on blending technical skills and instruction with opportunities for participants to explore and develop their understanding of wilderness ethics, leadership roles, and teamwork.
All Borderlands guides are First Aid and CPR certified, and receive constant on the job training in safety and rescue procedures. We also use outsourced expert trainers such as Med 1 to ensure our guides have up to date and continuous safety and medical techniques.
Equipment
Borderlands uses only modern equipment up to international standards. Borderlands operates alongside EDGE, Sri Lanka’s premier outdoor adventure outfitters store, so all our equipment comes directly from the source. Our life jackets and buoyancy aids are made to order, ensuring that the jackets will not come off in the water. We continuously check our equipment and upgrade it when necessary.
