TERMS & CONDITIONS

As with any service, certain legally binding terms and conditions apply to Nature Wanderers services too. Please be sure to read this before availing of any of our services - don't worry; the Terms and Conditions are written in simple English without excessive legalese. By availing of any of Nature Wanderers services, therefore, you implicate that you agree to the Terms and Conditions. We can't see why you wouldn't, because they are entirely fair. Nature Wanderers shall, however, not be liable for any consequences arising out of your failure to fully read and understand the Terms and Conditions.


The terms and conditions (the "Terms") on this website, http://www.naturewanderers.com (the "Website") are made available to the customer (hereinafter referred to as "You", "Your", "Yours", "Customer", "Customer's", "Participant", "Participants" or "Participant's").

We are Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, India. Our corporate office address is 307, Prateek Kunj Society, Sector 21 C, Faridabad, Haryana, India (hereinafter referred to as "Nature Wanderers", "NW", "We", "Us" or "Our").

These terms and conditions are subject to change. Nature Wanderers reserves the right to amend any part of the terms and conditions anytime without express or advance notice. If you have any questions, complaints or comments on the Website then you may contact us on Info@naturewanderers.com, use the "Contact Us" feature on the Website or use the alternative modes of correspondence enlisted on that page.

WEBSITE TERMS

The website, www.naturewanderers.com, is operated and owned by Nature Wanderers Private Limited. Nature Wanderers and the Nature Wanderers logo are the exclusive registered trademarks of Nature Wanderers Private Limited.

We do not accept any liability for :

damage to your computer system or loss of data or other proprietary material that results from your use of the Website or in connection with your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it, unless such damage results from our negligence; and

any loss, damage, expense, costs, delay or other liability whatsoever (including without limitation any financial losses such as loss of profit) which you may incur as a result of any event beyond Our reasonable control (including without limitation any failure of transmission, communication, computer or other facilities or your inability to access the Website for any reason or any failure, error or delay in the sending or receiving of any notice or communication or instruction through the post or any electronic medium)

While we endeavor to correct any errors or omissions as soon as possible once they have been brought to our notice, we do not promise that the information on the Website will be free from errors or omissions.

We constantly seek to improve this Website and if the need arises, we may suspend access to the website. Accordingly, some of the material on the website may be out of date at any given time and, except as required by law, we are under no obligation to update such material.

THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS PROVISIONS WHEREBY YOU SURRENDER CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.

Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd., ("Nature Wanderers") arranges basic and advanced Photography and Digital Post-Processing Workshops in various cities within India. You desire to participate in a Workshop arranged by Nature Wanderers. In consideration of Nature Wanderers agreement to allow you to participate, you agree as follows:

You certify that you have read this entire document and fully understand its contents. In consideration of, and as part payment for the right to participate in this Workshop, and the activities, services, and food arranged for you by Nature Wanderers, you ("Indemnitor"), agree on behalf of yourself and any such minors accompanying you to INDEMNIFY, defend, and hold harmless Nature Wanderers, its officers, owners, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, associates, outfitters, contractors, service providers and/or suppliers ("Indemnitees"), for any accidents, claims, losses, damages or liabilities, including death, disability, injury or loss of or damage to property, which might occur during the activities of this Workshop, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THE JOINT OR CONCURRENT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, NEGLIGENCE, WRONGFUL ACTS, OMISSIONS AND OR STRICT LIABILITY OF INDEMNITEES.

In further consideration of, and as part payment for the right to participate in this Workshop, and the activities, services, and food arranged for you by Nature Wanderers, you ("Releasor"), agree on behalf of yourself and any such minors accompanying you to RELEASE Nature Wanderers, its officers, owners, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, associates, outfitters, contractors, service providers and/or suppliers ("Releasees"), for any accidents, claims, losses, damages or liabilities, including death, disability, injury or loss or damage to Releasor or Releasor's property, which might occur during the activities of this Workshop, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THE JOINT OR CONCURRENT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, NEGLIGENCE, WRONGFUL ACTS, OMISSIONS AND OR STRICT LIABILITY OF RELEASEES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISKS arising from, caused by, or connected with, the Workshop in which you are allowed to participate, including but not limited to those described herein, and pledge not to sue Releasees, on account of such losses, claims, costs, liabilities, injuries or damages. Further, you agree not to claim the unenforceability of this Release, Indemnification, and Assumption of Risk. You agree that the foregoing obligation shall be binding upon you personally as well as upon your heirs, assigns, executors and administrators, and members of your family, and shall also be binding upon any minors who accompany you.

Nature Wanderers reserves the exclusive right to change the instructor ("The Mentor") of the Workshop to another of similar competence and capacity any time before the Workshop without any obligation to serve advance notice to the participants or the general public. Such changes will be at the sole discretion of Nature Wanderers and shall be binding on the participants of the Workshop. Participants who have paid for the Workshop are not eligible for any refunds or discounts on account of such or any other scheduled or unscheduled changes to the facilitators of the Workshop.

Nature Wanderers reserves the exclusive right to decide the venue and the group size for each Workshop. Nature Wanderers also reserves the right to deny admission to anyone to a Workshop on its sole discretion, without obligation to furnish reasons. Nature Wanderers reserves the right to cancel a Workshop at any stage before the Workshop without obligation to furnish reasons. However, Nature Wanderers will duly refund, or issue a credit note in lieu of, any fees paid.

Nature Wanderers may use pictures and videos of participants and activities taken during the Workshop, to promote Nature Wanderers and its services, without release from the participants featured in such media, and without obligation to pay royalties for any such use. While all the course content delivered during the Workshop are accurate and true to the best of Nature Wanderers knowledge, Nature Wanderers does not claim that the content discussed during the Workshop or that contained in the document shared after the event, is scientifically valid or able to stand the test of academic verification. Therefore, Nature Wanderers shall not be held liable for any consequences whatsoever arising out of the interpretation, use or propagation of the said information.

The document shared as course material at the end of the Workshop is meant merely as a reference resource for the topics discussed during the Workshop and is not purported to be a comprehensive or authoritative work. Nature Wanderers shall not be held liable for any inadvertent errors, lapses or shortcomings in the said material, or the consequences arising thereof. Any and all content shared by Nature Wanderers before, during and after the Workshop, including course material documents, is the sole intellectual property of Nature Wanderers and any unauthorized reproduction, duplication, transmission etc. is strictly prohibited.

This privacy policy sets out how Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd. uses and protects any information that you give Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd. when you use this website.

Nature Wanderers is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Nature Wanderers may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 01.01.14.

What we collect

We may collect the following information :

  • name and job title
  • contact information including email address
  • demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
  • other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons :

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyses web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyses data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways :

  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us as Info@naturewanderers.com.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd. 307, Prateek Kunj Society, Sector 21 C, Faridabad, Haryana.

If you believe that any information, we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below :

Company Name : Nature Wanderers Private Limited
Address : 307, Prateek Kunj Society, Sector 21 C, Faridabad, Haryana
Telephone No : +919871367945
E-Mail ID : Info@naturewanderers.com.

In the event of a cancellation or modification of your confirmed booking, Nature Wanderers Cancellation and Refund Policies for tours and photo safaris will be applicable, and you fully agree to be bound by them.

The service is considered delivered upon the completion of the stipulated duration of the Workshop. Nature Wanderers shall not be held liable to extend or reschedule a Workshop for the participants' inability to attend the event due to any reason whatsoever, under any circumstances, and this does not constitute a breach of or insufficiency in service.

GUIDED PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS TERMS AND CONDITIONS

THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS PROVISIONS WHEREBY YOU SURRENDER CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.

Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd., ("Nature Wanderers") arranges group tours, adventure travel, photography tours or trips, safaris and expeditions in India and abroad. You voluntarily desire to participate in a group tour, adventure trip, photography tour, safari or expedition arranged by Nature Wanderers. In consideration of Nature Wanderers agreement to allow you to participate, you agree as follows :

You understand that you are required to read carefully and sign the Release of Liability, Indemnification and Assumption of Risk Form (the "Release") before Nature Wanderers can accept a deposit confirming your reservation. You understand that Nature Wanderers will assist or advise you with pertinent information regarding passports, visas, and domestic/international health requirements, but it is your responsibility to ensure that passports, visas, travel permits, health certificates, inoculations, or other required documentation are obtained, current, and in order. Nature Wanderers recommends that at your own will, you obtain, at your cost, any type of travel or medical insurance, as you may deem necessary for your travel.

You are aware that group tours, adventure travel, photography tours/trips, safaris and expeditions, whether in civilized or remote areas, by plane, train, auto, boat, horseback, other conveyance, or on foot, involves inherent dangerous risks of illness, injury, death or loss and damage of property, which may be caused by negligence, wild animals, forces of nature, civil unrest, terrorism and other causes known or unknown in remote areas without means of rapid evacuation. You also are aware that photography tours/trips, safaris and expeditions may be just as inherently dangerous, and may involve the same risks as safaris, trips and expeditions, in and outside wildlife preserves and parks.
You recognize that such risks may be present at any time before, during, and after the trip. You also recognize that Nature Wanderers purchases outsourced services, transportation services, hotel accommodations and lodging, restaurant services and other services from various independent contractors and suppliers and therefore, Nature Wanderers cannot be liable for any death, personal injury, property damage or other loss that may occur due to any act or omission of such contractor or supplier. You are also aware that medical services or facilities may not be readily available during the time you are participating in this trip.

You certify that you have read this entire document and fully understand its contents and the type of risks inherent in such trips, whether for group tour, adventure travel or photography trips/tours, safaris and expeditions. In consideration of, and as part payment for the right to participate in this trip, and the activities, services, and food arranged for you by Nature Wanderers, you ("Indemnitor"), agree on behalf of yourself and any such minors accompanying you to INDEMNIFY, defend, and hold harmless Nature Wanderers, its officers, owners, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, associates, outfitters, contractors, service providers and/or suppliers ("Indemnitees"), for any accidents, claims, losses, damages or liabilities, including death, disability, injury or loss of or damage to property, which might occur during the activities of this trip, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THE JOINT OR CONCURRENT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, NEGLIGENCE, WRONGFUL ACTS, OMISSIONS AND OR STRICT LIABILITY OF INDEMNITEES.

You certify that you have read this entire document and fully understand its contents and the type of risks inherent in such trips, whether for group tour, adventure travel or photography trips/tours, safaris and expeditions. In consideration of, and as part payment for the right to participate in this trip, and the activities, services, and food arranged for you by Nature Wanderers, you ("Indemnitor"), agree on behalf of yourself and any such minors accompanying you to INDEMNIFY, defend, and hold harmless Nature Wanderers, its officers, owners, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, associates, outfitters, contractors, service providers and/or suppliers ("Indemnitees"), for any accidents, claims, losses, damages or liabilities, including death, disability, injury or loss of or damage to property, which might occur during the activities of this trip, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THE JOINT OR CONCURRENT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, NEGLIGENCE, WRONGFUL ACTS, OMISSIONS AND OR STRICT LIABILITY OF INDEMNITEES.

In further consideration of, and as part payment for the Nature Wanderers offer to arrange your vacation, whether for adventure travel, photography trip/tours, safaris and expeditions, and the activities, services, and food arranged for me by Nature Wanderers, you ("Releasor"), agree on behalf of yourself and any such minors accompanying you to RELEASE Nature Wanderers, its officers, owners, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, associates, outfitters, contractors, service providers and/or suppliers ("Releasees"), for any accidents, claims, losses, damages or liabilities, including death, disability, injury or loss or damage to Releasor or Releasor's property, which might occur during the activities of this trip, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THE JOINT OR CONCURRENT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, NEGLIGENCE, WRONGFUL ACTS, OMISSIONS AND OR STRICT LIABILITY OF RELEASEES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISKS arising from, caused by, or connected with the group tour, adventure travel, photography tour/trip, safari or expedition, arranged for you by Nature Wanderers, including but not limited to those described herein, and pledge not to sue Releasees on account of such losses, claims, costs, liabilities, injuries or damages. Further, you agree not to claim the unenforceability of this Release, Indemnification, and Assumption of Risk. You agree that the foregoing obligation shall be binding upon you personally as well as upon your heirs, assigns, executors and administrators, and members of your family, and shall also be binding upon any minors who accompany you.

You certify that you are in good health, have no medical, mental or physical conditions that affect your ability to travel and/or participate in adventure travel, photography tours/trips and expeditions and have not been advised otherwise by a medical practitioner. You acknowledge that Nature Wanderers is in no way responsible for any costs related to your medical care during or after the travel.

Any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to this Release or the performance there under, including without limitation any claim related to illness, injury, death, loss or damage to property, delay or change in services or accommodations, however caused, irregularity, inconvenience, or additional expense in connection with any services resulting directly or indirectly from defect of any vehicle, act of God, act of war, insurrection, revolt, terrorism, government restrictions, and regulations, or other civil uprisings or disturbances, military action, quarantines, strikes, weather, detention, thefts, pilferage, or force majeure, shall be resolved by binding arbitration in the Faridabad, in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the Government of India then existing. This agreement to arbitrate does not waive or modify the Release, Indemnification, or Assumption of the Risk contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

Refunds or adjustments will be made, or any additional charges may be levied if Nature Wanderers changes its program by adding, altering or deleting activities as deemed necessary by its directors in the best and safety interests of its participants. Nature Wanderers cannot accept responsibility for any personal item lost or damaged by fire or theft. Nature Wanderers may use any pictures or videos taken of the participants during the participating trip. This includes digital images which may be posted on our website for our promotional and marketing activities.

You acknowledge that you have carefully read this agreement, understand its contents, understand that this agreement includes an assumption of the risk of the released parties’ negligence and a release of their liability. You acknowledge that Nature Wanderers Pvt. Ltd., is materially relying on this waiver and is allowing you to engage and participate in the said group tour, adventure travel, photography tour/trip, safari or expedition.

In the event of a cancellation or modification of your confirmed booking, Nature Wanderers Cancellation and Refund Policy for Custom Vacations will be applicable, and you fully agree to be bound by them.

This service is considered delivered upon your scheduled travel and completion of the planned itinerary as per the travel plan designed by Nature Wanderers. Nature Wanderers will not be responsible for any lapses in service or upset in schedule occurring due to your failure to adhere to the itinerary planned and approved by you before commencement of travel and you agree that this does not constitute a breach of or insufficiency in service.