Travel for people with a visual impairment

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South African Braille Trail Tours

http://ntwananotours.com/special-interest-tours/tour-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired/

Australian Garden Tours

https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/news/australian-garden-sensory-tours

National Parks

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Living-Well-With-MS/Health-Wellness/Travel-and-Recreation/Accessible-Nature-Trails

Seeable

http://seable.co.uk/holidays-for-blind-and-visually-impaired/

Mind’s Eye Travel

http://mindseyetravel.com/

Access Tourism

http://www.accesstourismnz.org.nz/

Traveleyes

http://traveleyes-international.com/

Access at Last

http://www.accessatlast.com/

Enable Holidays

http://www.enableholidays.com/

Disability Holiday Guide

http://www.disabilityholidaysguide.com/holidays-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-people.aspx

Blind Skiing Holidays

http://redpoint.co.uk/Specialist_Adaptive-Skiing.html

Philadelphia Touch Tours

http://phillytouchtours.com/touchtours

Seable, UK

Enjoy a stress-free holiday on an amazing and inclusive trip, with our local trained assistance and tailored activities. Charity Holidays

Limitless Travel, UK

Mind’s Eye Travel, USA

Enriching the lives of people who are visually impaired or blind. The service includes experienced sighted guides who accompany each tour as needed.

Other Resources

VICTA, UK

Activities, services and grant programmes for children and young adults aged 29 or under who are blind or visually impaired.

Touch Tours, Philadelphia

Trained guides offers a rich variety of inclusive tours of museums, a local market plus an innovative history based walking tour and more.

Mind For You

Useful Resources

Here are some great examples of communities creating accessible public spaces and utilizing technology to support inclusive opportunities for people who are visually impaired or have other disabilities to increase their mobility and independence.

Brisbane Braille Trail extended through CBD
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/brisbane-braille-trail-extended-through-cbd-20131017-2vpe4.html

Brisbane is creating an accessible city to support independence for people who are visually impaired.

Ready to Launch: Assistive Technology Helps People with Visual Impairment Enjoy Public Places in a New Way
https://mabvi.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/ready-to-launch-assistive-technology-helps-people-with-visual-impairment-enjoy-public-places-in-a-new-way/

If you have visited the Dennis Braille Trail in Dennis, Massachusetts, then you may have experienced LaunchGuide, a new device with a QR code that can be read by your smartphone and helps the visually impaired enjoy public spaces through navigation aid and information.

There is a Code on the Street Blind People can Read with their Feet.

https://www.facebook.com/businessinsider/videos/631275737079816/

These textured pavements are an amazing new way to make cities accessible to people who are visually impaired.

Blind Hiker Uses Satellite Technology to find his Way

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/world-s-only-blind-professional-hiker-trevor-thomas-relies-on-satellite-technology-to-find-his-way-a6730871.html

An incredible story about the world’s only blind professional long distance hiker and the assistive technology he uses to guide him on his adventures.

Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Tuna en Maunabo
https://www.elnuevodia.com/videos/ciencia/ciencia/reservanaturalhumedalpuntatunaenmaunabo-164558/

This is a very cool example at the Punta Tuna Reserve in Puerto Rico of the integration of smartphone technology at a Braille nature trail for audio enhancement!