ANYONE can go green when choosing a holiday, according to the eco-friendly members of the Association of Independent Tour Operators.

If you are really concerned about your personal carbon footprint, specialist operator Expert Africa, which offsets all its staff flights, gives travellers the chance to pay for their own flight emissions.

The money goes to carbon offset projects, including tree planting in Zambia.

The Perekani Walking Trail, in the country's South Luangwa National Park, moves from camp to camp, with two nights spent at each camp along the way, giving ample opportunity to explore the area on foot with an expert guide.

The 13-night trail costs from £3,400-a-head in June, based on two sharing, including carbon-offsetting costs, flights (one overnight), taxes, all transfers, 12 nights' accommodation and all meals, drinks and safari activities. Call 020-8232-9777, or log on to www.expertafrica.com.

Or you could go green at the popular resort of Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt, where spectacular mountains and arid desert meet the crystal-clear Red Sea.

Enjoy relaxing days by the pool, venture into Naama Bay and discover some of the world's best dive sites during your stay at the comfortable Tivoli Hotel.

Seven nights costs from £439-a-head (departing May) and include B&B accommodation, based on two sharing, flights and transfers.

Regaldive has teamed up with environmental organ-isation Climate Care and is encouraging customers to offset their CO2 emissions. The recommended donation for a return flight to Sharm El Sheikh is £8.04 per person. Call 0870-2201-777, or visit www.regaldive.co.uk.

You can visit polar bears in their natural habitat - the wilderness of Svalbard in northern Norway.

Discover the frozen fjords, long summer days and remote settlements that lend the area its wild, desolate beauty. Trek across road-free terrain, travel by boat to spot walruses and partake in a strenuous, three-night Polar Bear Watch.

Departing July, the price of £2,599-a-head includes Heathrow flights, all transportation, 13 nights' hotel, campsite and ship accommodation, most meals and services of a tour leader.

Minimise the environ-mental impact by paying an additional £5.44 to offset the return flight to Longyearbyen. Call 0870-333-4001, or visit www.explore.co.uk.

And you won't need to ease your eco-clean conscience with a holiday to Morocco's newest paradise, La Sultana Oualidia.

Oozing immense style and charm, La Sultana Oualidia is a southern sister hotel to its big brother in Marrakech and gives you a chance to chill by a lovely lagoon. This lavish establishment exudes serenity and sophistication, with just 11 rooms and suites each boasting a private terrace and Jacuzzi.

There is a choice of three restaurants, a spa and two pools. Four nights' B&B in a deluxe room costs £831-a-head, including carbon-offsetting costs, Gatwick flights and private transfers. Call The Best of Morocco on 0845-026-4588, or visit www.realmorocco.com.

You can go green in Flores, in the Azores, one of nine islands that make up the Azores at the westernmost extremity of Europe.

Appropriately known as The Atlantic's Garden, it is a paradise of cobalt blue lakes, lofty waterfalls and small pastures. And it wakens your senses to shades of green you'd never imagined.

A week's stay at the Aldeia da Cuada, a group of rustic cottages (some with fireplaces for snug evenings) costs from £665 each, two sharing, departing with direct flights from Gatwick, inter-island flights, five nights' self-catering accom-modation at the Aldeia da Fonte, two nights' B&B in Sao Miguel, and transfers.

The fee for carbon offsetting is included in the price, with donations going to various projects, including renewable energy.

Sunvil Discovery was one of the first UK tour operators to encourage its clients to offset flights. Call Sunvil Discovery on 020-8758-4747, or log on to www.sunvil.

co.uk/azores.

For more information, contact www.aito.co.uk