South Africa Gap Year Programmes
South Africa is our exception to the rule in that you'll live in the middle of a 4000 hectare private game reserve for the whole of your placement but the projects are all over the place...conservation projects are in the reserve, community projects are in the township (just outside) and eco-tourism are based in the luxury safari lodge on the reserve.
The reserve is famous for its elephant and horse safari's and the spectacular micro lighting flight low over the bush - all of which is ready for the taking! For those with a passion for horses we have a fantastic horse safari option - see below.
Weekends are free for travel and past leapers have ventured as far as the beaches of Mozambique, to see the hippos in the Limpopo River or even the penguins waddling on the Cape.
Travel as part of a Leap Team
Volunteering for us is all about all about team work - we find that our leapers have more fun and are more effective when they travel as a group, who rally each other along and tackle the projects head on to complete in the time available.
We have 4 different teams departing to South Africa each year: Jan, Apr, July + Sept. We put together the teams and hook you all up via Facebook before hand. All you have to do is apply and book your place!
Average team size is 12, mix girls + boys, from all walks of life, ages 18 - 25.
South Africa - Bush Location
Kwa Madwala
All our leap placements are located here in the middle of this spectacular private ‘Big 4’ (leopard, lion, elephant and rhino) 4000 hectare game reserve, just south of the Kruger National Park renowned for horse, elephant and wildlife safari’s.
South Africa Gap Year Programmes
South Africa - volunteering
Live and work in a Game Reserve near the Kruger National Park: tracking African wildlife, and helping with reserve management.
+ Teaching and building schools in the local township.
+ Helping to run their chic safari lodge + care for tame elephants.
Time Out Microlight flight over the reserve, 4x4 driving, rifle shooting (all included), whale watching off the coast of Mozambique.
South Africa - summer volunteering
Spend 6 weeks in a Game Reserve near the Kruger National Park: tracking African wildlife, and helping with reserve management.
+ Teaching and building schools in the local township.
+ Helping to run their chic safari lodge + care for tame elephants.
Time Out Microlight flight over the reserve, 4x4 driving, rifle shooting (all included), whale watching off the coast of Mozambique.
Time Out Microlight flight over the reserve, 4x4 driving, rifle shooting, whale watching off the coast of Mozambique.
South Africa - Horse Safari
6 weeks based in a Game Reserve near the Kruger National Park: helping with their horse safari's, searching for game and assisting rangers with identifing reserve management issues.
+ Teaching kids and building an orphanage.
+ Caring for tame elephants.
Time Out Elephant safari's, rifle shooting, micro-ligting, visiting Mozambique's deserted beaches.
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