Gap year & Travel News

As we move on from Makongeni we are all reflecting back on the great times we have had over such a short space of time. Our imaculately constructed quarter-finished floor could have been tainted by no other than our leader Muse who absent-mindedly tiptoes over it not so like a delicate mosquito but more so [...]

Canadian Leaper Moritz (28) is currently in Kenya on a 3 month Solo Safari Leap to Muthaiga Camp: Calm has returned. It concerns me greatly. After about 10 days of activity, during which our camp played host to several large groups, including the family of a certain Lord and Lady from Oxford, things in camp [...]

Well it’s been another successful week fir the South Africa Team at Kwa Madwala. The past week the leapers have been stuck into conservation week which has included taking a trip to Moholoholo, taking a tour of an animal rehabilitation centre, visiting  a reptile centre going to meet Jessica the Hippo (claimed to be the [...]

Jambo, Just a quick word from the Leap camp in Kenya, the July Team are a great group and very happy at the moment! They have been at the orphanage centre for the whole week and the additional classroom we are building is almost done. Here are some photos of the Leapers in action: Stay [...]

Hello again It’s the twins here…We thought it was about time for the fundraising update!! In order to raise money for our trip to Kenya with The Leap, this week we have been doing a 5 day sponsored silence. I have to say this is one of the hardest things we have ever done! It’s [...]

Greetings from Kwa Madwala! The July team’s first week has been great and everyone is getting on well. The first couple of days was the normal meet and greet and introduction to the program etc. After that we got strait into the program and went on the orphanage and township tours, the group are still [...]

Dawn Perkins is currently doing a 3 month Solo Safari Placement at Desert and Delta Camp in Botswana “After their week long absence, and their return last Wednesday, this week has seen our wild dog sightings return to form. The dogs have been sighted on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Tuesday and Thursday’s sightings [...]

Jambo from Kenya! Just went through Makongeni to see the Leap Summer Team and everyone is on good form! Last week the volunteers worked a little on the nursery school classrooms that we have been constructing this year and spending their afternoons teaching or helping out with various different Rafiki Kenia projects such as at [...]

Well, I’m nearly two weeks in to my Leap placement in Kenya…two weeks, and I’m already looking at my departure date on the calendar, circled in a menacing shade of red. Sigh…I’ve been here at Muthaiga Safari Camp in the Maasai Mara for 12 days, and though it sounds clichéd, I’d have to say it almost [...]