Gap year & Travel News

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last day of Leaping here in South Africa, and the team are heading out on their final game drives today with every finger and toe crossed that they see some truly spectacular wildlife. A few of our horse team volunteers are staying on for a while for an extra weeks riding around Kwa Madwala, but [...]

Hi everyone, I can’t believe it’s the Leapers last week in South Africa already! Half the group went of to Sabie yesterday to do all the adventure things while the other half stayed behind and went to Kruger National Park for the day where Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Buffalo, Wild dog, Cheetah were seen! I’m sure [...]

I’ve just returned from spending 6 amazing weeks in South Africa, with some of the nicest people I have ever met in my life! I went away to South Africa with the Leap, who were so helpful and friendly, unlike other Gap year companies that reel off automated emails, the Leap staff are always at [...]

Hello! The last week has gone well, another constructive week! The South Africa team finished off the building at the orphanage this week, the room is complete included painting, Plastering, flooring, roofing and every other -ing! We had a day where we focused on birds, including a bird walk and bird drive, unfortunately the weather [...]

Once on the motorway and on our way out of Johannesburg I began to relax, it had been pretty stressful driving from the guest house where I’d holed up with my 2 girls, Georgia and Ella, to recover from the overnight flight from Zurich.  The countryside was flat and spread for miles with huge agricultural [...]

Sorry its been a while since an update, internet has been down here and things have been busy at Kwa Madwala! The group had a great time in Mozambique and it was nice to spend some time away from the reserve and have a proper relax. Before the six weekers left on Tuesday we have [...]

News just in on the South Africa Horse Team: Along with daily rides of Kwa Madwala’s 7 Boereperde horses, the April Horse Safari Team have recently been getting in on the action with the other Leapers, taking part in routine reserve work with the main Leap team and building an extension to the orphanage in [...]