filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Sep.22, 2011
Hi Michaela, All is going well here and the group have just returned after the mozambique excursion. It was a fantastic trip, everyone had the most amazing time and as always Mozambique is just as beautiful as i remember!! In the week leading up to mozambique the group where in the community at a school [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Sep.07, 2011
Hi Guy and everyone else in the office, All is going well here and the team have settled in really well! This past week the girls have been busy with conservation work. They have been involved in the following: •bush clearing of a burnt area after a bush fire that come through Kwa Madwala. These [...]
filed in Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Aug.03, 2011
Hi My names Sorrel Ireland, I’m 18 and ive just returned from Spending 10 weeks in South Africa…..it was the best thing I have ever done! It has opened up so many doors for me. Every minute of the trip was memorable, we took part in so many different activities like game drives, bush walks, [...]
filed in South Africa on Apr.20, 2011
Hello from sunny South Africa! What a week it’s been… The Leapers have been on their African gap years now for nearly 3 weeks and are settling into life on the game reserve. Over the past week they’ve taken part in a mix of community development projects and helped out with conservation initiatives here in [...]
filed in Announcements, South Africa on Apr.05, 2011
As reported in the Blog several months ago, illegal Rhino poaching is at an all time high in South Africa with a known 85 killings this year alone. Rhino are butchered for their horns, which consist of keratin (like the human fingernail) and can actually survive if they are removed. However, tragically poachers kill or [...]
filed in Africa, Gap Year, South Africa on Mar.01, 2011
This week the team has been involved in the following tasks/projects: Lion and Rhino tracking, Working on community vegetable gardens, Helping to build a small house in the community, Helping out at the orphanage, Taking part in game drives, and Last but not least… Microlight flights. Everyone is fine with no illnesses over the past [...]
filed in South Africa on Feb.22, 2011
Hello! Hope all is well up in the chilly Northern Hemisphere? You’ll be pleased to hear it’s nice and sunny here : ) Over the weekend the group decided to have a girls and guys weekend rather than the entire team sharing activities as we have been doing. The guys got the testosterone pumping with [...]
filed in South Africa on Jan.19, 2011
Greetings from the Bush! Our 27 (!) Leapers are well and have been kept very busy this end. Currently I’m out with 9 volunteers in the community teaching at one of the local senior schools. The others are back on the reserve doing various tasks including lion and elephant tracking using the telemitry device, anti [...]
filed in Africa, Gap Year, South Africa on Jan.11, 2011
All is going great this side and all the Leapers have settled in well, it seems like a very good group! To date the volunteers have been busy with game drives, bush walks, grass surveys, making the new volleyball court and veggie garden, breaking down an interior fence, road maintenance by creating miter drains on the side [...]
filed in Announcements, South Africa on Jan.05, 2011
We at Leap Towers are pleased to announce that after a (very!) long day at Heathrow yesterday seeing off our lovely January teams all 83 Leapers have arrived at their destinations and are currently settling into 6-10 weeks in the sunshine. Sitting here in the grey and dreary office it’s hard to believe that in [...]
