Gap year & Travel News

Hi Michaela, The leapers have just arrived at Camp Mantonani (well actually on the 24th May). They have started working on the Kintergarten where their tasks were to put up the post structures for the building. They’e also taking part in our Marine Conservation Program and English teaching at the primary school this week. Everyone’s [...]

Kipouvo Homestay – 02nd/21st April ‘11 Community The first thing to notice when arriving in the village of Kipouvo is the bumpy dirt track that leads you there, you really feel like you are heading into an isolated community. The population here is only about 400 people who are predominantly Kadazan/Dusun (the largest ethnic tribe [...]

The Borneo Leapers are currently all living it up on Mantanani Island, volunteering and scuba diving. This week they’ll be moving onto Bongkud for their final Trekking adventure. So it’s all go on the action front!    

News just in from our trusty Borneo Team: Our first Leap camp was in the village of Kipouvo.  We started in a very westernized home-stay, which included western loos, and hot showers…what a treat! Our first project was building the foundation of a library.  We were guided by a local man, called Boy.  Boy is [...]

It’s the end of an era here in Borneo! The Leapers ended their programme at Kipouvo Homestay last night with a farewell party hosted by the village community leader and a birthday Party for Hannah. The community members cooked their best local dish, shared their best rice wine with everyone (cue slightly sore heads this [...]

Hello from Borneo! The leapers had a great time on their first week in country getting themselves adapted to the new (very hot!) environment, the culture and the community at Kipouvo homestay. Their first week included learning basic Bahasa Malaysia, they learned how to play gongs and the local Dusun traditional rice wine making, had [...]

I had a dilemma during my A levels earlier this year. My previous plans which would have filled up the entire summer were cancelled unexpectedly and I had 2 months free with nothing to keep me busy before university. Being in the middle of revision and A levels, I didn’t have the time to plan [...]

Greetings from Borneo! The arrivals of the July leapers few weeks ago was welcomed with much excitement by the communities and staff of Camp Borneo as always. Everyone is good and happy. Over the past few weeks the Leapers have been working really hard and got themselves stuck in with our Kindergarten foundation project in [...]

If your in your last year at school or college this year then your Gap Year is getting nearer and nearer (yayyyyyy)!! And if like me your not one to lay by a pool all day everyday whilst overseas (although a good few days on a palm fringed beach never goes a miss), then id [...]