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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tanzania-the home of the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, endless stretches of beautiful white beaches and also the Mtui Family….based in Arusha (the safari Mecca of Tanzania) your hosts on your Tanzanian Leap! Traveling all the way to Africa to stay in a tourist hotel is all good and well, but what were offering is so [...]

Massive thanks to the Leap’s Summer ’09 and January Borneo Teams for all their graft at the Sun Bear Conservation project…we’ve just heard that the Sun Bear Centre they all worked so hard to help get up and running is finally finished, and ready for bears! Tuesday marked history of BSBCC (Bornean Sun Bear Conservation [...]

Thank goodness! I have somehow managed to get through the 10 hour coach journey from Arusha – Dar (from one side of Tanzania to the other)! And after arguing with an African man (who I thought was trying to run off with my luggage) for about 15 minutes, me and my Friend Fran get in [...]

Kwa Madwala is a magical place located right next to the Kruger National park in sunny South Africa! Yes that’s right i said the Kruger National park, your ears did not deceive you, we at The Leap have been sending volunteers to Kwa Madwala for the past 5 years!! Yep our teams of lovely leapers [...]

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!! I made it….after one 7 hour flight, a 4 hour wait at Nariobi Airport and another 50 minute flight I have finally arrived in the land of the great Kilimanjaro herself!! The first thing I feel is the heat sweeping accorss my face as soon as I step of the plane…..the best feeling in [...]

I hope all is well in snowy England! Here in Tanzania everything is fine and the whole team are back in Arusha after spending a week in Lake Manyara National Park, their safari phase. A few of the girls in the team have had a little skirmish with Malaria but they’re all doing fine now [...]

As you might be able to tell we are all VERY excited about the new Horse Safari Team project. It’s the first placement of it’s kind, offering volunteers equal involevement in equine activities and incredible volunteer experiences that make a real difference to local lives. Unlike other horse riding safari placements, offered by Safari lodges, [...]