filed in Africa, Announcements, Destinations, Gap Year, links, Tanzania on Apr.23, 2010
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 [...]
filed in The Leap's chosen charity on Apr.22, 2010
Here is the cost beak-down (Thank you Mathias for working hard on this for me)!: 8 bunkbeds @ Tsh 70,000 each Total= Tsh560,000 16 blankets @ Tsh 15,000 each Total= Tsh240,000 16 Matresses @ Tsh60,000 each Total= 960,000 16 Mosquito nets @ Tsh160,000 each Total=160,000 16 Sheets @ Tsh10,000 each Total=240,000 16 Pillows @ Tsh10,000 [...]
filed in The Leap's chosen charity on Apr.09, 2010
It was a typical cold and rainy day in England back in January 2009, and we at Leap Towers were all sitting in our Marlborough headquaters, looking out the window at the miserable weather when Guy (the big boss man at the Leap) turned to me and said ‘Do you fancy going to Tanzania next [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Destinations, Gap Year, links, Pictures of the month, Tanzania on Feb.25, 2010
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 [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Botswana, Destinations, Gap Year, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia on Nov.24, 2009
I don’t know if you know this but Africa is the second largest continent in the world….. but is so amazing and bursting with incredible environments and people it maybe should actually be the size of the whole universe!! Its many things to many people is good old Africa, for some its home, for others [...]
filed in Announcements, Costa Rica, Destinations, Gap Year, South America on Sep.30, 2009
The word adventure incorporates risky, dangerous or uncertain experiences….but an adventure doesn’t have to be dangerous…… Taking a wild expedition in to Costa Rica, an adventure tour in to the pristine rainforests and crystal clear waters of this beautiful central American paradise can be a much safer experience, when travelling with an organisation who will [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Kenya, Tanzania on Sep.15, 2009
Masaai are best know for their bright, colorful and beautiful beadwork, which plays an essential element in the ornamentation of the body. And its not just the beadwork, which makes for such a fantastic and fascingating sense of style. Some of the Masaai people spend hours a day working on ornate hairstyles to go along [...]
filed in Announcements, Asia, Borneo, Gap Year on Sep.15, 2009
Borneo, one of the largest islands in the world and located in South East Asia, this is a total paradise! With lush rainforests, stunning beaches and hot hot hot sun this place should definitely be on your holiday wish list. A Borneo holiday doesn’t have to just involve lazing on the beach (although drinking cocktails [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Asia, Gap Year, South America on Aug.21, 2009
A-level results yesterday, it feels like only yesterday we at The Leap were also stood in line at college waiting very nervously to get our results!! And this is why we know all too well that its not always a picnic. You might not have felt much like celebrating yesterday whilst trawling through UCAS Clearance [...]
filed in Announcements, Botswana, Destinations, Gap Year on Jul.17, 2009
Are you sat at work reading this right now and hoping for a miracle?? We can save you and get you on a plane out of here pronto!! Gap Years For Adults-they do exist….there is a god after all!! Whether it’s Africa, Asia or Latin America you fancy we have the perfect travel and volunteer [...]
