Gap year & Travel News

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 [...]

Hope all is well your side, we are full steam ahead ourside! The April South Africa Team seem to have settled in well and are enjoying themselves despite the bad weather. So far the group have got stuck in a few tasks. We have been to the community, clinics and witchdoctors (traditional healers). They have [...]

Hi again! Well, we’re now 5 weeks into the January S.A Team’s placement and all’s going well this side! We started the outreach and teaching program today which the Leapers seem to be really enjoying, this will be the project for the next full week so by the end of the week they will be [...]

After the July team’s expression of absolute bewilderment and delight in the new environment, everyone has settled in very well. Thursday was unpack and relax day and on Friday, after the paperwork, debriefing, goal setting and first aid chats, everyone was taken on an orientation and sunset safari.  They returned to a blazing fire, dinner [...]