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 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 Africa, Kenya, Solo on Feb.28, 2011
Day 41 Monday February 14th Great day, but not quite as we planned. It turned out to be more about parents & kids than cupid’s arrow. We pushed off about 8:30 after it had stopped raining, Alex was our guide. Soon out of camp we drove into a parade of elephants, with a young fella, [...]
filed in Africa, Kenya, Solo on Feb.28, 2011
“So many things to do, such little time…” Top 10 “TO DO” list before leaving Masai Mara, Serian 1. Collecting enough toilet paper rolls for grades 2 arts & crafts project 2. Sleep in the tree house (survived Valentine night on my own, so I guess (hope!) that I’ll survive a night alone [...]
filed in Kenya, Solo on Feb.14, 2011
Day 34 Monday 7th Feb Today was a strange day. It should have been superb but I felt deflated at the end. It started badly when one of the drivers was a little self-interested in himself and his group (a bunch from Chile he had driven for last year). Instead of arriving in camp for [...]
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 Tanzania on Oct.11, 2010
Hi Everyone, I don’t even know where to begin with this week’s blog. So much has happened that I just don’t have the words and time to describe what an amazing time I have had… For the week we left Arusha behind us and traveled Lake Manyara national park. There we spent 3 nights in [...]
filed in Africa, Solo on Jul.26, 2010
Canadian Leaper Moritz (28) is currently in Kenya on a 3 month Solo Safari Leap to Muthaiga Camp: Calm has returned. It concerns me greatly. After about 10 days of activity, during which our camp played host to several large groups, including the family of a certain Lord and Lady from Oxford, things in camp [...]
filed in Botswana, Solo on Jul.15, 2010
Dawn Perkins is currently doing a 3 month Solo Safari Placement at Desert and Delta Camp in Botswana “After their week long absence, and their return last Wednesday, this week has seen our wild dog sightings return to form. The dogs have been sighted on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Tuesday and Thursday’s sightings [...]
filed in Africa, Solo on Jul.07, 2010
For the next 3 months, Moritz Schmidt who is 28 and from Canada, will be taking a Solo Leap volunteering as a camp manager on Safari in Kenya. Here’s a peek at his diary: Greetings – all is more than well here. I think Greg caught my subtle hints about wanting to see some more [...]
