Gap year & Travel News

Hi Guy and all in the office. Its been another successful week with community work. The girls taught at Shama College and spent some time at Sivudendela home based care. This week ahead is conservation week and they will be doing a few mixed projects including bush clearing after the fire that come through just [...]

Hi Michaela, All is going well here and the group have just returned after the mozambique excursion. It was a fantastic trip, everyone had the most amazing time and as always Mozambique is just as beautiful as i remember!! In the week leading up to mozambique the group where in the community at a school [...]

Hi My names Sorrel Ireland, I’m 18 and ive just returned from Spending 10 weeks in South Africa…..it was the best thing I have ever done! It has opened up so many doors for me. Every minute of the trip was memorable, we took part in so many different activities like game drives, bush walks, [...]

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 [...]

Hello from South Africa, Just a quick update, the past week the team went through to Mozambique where they had a little bit of R&R after the rather hectic weeks of volunteering. While there they went whale shark diving and were lucky enough to see 3 whale sharks, Manta rays and Dolphins! This week they [...]

According to the daily telegraph Gap Year bookings for school leavers will rise by up to 150% this year! Applications to British Universities are up by £250,000 but with 6000 fewer places available than last year, it is believed that up to 200,000 British students may miss out on their places, despite having secured the [...]

The past week the South Africa Summer Team have had a relaxed week! They went to Mozambique for five days where they relaxed on the beach in a tropical paradise. While they where in Tofo the group went on a ocean diving safari where they where lucky enough to see 8 whale sharks, Mantas and [...]

Well the past week has been based around community work. The South Africa Leap Team went through to a local High school called Sidlamafa Secondary School and they taught the students an array of subjects ranging from Drama through to World cultures and customs. Leapers were also involved with the building of another room onto [...]

I’ve just returned from spending 6 amazing weeks in South Africa, with some of the nicest people I have ever met in my life! I went away to South Africa with the Leap, who were so helpful and friendly, unlike other Gap year companies that reel off automated emails, the Leap staff are always at [...]

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 [...]