Gap year & Travel News

Greetings from Venezuela where the team are going into their 5th week on the Caribbean coast before hot-tailing it up to the mountains for some jungle projects. Over the past few weeks they’ve spent their free time on Saturdays and Sundays exploring the local area, brushing up on the Espanol and generally enjoying the beach…now [...]

Here’s a quick update to tell you about all the great projects the Venezuela team have been working on: The first week and a half were spent working on the beginning design stages of La Piscina renovation. We did a total of 3 beach clean ups where we managed to pick up 3 boat loads [...]

So Friday was fun… our little afternoon out turned into quite a Kenyan adventure! Katie, Ben, Rory and I decided to go ahead of the group and get a Matatu on our own (I’d done a bit of research so they said they were quite happy to brave it with me – Mummy Sarah strikes [...]

We are all having a fantastic time out here in Argentina, especially since it’s hotting up – and I’m not just talking about on the polo pitch! Since beginning our intrepid exploration into the dangerous landscape that is the Argentinian Pampas, we have braved mighty feats, such as witnessing James, the token celeb of the [...]

The Kenyan elephant sanctuary, i think, is my idea of heaven. We were so spoilt, and had everything we needed and more. Working toilets, bamboo showers which were roofless so you could look out into the sky (and get dive bombed by passing bugs…). The tents were huge, and could have easily fit in 6 [...]

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 [...]

Hello again It’s the twins here…We thought it was about time for the fundraising update!! In order to raise money for our trip to Kenya with The Leap, this week we have been doing a 5 day sponsored silence. I have to say this is one of the hardest things we have ever done! It’s [...]

Hey everyone! Having an AMAZING time here in sunny Tanzania. So I guess you’ll be wanting some news: Well, last week we put the roof up at the school in Olkakola and also did some teaching. I bet you won’t believe me, but I managed to teach a class of around 60 kids! We also [...]

Hi, Luke here again with another week’s photos diary to keep you up to date with Leap Team antics here in South Africa! 1) The team enjoy a bush breakfast in the morning, making a fire to boil some water and make toast. Survival studies are going well! 2) Tom out on the kopjies during [...]

Saturday 25th January: On Saturday morning we went to the waterfall to abseil after breakfast! It was about a 30min drive from the lodge up into the Mountains. We had to walk for about 5 minutes from the car and then we go to the top of the waterfall and I was SO SCARED – [...]