Gap year & Travel News

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 [...]

As reported in the Blog several months ago, illegal Rhino poaching is at an all time high in South Africa with a known 85 killings this year alone. Rhino are butchered for their horns, which consist of keratin (like the human fingernail) and can actually survive if they are removed. However, tragically poachers kill or [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The group have been kept very busy over the past couple of weeks. Highlights include a Rhino walk where we got up close and personal on foot with three White Rhinos. Rhinos around the world are in danger and under treat due to habitat degredation as well as poaching. Many people believe that Rhino horn [...]

Dawn Perkins is currently on a Solo Leap placement at Desert and Delta Camp in Botswana. “Guests on this morning’s early morning game drive at Leroo La Tau were treated to a unique and exciting sighting. They had come across the only three white rhino in the Makgadikgadi National Park when their guide, Lance, spotted [...]