Gap year & Travel News

All is going great this side and all the Leapers have settled in well, it seems like a very good group! To date the volunteers have been busy with game drives, bush walks, grass surveys, making the new volleyball court and veggie garden, breaking down an interior fence, road maintenance by creating miter drains on the side [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Hi Guy, I hope your holiday was good! The past week was a huge success with loads and loads crammed in! The team did 4×4 driving, shooting, elephant groom day, micro lighting, horse back safari, survival night and Swaziland day trip all in the past week! We also went on a farewell game drive whilst [...]

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 [...]

Well it’s been another successful week fir the South Africa Team at Kwa Madwala. The past week the leapers have been stuck into conservation week which has included taking a trip to Moholoholo, taking a tour of an animal rehabilitation centre, visiting  a reptile centre going to meet Jessica the Hippo (claimed to be the [...]

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 [...]

In early 2009 my 17 year old daughter announced that she intended to take a gap year before embarking on University studies.  Nothing terribly unusual in that and I expected that she would travel as part of a group project with the security that goes with it.   However, that was not her intention.  As always, [...]

Thank goodness! I have somehow managed to get through the 10 hour coach journey from Arusha – Dar (from one side of Tanzania to the other)! And after arguing with an African man (who I thought was trying to run off with my luggage) for about 15 minutes, me and my Friend Fran get in [...]