Entries Tagged ‘South America’:
filed in South Africa on May.11, 2010
News just in on the South Africa Horse Team: Along with daily rides of Kwa Madwala’s 7 Boereperde horses, the April Horse Safari Team have recently been getting in on the action with the other Leapers, taking part in routine reserve work with the main Leap team and building an extension to the orphanage in [...]
Tags: Elephant grooming, Equine, horse safari, orphanage, South America
filed in Announcements, Costa Rica, Destinations, Gap Year, South America on Sep.30, 2009
The word adventure incorporates risky, dangerous or uncertain experiences….but an adventure doesn’t have to be dangerous…… Taking a wild expedition in to Costa Rica, an adventure tour in to the pristine rainforests and crystal clear waters of this beautiful central American paradise can be a much safer experience, when travelling with an organisation who will [...]
Tags: adventure, animal conservation, beaches, community projects, Credit Crunch, Eco-Tourism, Family, Gap Year, holiday, Horses, jungles, Painting, Schools, South America, Teaching, Travel, Volunteer, Volunteers, Work experience
filed in Africa, Announcements, Asia, Gap Year, South America on Aug.21, 2009
A-level results yesterday, it feels like only yesterday we at The Leap were also stood in line at college waiting very nervously to get our results!! And this is why we know all too well that its not always a picnic. You might not have felt much like celebrating yesterday whilst trawling through UCAS Clearance [...]
Tags: adventure, Africa, Asia, Gap Year, holiday, jungles, South America, Teaching, Travel, Volunteer, Volunteers, Work experience
filed in Borneo, Cambodia, Ecuador, South Africa, Venezuela on Aug.17, 2009
Music festivals are two a penny these days, so adventurous types are starting to cast the net a little wider and get off the beaten track (if you can call the M4 to Reading festival a track!) for their next festival fix. Whether your tastes are for rapid BPM on S.E. Asia’s beaches, chilled world [...]
Tags: Africa, Asia, Music Festivals, South America, Travel
filed in Announcements, Botswana, Destinations, Gap Year on Jul.17, 2009
Are you sat at work reading this right now and hoping for a miracle?? We can save you and get you on a plane out of here pronto!! Gap Years For Adults-they do exist….there is a god after all!! Whether it’s Africa, Asia or Latin America you fancy we have the perfect travel and volunteer [...]
Tags: Adult Gap Year, adventure, Africa, animal conservation, Botswana, Building, Career Break, community projects, Credit Crunch, Ecuador, Family, Gap Year, holiday, Kenya, Mini Leap, Mozambique, safari, Safari Camps, South Africa, South America, Volunteer
filed in Announcements, South Africa on Apr.03, 2009
Family Mini Leaps leap have evolved by our own basic needs. As a young company we have young children and a dream to do more with them than the obvious all-inclusive or self-catering in Cornwall. We want a family travel adventure!! With the trappings of modern day it seems more and more difficult to give [...]
Tags: adventure, Africa, Family, holiday, South America, Travel, Volunteer
filed in Announcements, Ecuador, Mozambique, South Africa on Mar.30, 2009
Family travel doesn’t have to mean dragging the kids to boring Benidorm or another week’s crabbing in Cornwall, there are now a range of holidays offered by the Leap which combine eye opening volunteer projects with some of the worlds most exotic and exciting destinations. Our ‘Mini Leaps’ open up a whole new world of [...]
Tags: Africa, Children, Family, Gap Year, Mini Leap, South Africa, South America, Travel, Volunteer
filed in Announcements on Mar.16, 2009
The Leap offers the perfect chance to take some much needed time out of the ‘rat race’, enabling you to experience adventure travel, relax, get fit and healthy, enjoy the company of friends and family whilst improving new skills. A career break is also the chance to re-assess your life plan and goals, possibly leading [...]
Tags: Africa, Career Break, Credit Crunch, Family, South America, Travel, Volunteer
filed in Argentina on Mar.04, 2009
Hola! Just wanted to let you all know what a fantastic time was had in Argentina when I went to visit the Leap team last week at the polo Estancia where they are spending the next 6-10 weeks. The girls were on top form as we learnt the ropes at the polo stables, practiced our [...]
Tags: Argentina, Equine, Gap Year, Gaucho, Horses, Polo, Riding, South America, Volunteer
filed in South America on Feb.17, 2007
Hola Leapers! I hope you’re all having a fantastic time in South America. Leave your photos and anecdotes here for all to see- whether it’s ‘hairy’ bus journeys or encounters with ‘hairy’ creepy crawlies we want to read about it. Ciao for now! The Leap team.
Tags: South America