Gap year & Travel News

Hi Guy, Lovely to hear from you and i hope you’re well! We’re all having a great time here in the sunshine, hopefully England’s not too cold for you at the moment. The last 3 weeks have been fun as the volunteers have had the opportunity to do some more work on any of the [...]

Tanzania, the land of the most specular safari on earth- the Serengeti, the highest mountain in Africa – Kilimanjaro, stunning white sand beaches and that warm African hospitality found nowhere else on earth….i’m so jealous of our leap team out there in the sunshine right now! Mathias and Mbassa our fanstic project leaders out there [...]

Hola from Caribbean coast of Venezuela (no snow here!), The Leap team are now into their 5th week Venezuela – our final volunteer Sarah has arrived and team have moved from the beach at Playa Colorada up into the mountains and jungle of Caripe with their leaders Govinda and Harrison. The second half of last [...]

There’s a magic about Cambodia…or the Kingdom of Cambodia as its more formally known, which casts a spell over many of the people who visit. It’s an incredibly beautiful country with a history both saddening and inspiring where the future is waiting to be shaped! Become a Cambodia volunteer and discover all of this for [...]

Hi Guy, The leapers have been very busy during the last few weeks. The first week: They removed fences from the old horse paddock for the new elephant paddock. The started to build the dam in the elephant camp for the tame elephants going in there too. On Friday the leapers left for their excursion [...]

Jambo from Tanzania, We have had a busy first three weeks with the Leap Team in Arusha,  Safari Capital of Tanzania! After the classroom construction in the Maasai village of Olkokola in week one, the Leap volunteers moved on to painting a government school called Moshono and visit the Orphanage Center in Arusha. Over the [...]

  Hi Guy, Jan Leapers are all at Batu Puteh at the moment. All good. They left Kipouvo on the 24th of Jan. They should be there till the 28th and not depart for Bongkud till the 13th of Feb as planned. Over the last week the guys have been working hard and partying just [...]

Dear Guy, I hope you’re well! The volunteers have completed the house building and pumping well for the community now, which is fantastic! They’ve also been teaching at the orphanage centre in the afternoons. The Cambodian Children Painting Project in SihanoukVille is expecting them to be there on 15 Feb and start works on 16 [...]

Hi, This week has been really exciting; we have learned a lot from each other and about the customs of Ecuadorians. Today the last team member (Rob) arrived safely and enjoyed a delicious breakfast for dinner we all shared! The team have been learning Spanish and started working on Monday in two different groups: 1. [...]

Hi Michaela, Just to let you know that the group are all doing really well! The leapers have been working on the construction of a classroom at the Maasai village. They have had a nice time and witnessed a Maasai warriors dance during their initiation at the village as well. At the weekend the group [...]