Gap year & Travel News

Overview of Solo Botswana Trip 03 July – 27 September 2011 – Elise Shaw The tangerine coloured sun rose magestically over the Makgadikgadi National Park waking the animals, birds, guests and staff from their slumber. So began another day in magical Botswana. The three months as a solo volunteer placement with Desert & Delta Safaris [...]

Hi to Guy and everyone in the office! The girls are doing really well. They are now about to finish their third week and are now doing painting work at the Moshono government school. Last week they finished doing construction work at the Faraja Center. Mbasa and I are putting an impact report together with [...]

Hi Guy, Hope you’re well back in the UK office! The entire group have been in Mwaluganje (the elephant sanctuary) this week and just spoke to their Program Coordinator. It’s been a great week as they celebrated Peace One Day on the 21st September at Ngonzini Primary School with the idea of human-wildlife cooperation and [...]

A week has already flown by and the Ecuador Leapers have settled into the hostel that will serve as their home for the next two weeks in the beautiful colonial city of Quito. Last weekend´s activities included climbing the shaky spire of the Basílica, roaming the colonial streets of Quito´s historic center, enjoying local blackberry [...]

HI Guy, The group are all getting on really well and everyone’s mixing really well too! We are focusing on two main projects right now in Muhaka – finishing desks for a little nursery school that we just finished renovating and the other group is focusing on making an eco-house on our new and most [...]

Have you ever dreamed of exploring Kenya on your gap year? Its one of the most breathtaking countries on the amazing continent that is Africa!! The endless plains of the serengeti, the Big 5, living with incredible indigenous tribes and with local communities, learning about their traditions and learning their traditional dances, teaching english, working [...]

With University places getting more and more competitive as time goes on – more and more people are opting out of uni! With an accumulating debt of around £25,000 on tuition fee’s alone at the end of a 3 year course, who can really blame you. But don’t panic too much, it’s certainly not the [...]

If you’ve missed out on University entry in 2011 DON’T DESPAIR! You now have the gift of a whole year free from education (gap year!) to rethink your future career plans, gain invaluable work experience and develop your soft skills to make you a better prospect for admissions tutors and employers alike. Spend the next [...]

Cheers! ………That seems to be the statement that has so far summed up our time in Sabah, and on a night when 9 bottles of rice wine have been consumed such a saying seems rather apt.  Maybe it is the residual effects of those bottles we enjoyed on our last night at camp Tinangol, but [...]

Are 5 A*, head of school, first 15 rugby hero enough to secure your university place or indeed your first job? Possibly not… School leavers and graduates today are forced to find ways to shine in a bigger and better way than their predecessors ever had to.  Decent jobs and exciting careers are harder to [...]