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Gap Year Advice
- 6 Weird Jobs With Animals That You'll Absolutely Love
- 5 Bold Ideas for the Best Gap Adventures
- 5 Reasons to Go On a Gap Year Adventure
- Gap Year Ideas: 6 Great Ones You Can Thank Me For Later
- Must-Visit Locations For Any Gap Year Itinerary
- Volunteer Work in Africa: Read this Post and Change Your Life!
- What Is Ecotourism? The Golden Rules for Backpackers
- Top Sights Not to Miss on Your South America Tour
- South American Holidays: To Go or Not To Go?
- 5 Outdoor Jobs Guaranteed to Get You Dirty on Your Gap Year
- Newsflash: Forestry Jobs Are NOT Just for Hairy Tree Huggers
- Tourism jobs to take you round the World
- The Essential Guide to Teaching English Abroad
- How To Find Jobs Overseas: Everything You Need To Know
- The Eternal Gap Year Dilemma: Shall I Find Work Abroad or Just Travel?
- Nervous About Exam Results? Make Your Back-Up Plan a Gap Year
- The Essential Guide to Summer Jobs for Students
- 8 Reasons Why You Need to Volunteer
- A Foolproof Guide for Exciting Conservation Jobs
- Have You Considered These Awesome Ideas to Raise Money for Charity?
- What's the Definition of Sustainability & What's It Got To Do With Me?
- Plan My Gap Year: How to Prepare in Five Simple Steps
- The 10 Best Gadgets to Pack on Your Travels
- Want A Job In Wildlife Conservation But Can't Get Started?
- The Leap is a member of the American Gap Association
- How to volunteer in conservation on your gap year
- 4 Hidden Gems Most Backpackers Miss in La Gran Sabana, Venezuela
- 5 Lessons Guy Fawkes Can Teach Us About Gap Year Travel
- How to Beat the Post-Travel Blues
- The Epic Scuba Diving Spots No Gap Year Should Be Without
- Tanzania's Tastiest Local Dishes Every Traveller Should Try
- 10 Ways to Do Your Bit Over the Christmas Holidays
- Essential Stocking Fillers for the Gap Year Backpacker
- How to save for your gap year and still buy christmas presents
- Going Travelling? 10 Handy Tips For Coping With Culture Shock
- Six Reasons To Start Booking Your Summer Trip Right Now
- Meet Ecuador's Four Most Fascinating Tribes
- Ten of the World's Most Beautiful Spots to Go Horse Riding
- Five Romantic Places to Visit in Madagascar
- Eight Awesome Places to Go Backpacking This Spring
- Five Untouched Beaches in Borneo You Need to Visit
- Shopping in the Dark: A Guide to the World’s Best Night Markets
- 10 Vital Dos and Don’ts of Travelling Solo
- Best Places to Visit in Cambodia: 5 Amazing Spots Off the Beaten Track
- Six Jaw-Dropping Sailing Destinations Worthy of Any Gap Year
- Unusual Easter Traditions from Around the World
- Anyone Visiting South Africa Should Try These Outrageous Sports
- The Best Countries to Visit for Chocolate Tasting
- Animal Fanatics Will Love These Five Amazing Travel Activities
- Seven Festivals Across the Globe Guaranteed To Liven Up Any Gap Year
- Six of the Best National Parks to Visit in Costa Rica
- The World’s Top Cycling Routes for Gap Year Travellers
- Who Should Take a Gap Year?
- The Six Most Magical Islands to Visit in The Bahamas
- 5 Fantastic Ways to See the World from High Altitude
- Tanzania’s Most Vibrant Cities Are a Must-Visit for Any Trip
- The 10 Hottest Nightlife Spots in Havana, Cuba
- Five Exciting European Gap Year Destinations
- Southeast Asia vs South America: Which is Better for a Gap Year?
- Seven Epic Spots For Gap Year Surfing You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
- The World’s Most Remarkable Caves to Explore on Your Gap Year
- The Pros and Cons of Taking a Gap Year in Australia
- Eight Strategies to Secure a Perfect Gap Year Ski Season
- How to Make Your Gap Year Relevant to Your Degree
- Five mouthwatering dishes to trying on your gap year in Asia
- Eight Effective Ways to Cure Boredom on The Road
- 10 Stunning Stargazing Gap Year Destinations Across the Globe
- Venezuela Is a Safe Gap Year Destination If You Follow These Rules
- Find the World’s Rarest Animals on These Gap Year Programs
- How to Visit the Galapagos Islands on the Cheap(ish)
- Six of the World's Wackiest Restaurants to Visit on Your Gap Year
- Find the Right Hostel for Your Gap Year With These Tips
- 10 of the World’s Spookiest Spots to Visit on Your Gap Year
- Gap Year Idea: Five Fantastic Wine Tours Across The Globe
- How to Make Your Gap Year Original
- Travelling Around Africa On Your Gap Year: Where to Begin
- Visit the World’s Most Wondrous Waterfalls on Your Gap Year
- The Ultimate Christmas Markets to Visit on Your Gap Year
- How to Travel the World Like a Local on Your Gap Year
- How to Pack the Perfect Gap Year Backpack
- Backpacking Essentials: The No B.S. Guide to Plan the Perfect Trip
- How to Travel When You Have No Money
- Travel Vaccination Advice: Which Ones Should You Get?
- How Travelling Boosts Personal Development
- How to Find the Right Volunteering Opportunity for You
- Six gap year programs that lead to paid work
- 10 Gap Year Locations You Didn’t Know Existed
- Follow These Easy Steps to Learn a Language on Your Gap Year
- 10 Movies You Should Watch Before Travelling The World
- Overcome Homesickness on Your Gap Year With These 5 Simple Strategies
- Namibia's Eight Hidden Gems Every Gap Year Traveller Should Visit
- Beat Jet Lag Whilst Travelling on Your Gap Year With These 10 Steps
- Drama-Free Gap Year: How to Survive Backpacking With Your Best Friend
- 15 Essential iPhone Apps to Help You on Your Gap Year
- Taking a Gap Year: 7 Convincing Reasons Why This Is the Year
- Bon Voyage: How to Painlessly Leave Home Behind
- What Does Your Choice of Gap Year Destination Say About You?
- The Best Gap Year Destinations to Explore in April
- How to Explain the Value of Your Gap Year During an Interview
- Gap Year Statistics to Broaden Your Mind
- 5 Things You Need to Know About Gap Year Insurance
- 10 Compelling Reasons to Fill Your Gap Year With an Internship Abroad
- A Guide to Terrifying Creatures to Avoid on Your Gap Year
- 5 Awesome Travel Card Games to Liven Up Any Gap Year
- 5 Bizarre Hangover Cures to Use on Your Gap Year
- The Fun and Easy Way to Make Friends on Your Gap Year
- 8 Types of Traveller You'll Meet on Your Gap Year
- 10 Destinations for Game of Thrones Fans to Explore on Their Gap Year
- Prepare for your gap year this summer with these strategies
- 15 Foods You’re Guaranteed to Miss Whilst Travelling
- A Backpackers Guide to South East Asia
- Should You Be Taking A Gap Year?
- A 5 Step Guide To Prepare For Your Interrailing This Summer
- 5 Easy Ways to Record Your Gap Year Adventures
- Asia, Africa or South America? Which is better for Backpacking?
- 3 Top Trending Destinations for A Gap Year in Africa
- 3 New Destinations for Your Gap Year in Asia
- Brexit: How your Gap Year Plans will be Affected
- South America: How to Get Off the Beaten Track during your Gap Year
- 10 Weird and Wonderful Forms of Transport To Use On Your Gap Year
- 10 Cute, Rare Animals To Seek Out On Your Gap Year
- Nervous About Exam Results? Make Your Back-Up Plan a Gap Year
- Start The Gap Year Job Search with our Top 10 Job Ideas
- Top Tips for Packing and Getting Organised for Your Gap Year
- Gap Year Planning? 4 Challenges for You to Consider
- Bridget Jones' Travel Savvy Rules for your Gap Year
- Travelling in Peru? 10 Highlights You Must Include
- Great Mementos to Bring Home From Your Gap Year
- 10 Top Tips for Parents who’s Kids are Planning their Gap Year
- Top 10 Scary Movie Sets to Visit On Your Travels
- A Backpacking Itinerary to Explore Undiscovered South Africa
- Movember - Beard Facts From Around The World
- Around the World by Christmas Markets
- Find Your Perfect Borneo: Will it be in Malaysia or Indonesia?
- Plan Your Gap Year Before Christmas - There's Still Time
- International Volunteering Day
- Celebrate Christmas, Around the World, On Santa's Sleigh
- Top Tips for Packing Your Backpack
- Your Guide to the best Gap Year Destinations in 2017
- If Trump only knew
- Quick escape guide: gap year volunteering and adventure
- Gap year love in a world filled with peculiar romantic traditions
- 4 Major Gap Year Blunders to Learn From
- Could Africa be the new Asia?
- Eight Festivals to Attend Around the World
- Which Volunteer Experience is Right for You?
- Reasons to smile - the ideal revision procrastination
- Post Ski Season Ideas
- Earth Hour: How To Get Involved
- 5 Reasons to Learn the Local Lingo
- How Does My Travelling Tribe Do A Gap Year?
- 10 Tips for Dealing with Culture Shock
- Easter-Time Traditions Across The World
- Top 10 Extreme Activities to Enjoy on your Travels
- The Best Summer Interrailing Routes
- Volunteer Project in the Spotlight: Prem Nivasa
- 17 Magical Places to Work into the Gap Year Plans
- Traditional Food to Try on your Travels
- Wondrous Waterfalls to Visit on your Gap Year
- Brits Abroad and How Our Gap Travellers Can Break The Mould
- Hottest New Trend, A Gap Year in Malaysia
- Don't Leave Home Without....Top Packing Tips For The Traveller….
- Watersport Courses to Help You Earn Your Way Around The Globe
- The Ultimate Travel Guide To Bali - Ibiza in the Tropics
- Gap year volunteering - why get involved?
- Gap year volunteering - getting started...
- Home or Away: Gap Year guide for kids and parents!
- 10 fascinating creatures only found in Madagascar
- 10 reasons why you should NEVER travel to Ecuador on your gap year
- The Ultimate Gap Year Bucket List
- Party your way around the world
- The Best Gap Year Courses for the Best Gap Year Jobs
- The Best Books to Read to Inspire your Travels
- How to upgrade your CV and get paid on your gap year
- Top 10 things to do before you're 20
- Your survival pack to January blues
- The top 10 rarest animals to see on your gap year
- The Best Halloween Celebrations Around the World
- Gap year travel tips to make the most of your gap year
- Lets Talk about Volunteering
- The A-Z check list for planning your gap year
- Volunteering Hotspots for 2018
- Best coral reefs to see on your gap year
- Weird and wonderful architecture to see on your Gap Year
- Perfect Christmas gifts for the Gap Year
- 20 Best Inspirational Travel Quotes
- The Best Ways to Photograph Your Gap Year
- Group or solo gap year travel - which is best for you?
- 10 unusual New Year's Eve traditions around the world
- 6 Benefits of Volunteering
- Hike Your Way Around the World
- Guatemala... What's all the fuss about?
- How to avoid the 'gap yah' on your gap year travels
- Budge over Interrailing... you're so last year...
- Is Cambodia more than a Full Moon Party?
- It's not too late for a summer Gap Year
- A Guide to the World’s Best Night Markets
- Should you take a Gap Year?
- Baths with a view... 8 of the best
- 17 questions to ask at a University Open Day
- Eat and drink your way around the world...
- Trending Destinations for a Gap Year in 2019
- How can a gap year help my future career?
- 11 top spots off the beaten track in Asia
- Project in the spotlight - Cambodia
- Sri Lanka - What's all the fuss about?
- Join the Fight Against Plastic
- 6 Ideas to Make Your Summer Plans Epic
- Top 10 gap year destinations for the ultimate adrenaline rush
- 5 Ultimate Gap Year Destinations for Autumn
- Finding Original Culture On Your Gap Year
- Plan my gap year: 10 things to know before you start
- Where to travel after your Gap Year In Australia
- How to Sell a Gap Year to Decision Makers
- 6 myths about going on a gap year program
- Finding the Right Gap Year Program Before College
- Gap Year Insurance: 10 Common Pitfalls
- 20 Great Things To Do On Your Gap Year
- Our best gap year programs of 2019
- How To Fund Your Gap Year Abroad
- A Level Results: clearing or a gap year?
- Where To Gap Year In Central & South America
- Gap Year In Africa – Things To Do & How To Travel
- Why Gap Year In The Philippines
- Gap Year Advice: Gear & Gadgets You’ll Need
- Our Top Gap Year FAQs
- Help David Attenborough's Dynasties on your gap year
- Think you're not brave enough to travel? Think again.
- Gap Year In Namibia: Who Wants To Save The Rhino?
- Gap year advice on where to travel in South America?
- What type of traveller are you?
- Best Gap Year Destinations: Around the world on your coffee break
- Best Gap Year Conservation Programs
- Gap year volunteers needed to join the war on plastic
- Reforestation - saving our rainforests one leap at a time
- Save the turtle on your gap year
- Bang the drum, spread the word, our planet needs help.
- A level results and the gap year crossroads
- The Leap makes headlines 2019
- NamibiYAH – 10 Reasons you need to join our Namibia program
- I want to go on a gap year but i've no idea where to start...
- 10 reasons you need to visit the Philippines on your gap year
- 5 reasons you need to visit South Africa on your gap year
- Your 3 Step Guide To Planning Your Gap Year
- Be a responsible backpacker
- 10 reasons Namibia needs to be top of your gap year bucket list
- Colombia In A (Coco) Nutshell
- Coronavirus and Volunteering at Home
- Introducing our new Cambodia program - tried, tested and wowed.
- Coronavirus and the environment - how can I help?
- Travel and volunteer safely post lockdown
- Podcast for advice on a post-lockdown gap year
- Post Covid Gap Year Travel by The Telegraph
- Podcast exploring our Cambodian projects and jungle life
- Podcast exploring our Namibian project and living in the desert
- Podcast exploring sharks with Francesca Trotman
- Podcast exploring a magical community garden in Thailand
- Leap VIP - Gap Year Travel Advice Hub
- Cocal Community Centre
- Covid Travel Updates
- Pandemic Gap Year Travel by The Telegraph
- Help rehabilitate wildlife in Zimbabwe
- Reviews from our Leapers and parents 2021
- Gap year volunteering opportunity in Peru
- Gap Year in Jamaica
- How to plan your ski season for 2021/2022
Leapers Blog
- Let’s talk about our down time in South Africa
- Meet the Blogger: Prepping for Peru
- Let’s Talk About Cape Town
- Let’s Talk About the Garden Route
- My Gap Year road trip in South Africa
- Let’s Talk About Divemaster Training
- Let’s Talk About Rescue Course
- Let’s Talk About Diving
- Let’s Talk About South Africa
- Our Last Week in Costa Rica
- The One with Machu Picchu - Peru Blog
- The sun did shine
- The One with the Coolest Thing We’ve Done
- The One with All the Bonfires
- Adventure Week
- Countdown to Costa Rica
- Altitude, Adventures and Avocados
- Recycling, Spanish and Waterfalls
- Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca and Abi’s Birthday
- Settling into Santa Teresa
- Whales, dolphins and turtles
- Flooded in Costa Rica
- The One with Pisac and Cuyo Chico
- The One with Rainbow Mountain
- Surviving in the Amazon
- Karina and the Clinic in Peru
- Birthdays, Riding and Goodbyes
- Our Little Pocket of Paradise - Sadie Traylor
- First week in the jungle, elephant time - Sophie Rumble
- The Raw Beauty of Cambodia - Georgia Ling
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat - Victoria Price
- Hot Springs and Reforestation - Maya Sanden
- Turtle hatcheries, surfing and yoga - Emily Dinovo
- Painting signs, recycling and turtles - Lucy Dickens
- Gringos Gone Wild - Hope Mayhew
- Chilling in Chilcapamba - Ginny Burton
- Ecuador we will miss you
- Scuba diving and lemurs in Madagascar - Katherine Tracy
- Sun, Sea and Mosquitos - Katie Dunn
- Madagascar, conservation week - Tamzin Howard
- Welcome to the wilderness - Sam Williams
- Camera traps and animal tracking
- Snake hunting and volleyball matches - Ellen Robshaw
- African style communion, internships and Massai meetings
- Wide smiles and incredible people - Laura Clark
- Hot springs, teaching and wild beasts - Rosie O'Donnell
- Hot Springs, Pitch Repairs and Holy Week - Patrick Walker
- Coporaque, Chivay and Sangalle - Patrick Walker
- Coporaque, Colca Canyon and snow-capped mountains - Adam De Almeida
- Camera traps, hiking and tree babies - Millie Edwards
- Settling into Madagascan Life - Ellie Harland
- Getting to the heart of the Rural Community in Mentu - Ellie Walton
- Week 1 exploring, surfing and watching sunsets - Hamish Catto
- Teaching in Madagascar - Courteney Slater
- Alpacas and Arequipa - Aela Morris
- The Karina Project in Peru - Aela Morris
- Borneo Child Aid, Banana Chips and Karaoke - Ellie Walton
- Farming and Teaching with the Karina Community - Aela Morris
- Jungle treks, Orangutans and survival skills in Borneo - Ellie Walton
- Mud, mangroves and new Leapers in Madagascar - Ellie Harland
- Snakes, Dams and Bromance by Millie Edwards
- Rafting on the Orange River by Millie Edwards
- Diving, kittens and a full moon party - by Ellie Harland
- Two weeks in the Amazon by Aela Morris
- The Philippines: volunteering and birthdays - Ellie Walton
- Madagascar, the boat trip part 1 by Ellie Harland
- Our boat trip around Madagascar by Ellie Harland
- Day Trips in Cusco and the Final Project Begins by Aela Morris
- Working Hard in Tierra de Los Yaquas by Aela Morris
- Living the Island Life in Ticao by Ellie Walton
- Expedition to Ankarana National Park by Ellie Harland
- Bungee jumping and the Salkantay Trek by Aela Morris
- The last week in the Philippines by Ellie Walton
- Contribute in Madagascar
- Ciao Peru by Aela Morris
- Cow heads and the 5 peak challenge
- Rafting down the Orange River in Namibia
- The last 10 days at Oana
- At one with the Amazon
- Travelling with baggage on my gap year to Costa Rica
- Our Namibian adventure has started
- Our Namibian journey so far...
- The adventure continues in Namibia
- Cambodia 2020 with The Leap part 1 by Grace
- Life in Cambodia part 2 by Grace Castle
- Go With The Flow part 3 by Grace Castle
- Temple Run part 4 by Grace Castle
- Made in Cambodia part 5 by Grace Castle
- Saying goodbye part 6 by Grace Castle
- Going rogue in Cambodia - part 7 by Grace castle
- Live Laugh Leap - Cambodia part 8 by Grace Castle
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