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...applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds. Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems.

...you passionate about preventing the extinction of vulnerable sea birds, such as the African penguin, unique to Southern Africa's shoreline? In this programme you will work directly with sea birds that have been injured, dehydrated, damaged...

Click map to zoom For travellers with a yearning to get off the beaten track, Intrepid opens up a whole new world, Intrepid travellers explore the world's most amazing places – discovering real people, real cultures...

...Guide Details Travel Blogs: Fiona Egglestone You are about to download the gapyear.com "Travel Blogs: Fiona Egglestone" which has been written by site user Fiona Egglestone. If you really like, or even really dislike the article, we'd...

...Worlds offer working placements in New Zealand - land of mountains and fjords, hot springs and rolling hills, rugged coasts and stunning beaches.           Changing Worlds offers paid hotel work in the...

...valuable work experience at a fast paced television station in Auckland where you’ll undertake a variety of roles, such as editing, camera work and graphics, plus Photoshop. This placement is an excellent way for you to improve your...

...Tennis in Beautiful Auckland. You'll coach juniors at a club, then train with and possibly play for one of the senior teams. You'll also coach sports to refugee children in a school - a diverse and very interesting project! Due to New...

...All Aspects of Cricket in New Zealand This is a unique project that combines cricket management and also coaching cricket and playing for a team. The NZCPA look after the current and past professional cricket players as well as...

...Take part in a two week English camp programme for Thai children from 8-12 years old on the beautiful island of Koh Phangan, starting in July. About the English Camps and students PoD summer English Camps are an exciting way to...

...a life on the ocean is for you, then a gap year based around our Yachtmaster Professional is the course to set. The aim of the training is to become a qualified Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster. As a Yachtmaster, you are not only a...

...to Solo Female Travel Solo travel is one of most liberating experiences on the planet – you’ve got no responsibilities to anybody but yourself, you can do what you want and leave when you like, and the buzz you get from the...

...Timer's Guide to Hostels Hostels are simple, fun, friendly, cheap and geared up for people like you. However, if this is your first time away on your own and you've never stayed in a backpacker hostel before, you've probably got a few...

Handwritten hangeul in an advertisement See also: Korean phrasebook Koreans speak Korean, and knowing a few words of this will come in very handy. Unfortunately the language is rather drastically different from any Western language in its...

South Korea is fairly compact and you can get anywhere very fast if you fly, and reasonably fast even if you don't. Subways are available in most of the cities in metropolitan area including Seoul and other big cities have serviced or been on...

... Geography A large central plateau makes up most of the mainland (at between 900m and 1800m) and the mountain ranges of the Eastern Arc and the Southern and Northern Highlands cut across the country to form part of the Great Rift Valley. A...

Click map to zoom Kenya We leave Nairobi to camp our first night beneath Mount Kenya, before travelling through the wilds of Samburu National Park with its fabulous herds of elephant. We also visit local Samburu tribes...

Click map to zoom Kenya We spend time at Sheldricks Elephant Sanctuary in Nairobi, visiting during feeding time, before heading out to the 20 million year old Great Rift Valley amidst lakes and extinct volcanoes on our...

Click map to zoom Kenya to Tanzania We journey south from bustling Nairobi, as we travel through sweeping and often arid plains, dotted with whistling thorn, to safari in Tanzania's premier game parks, the Serengeti and...

...1: Fly in to Cape Town International Airport where our staff will be on hand to meet you and transfer you to your accommodation. Once you've settled in you will have a trip briefing with your group leader. Day 2-3: Cape Town Volunteer...

Click map to zoom The best way to discover the whole of New Zealand. Do all of the things you came to New Zealand to do - bungy jump, experience a Maori hangi, walk on a glacier, visit mud pools and geysers, cruise on...