Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA)

The Conservation Volunteer Australia (CVA) package gives you the chance to get out in the fresh air, feel the sun on your skin and do something new and challenging.

On this Australia gap volunteer package you can go to one of 10 locations in Australia for between 2 to 6 weeks and work on voluntary conservation projects. If you want to you can even volunteer at several different locations on different conservation projects so that you get to travel Australia and get a good taste of it's amazing natural beauty.

The Volunteer Projects

We offer ten different destinations for conservation volunteering in Australia and we do our best to ensure you get to do a variety of projects or locations during your stay.

Typical CVA Projects

Tree planting
Endangered species protection
Environmental monitoring
Erosion and salinity control
Seed collection
Construction and maintenance of walking tracks
Planting of native species
Habitat restoration

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Project Location

Choose from Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Alice Springs and Darwin.

For a full CVA project list please click here - CVA Project list

Accommodation and Meals

All your accommodation, meals and project related transport is included in this package, all you need to do is to turn up and enjoy yourself. An added bonus of this package is that you do not need a Working Holiday visa so if you are over the age of 30 or plan to spend a year in Australia later on you can still go to Australia now.

Programme Overview

Durations & Prices: 2 weeks - £399, 4 weeks - £569, 6 weeks - £799

How to book & pay:
Pay £195 deposit to book. Balance due 12 weeks prior to departure.

What is included?
Accommodation whilst volunteering
All meals
Transfers (Office-project location)
Project related travel
CVA membership
Wildlife guide
'Nature Saturday' activities

What is not included?
Travel insurance
All flights and airline charges
Transfer to CVA office
Laundry and medical expenses
Visa and passport charges
Any extra excursions

Programme Summary:
An excellent way to have a great Australian experience and meet loads of new people whilst also getting involved with environmental work.
Other Australia volunteer work

Arrival dates:
Various start dates, contact us for details

Australia Travel Advice:
Visit our Australia Travel Advice page for useful travel information.

See what our volunteers say: CVA experiences, Greg's experience
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