Real Gap have a huge range of conservation projects available all year round. We specialise in Wildlife Conservation Projects and Environmental Conservation Projects providing volunteers with an experience that you won't forget.
Wildlife Conservation Projects If you are passionate about wildlife conservation, why not get hands-on with one of our conservation projects. You can work directly with endangered animals through conservation work in a rescue centre or you could get involved in education by teaching local people how to be environmentally responsible.
Environmental Conservation Projects
There are also conservation projects involving the environment, where you can help preserve precious ecosystems by tree planting, habitat restoration, and endangered flora and fauna surveys.
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Experience an exciting and varied volunteer project on a beautiful Big 5 Game Reserve near to South Africa’s coast. Assist in conservation management whilst learning new skills and meeting some great people. You will also have the opportunity to take part in a worthwhile community project.
Help ensure no more of these wonderful creatures are lost by contributing to a conservation project in the middle of the Pacific. You’ll take care of the adult turtles, their eggs and the irresistible baby turtles!
Get close to the fastest mammal in the world! Monitor cheetahs and leopards and help restore the plains back to their natural state. You’ll play a vital role in preserving African wildlife for the future.
The perfect combination of sport and conservation. Help look after turtle eggs and the baby turtles - not difficult when they’re so sweet! Then learn to surf or improve your technique at a nearby beach.
Volunteer in the Andes and help with the day-to-day care and rehabilitation of animals that have been abused or injured. These might include monkeys, jaguars, lions, parrots and other native species.
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With the help of volunteers, giant pandas can be saved from extinction. You’ll be involved in feeding and observing these amazing creatures and have opportunities to photograph them. The weekends will be free for you to explore China.
Go back to basics in the Namib Desert as you take part in projects that help elephants and landowners to live together in harmony. You’ll go on a unique elephant patrol and get involved in building projects.
Work with orang-utans in a zoo, before seeing them in a rehabilitation centre and the wild. The trip takes you deep into the Bornean jungle, where you’ll help build trails and get to know the Iban tribes.
Learn or improve your scuba diving, live with a local family, help build a marine protected area and enjoy the country’s amazing beaches in a 6-week programme of activities that make for the perfect Fijian experience.
Give orphaned and injured sloths the TLC they need. You’ll help out at a centre dedicated to the protection of these endangered creatures, feeding them and helping them return to the wild.
Help change people’s opinions of wolves and wolf dogs, and care for those that have been neglected and abused. Take the chance to to discover the attractions of rural New Mexico too.
Do the unthinkable - walk with lions! Collect data, carry out research and watch as the lion cubs learn to hunt. You’ll also educate local children, and pay a memorable visit to elephant orphans.
Learn how to identify and photograph dolphins, penguins and other sea creatures. You’ll be working towards making dolphin watching a tourist attraction, and thus persuading fishermen not to kill them for food.
Contribute towards a fascinating marine research project that focuses on whale sharks, mangroves, dolphins and coral on the second largest barrier reef system in the world!
Nurse injured and orphaned monkeys, plus baboons, snakes, crocodiles and any other animals needing attention. Longer-staying volunteers have the chance to work on sites that release monkeys back into the wild. Project Video Now Online
Take in the best of Indonesia in a four-week programme. Learn to cook Indonesian-style, meet the locals, visit the temples, explore the beaches and take part in a volunteer project or a week of adventure activities.
Walk with lions and watch cubs hunt their first prey. This is a rare opportunity to get close to wild animals while contributing to valuable breeding and release work. Explore the grasslands on horseback or elephant-back, too.
Get properly involved in conservation work to protect turtles and caimans. Take part in the nightly beach patrols, help release the hatchlings, work on iguana and caiman breeding projects and much more.
Handle rhino, train elephants and make a real difference to the future of endangered species in Zimbabwe. Living close to the animals will give you a unique insight into their lives and make for fantastic photos opportunities.
Get up close and personal with whale sharks – they eat plankton, not humans! Learn to dive in tropical waters and collect data on whale sharks, coral reefs and turtles.
Study the fascinating workings of the African savannah and help protect its fragile ecosystem. Enjoy a five day Kruger safari where you’ll have the chance to see elephants, rhinos, lions and leopards before working along side wildlife researchers in a national park in Swaziland learning hands-on conservation techniques.
Cultivate your interest in botany and nature on the remote Island of Kauai. You’ll help the flora thrive by carrying out tasks such as planting native species and clearing trials in the Hawaiian forests.
Escort baby turtles to the sea, take part in patrols to protect the eggs and observe turtle behaviour. Working next to the Pacific Ocean, you’ll be part of a highly successful conservation project.
Play a part in conserving the famously beautiful landscapes of New Zealand. Your projects might involve coastal restoration, tree planting and surveying flora and fauna and there’ll be plenty of free time to enjoy outdoor life!
Volunteer on the coast of Ecuador and help with the day-to-day care and rehabilitation of animals that have been abused or injured. These might include monkeys, jaguars, lions, parrots and other native species.
Choose a volunteer project that lets you put your skills to use: therapeutic horse riding or sailing, volunteering in a school or gallery, nature and wildlife conservation, or a specially requested project. Explore British Columbia in your free time.
Walk with lions and work with rhinos on a programme that gives you an unforgettable taste of Africa. You’ll get an incredible insight into their lives, and you’ll take part in vital conservation work to save them from extinction. Learning bush survival skills, paddling down the mighty Zambezi River and seeing the even mightier Victoria Falls make for some wonderful memories, not to mention glorious photos! This is a rewarding programme that benefits an amazing country.
Get yourself on course to manage a game farm or nature reserve. Surrounded by the Big Five and other African wildlife, you’ll learn about educational bush walks, how to identify animals, game tracking, navigation and more. Project Video Now Online
A flexible programme for people wanting to help protect Australia’s amazing flora and fauna. You can choose from ten locations and stay for as little as two weeks – and you get to experience the Great Outdoors, Aussie-style.
Get hands-on with orphaned and injured animals. The centre cares for big cats, baboons, crocodiles and many others, and is also working to tackle the problem of wild animals attacking farmers’ livestock.
Help protect some of America’s most beautiful lakes, mountains, deserts and national parks. You’ll build dry stonewalls and create trails that won’t spoil the scenery, and then camp under the stars at night!
Riding and caring for horses and learning about African wildlife are at the heart of this unique experience. At night, you’ll shower in the open air and sleep in a bush lodge. Project Video Now Online
Work with some of the rarest groups of gibbons - small, endangered apes. Through this project, you can get involved with all aspects of their care and efforts to keep them from extinction.
The chance to volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary on Kangaroo Island is a truly unique opportunity to learn about the amazing Australian wildlife in a simply stunning location.
Play a part in protecting South Africa’s beautiful Wild Coast. Work at a lion cub centre, sleep under the stars, learn about wildlife management, go on game drives and bushwalks, and more – perfect for outdoor people!
Travel from Darwin to Adelaide to Sydney and finish in Cairns. Hike in national parks, enjoy spectacular sunsets, see some native wildlife, do a week of activities in Sydney, try your hand at surfing – plus lots more!
Escort baby turtles to the sea, take part in patrols to protect the eggs and observe turtle behaviour. Working next to the Caribbean Sea, you’ll be part of a highly successful conservation project.
Get involved with innovative and highly successful work to enrich the lives of the resident rescued gibbons. Study them, help care for them on a daily basis and just enjoy watching them interact against a stunning natural background.
Help ensure the beauty of La Gran Sabana national park lives on. Get involved with projects that protect the monkeys, toucans and other wildlife, and pass on your enthusiasm for conservation to local children.
Need a career change? Want a qualification? Always dreamt of working alongside the wildlife of Africa? Then this is field guide course in South Africa is the ideal programme for you!
Swim with great whites…in a cage! Sail through Sharks’ Alley, among seals and penguins, while you record shark activity. Tuition on shark behaviour, underwater filming and lots more will give you an in depth understanding of these magnificent creatures.
Put your love of photography to good use on a World Heritage Site. Photograph elephants, rhinos and many other creatures for a database, and possibly magazines. You’ll also teach local children about their surroundings.
Get up close and personal with Africa’s wildlife, from Black Mambas to Baboon Spiders. As a reptile centre volunteer, you’ll be involved in research, feeding, building enclosures, demonstrating and much more. Project Video Now Online
This is a fantastic opportunity to experience African wilderness whilst contributing to the conservation of large carnivores in this area. The carnivore research project offers a hands-on scientific experience as well as helping to conserve habitats and wildlife.
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