South Africa

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.

Surround yourself with some of Africa's most beautiful animals on this fantastic 2 week volunteer project. Located in South Africa, you will be assisting in caring for Lions, Leopards and Hyena's as well as many other species of wildlife.

Help care and teach orphans and children whose parents can no longer look after them. Your love and attention can make a huge difference to the children in these two centres near Port Elizabeth.

Choose the 14-week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

Help improve the literacy, numeracy and communication skills of children in Port Elizabeth; you can really make a difference to the lives of your students and their future prospects.

Choose the 14 week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

Use your football knowledge to help coach these children in a country where football fever is building as it prepares to host the World Cup in June 2010. You will be running coaching sessions, organize tournaments and share your passion for football with African children.

Choose the 14 week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

Set off on an incredible journey across the world’s most fascinating continent! Discover the hidden secrets of the African plains and get to know its wildest inhabitants as you walk with lions and hang out with monkeys! Zimbabwe - Namibia - South Africa.

Actively help to save endangered wildlife species in Zululand by initiating, implementing and managing some of the most exciting monitoring projects in this part of South Africa.

Help run training lessons and matches for township children in Port Elizabeth and give them the chance to play the game in a fun and rewarding environment.

Choose the 14 week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

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.
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Improve your cricket skills at world class facilities in South Africa with help from some of the game's greats including past stars. This is a great opportunity to raise your cricket game to new heights as well as discover a magnificent country.

Help teach invaluable computer and sport skills set amongst Africa’s most spectacular scenery. This is a great teaching project, especially for first time travellers or those who may be nervous about taking the first step to teach.
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Take an unforgettable tour of southern Africa, getting close to game in South Africa, working with orphans in Swaziland and snorkelling with whale sharks in Mozambique. Indian Ocean beaches provide a paradisiacal finale!

Experience some of the best sights and culture in Southern Africa whilst giving vital help and support to desperate families in two project locations. Combine volunteer work with children and families in need with travelling along the stunning Wild Coast and Garden Route from Swaziland to Cape Town.

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.
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If you’re looking to play rugby abroad, then there are few places that surpass South Africa as the ultimate rugby destination. With first class facilities this is quite possibly the best place to train and play rugby anywhere in the world.

This intensive hockey programme involves individual skills training, fitness work and plenty of competitive match play, all in one of the world’s strongest hockey nations, South Africa.

Learn to Scuba dive at one of the best locations in the world, South Africa where you can swim with amazing marine life, including dolphins and seals. Whether you’re a beginner and just want to learn the basics or you’re thinking of starting a career in the industry, we have the course available to you!

Coach young, enthusiastic rugby players in the townships surrounding Port Elizabeth and experience the passion of South African rugby. The players you coach could form the next generation of Springboks and you will also have plenty of time to play rugby against local club teams yourself.

Choose the 14 week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

Learn to ride the waves at the surfing Mecca of South Africa (Jeffrey’s Bay) with some of the world’s top instructors. This course is open to complete beginners as well as those wanting to improve there skills and is endorsed by the South African Surf Association.

Sample some of Africa’s exhilarating highlights. Camp in Kruger National Park with the big five, do a volunteer placement in Swaziland and learn to scuba dive in Mozambique. An adventure with a bit of everything!

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!

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!

Take this amazing opportunity to coach netball to young and often gifted players at the townships surrounding Port Elizabeth, also known as “The Friendly City". You will be helping to introducing the basics of the game, run fun training sessions, which will help these children play a sport they love.

Choose the 14 week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

Address your weaknesses, perfect your strengths and lower your overall handicap as you develop your ability at one of South Africa’s leading golf clubs.

Help provide much needed medical assistance and educate the local community about HIV/AIDS awareness on this medical programme in the beautiful location of St Lucia.

Live a horse lover’s dream! Help with the day-to-day care of neglected and abused horses and build up their confidence. You’ll be able to ride the Wild Coast’s spectacular beach and bush trails too.

Take this great opportunity to coach hockey to young and often gifted players in a great location. You will be introducing the basics of the game, run fun training sessions, build close friendships with your players and possibly even play for a local team!

Choose the 14 week placement which includes accommodation and meals during the 2010 Football World Cup!

Help teach the children in the areas surrounding Port Elizabeth the abiltity to swim. Not only is this a hugely gratifying experience, you will also leave a lasting impression on the children you meet and teach them a skill that could save their lives!

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.
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Teach children who often make do with carrier bags for balls and inspire them to play football or take up other sports. You’ll combine much needed sports coaching with academic tuition.

Help soothe the effects of abuse, poverty and neglect. Lend a hand with schoolwork or computer skills or just arrange games and activities that will let them enjoy being children again.

Help children develop a love of reading on this literacy and language programme. Read with them, help out in literacy hour and also get involved assisting in the library and more besides.

Help doctors with sick children in the mornings and get involved in building and painting schools, AIDS support and an education centre in the afternoons. You’ll make a difference and have time to explore Cape Town’s sights.

Help provide vital teaching assistance at two schools within underprivileged communities of Fish Hoek, on the outskirts of Cape Town. Assist in community work and development initiatives and gain an insight into the lives of underprivileged individuals in Cape Town.

Volunteer in a desperately underprivileged township and set children up for a better future. Give them some individual help with English, maths and basic skills – you’ll be amazed at the difference you can make!

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.