Working with Animals on a gap year in Africa with Worldwide Experience


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Gap year projects in Africa and Asia - Worldwide Experience's adventure programs will make your gap year placement, career break, summer holiday or sabbatical a life-changing experience

for unique and life-changing GAP YEAR VOLUNTEER experiences!

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WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCE allows you to work with animals while contributing to global conservation and community programmes. Specialising in Conservation Projects in South Africa, we now see the need for your help across the globe.

Make your GAP YEAR, CAREER BREAK or SUMMER HOLIDAY a life-changing experience for yourself and those that you will help! You can combine community development projects and adventure programs into a gap year in Africa and other countries.

We specialise in Conservation Projects in South Africa and now offer similar African Gap Year placements volunteering with animals in Kenya, Namibia, and Malawi, and also in Sri Lanka where the objectives of the projects are similar to our own.

SOUTH AFRICA

Wildlife Conservation

   Addo Elephant Park
   Become a Game Ranger
   Bruce Little Sculpting
   Hoedspruit Endangered
      Species Centre
   Kariega Game Reserve
   Moholoholo Rehab Centre
   Shamwari Game Reserve
   Wildlife Film Academy

Marine Conservation

ORCA Marine Foundation

Tiger Shark Research

Community

Community & Teaching

Other Projects

   Eco-school Challenge
   Grown-up Gappers
   Vets Go Wild
   Sports Coaching Project

Structured Study Courses

Plett Equestrian Academy
School of Food

MALAWI

Born Wild Programme

KENYA

Colobus Trust Monkeys

SRI LANKA

Elephant & Leopard Research

INDIA

Cotiago Wildlife Sanctuary

Turtle Preservation Program

Animal Rescue & Care Project

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Veterinary Nurse Needed at Shamwari Game Reserve
	Worldwide Experience are on a nationwide search for a qualified Veterinary Nurse to assist with the conservation department at Shamwari Game Reserve for 3 months. This fantastic, once in a life time opportunity has arisen from the needs and requirements of the ever busy, and growing conservation team on the reserve. Read more

ANIMAL CONSERVATION WORK
Our variety of wildlife conservation placements really offer you diversity in the African gap year projects you join, from caring for baby animals at a rescue centre, to assisting award-winning conservation teams in their work with animals on Big 5 game reserves. Our unique placements run from 2 weeks to 3 months and are located in several amazing countries.
Read more about Wildlife Conservation Placements

MARINE CONSERVATION
The O.R.C.A. Marine Foundation welcomes volunteers into one of the world's most successful ocean research teams. Or you can volunteer for the Tiger Shark Research Programme working with predatory animals face to face in a cageless environment. You'll gain practical field experience in the study of large marine animals and get close to a top predator.
Read more about our Marine Conservation Placements

TEACHING ABROAD
Are you thinking of becoming a professional teacher - or just want to assist or work alongside teachers in underprivileged communities abroad? If you're looking for a short term position, this African gap year placement could be for you. You don't need any qualifications to participate in these placements; just passion and enthusiasm for teaching abroad.
Read more about Teaching Abroad

SPORTS COACHING PROJECT
As the buzz surrounding forthcoming major sporting events intensifies there is an even greater need for sports coaching assistants to help build and harness the skills of young children in the townships of rural South Africa. Join one of our most rewarding experiences and help coach various sports to children and local teams in rural South Africa.
Read more about the Sports Coaching Project

GROWN-UP GAPPERS
Who says that fantastic travel opportunities are just for Gap Year students? Worldwide Experience offer a number of unique African Gap Year and community projects for the more mature traveller. If you're planning a sabbatical, career break, unpaid leave, or just some time spent volunteering with animals, we guarantee a life changing experience on a gap year in Africa!
Read more about our sabbatical opportunities for Grownup Gappers

ECO-SCHOOL CHALLENGE
Is your school group up to the Eco School Challenge? As part of the Worldwide Experience portfolio we organise tailor-made trips for school groups - with the emphasis on 'making a difference'. This challenge is based around work with animals and community work with the added extras of adventure and rest & relaxation (R&R), it is completely flexible.
Read more about the Eco-School Challenge

VETS GO WILD! Vet Science Students only
If you are looking for hands-on veterinary work with animals and need to fulfil a portion of Extra Mural Study (EMS) requirements, then Vets Go Wild is the perfect work experience programme for you. Amakhala / Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is the setting for our new 16-day module for students from across the globe undertaking veterinary courses.
Read more about our Vets Go Wild programme

STRUCTURED STUDY COURSES
Are you looking for some unique study opportunities overseas?
Worldwide Experience can offer you the opportunity to study for up to a year at one of our specialist academies.
Options available Plettenberg Equestrian Academy & Christina Martin School of Food.
Read more about our Structured Study Courses

Shamwari Game Reserve
As a part of your volunteer work with animals you will assist in the ongoing conservation projects which take place at the reserve including:
  • Game monitoring
  • Game counts
  • Predator ID
  • Elephant ID
  • Rhino ID
  • Tracking using telemetry
  • Anti-poaching patrols
... and so much more!
Read more about Shamwari

Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre
This versatile project will enable you to get involved in conservation work with animals at the Endangered Species Sanctuary and the Big Five Game Reserve including:
  • Working with cheetah
  • Working with wild dog
  • Feeding of animals
  • Working with the vet
  • Darting & capturing animals
  • Visiting local rural schools
  • Monitoring of antelope
  • Elephant back safari
... and so much more!
Read more about Hoedspruit

Moholoholo Rehab Centre
Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre is nestled in a picturesque setting at the base of the Drakensberg escarpment in the Limpopo Province Lowveld. A haven for vulnerable wildlife, the centre performs rehabilitation work with animals that have been abandoned, injured and poisoned wildlife - as well as being a specialist breeding centre.
Read more about Moholoholo

Become a Game Ranger
Your six week Level One training will cover the following elements:
  • Field guiding as a profession
  • Creating a nature experience
  • Geology and astronomy
  • Arthropods and amphibians
  • Reptiles and fish
  • Birds and mammals
  • Animal behaviour
  • Hospitality - incl. wine tasting
  • Weapon handling
... and so much more!
Read about Ranger Training

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