| Many students spend some part of their gap year | | | | they learn to hunt before being re-introduced to the |
| abroad and if that's you then I have a challenge for | | | | wild. |
| you. Instead of spending your time getting sunburned | | | | The African people need your help too. There are |
| and bored, why not have the adventure of your life | | | | teaching opportunities, chances to help with African |
| volunteering in Africa! | | | | orphans, medical assistance in a variety of situations, |
| People say it's a small world, and these days traveling | | | | the chance to help with infrastructure in African |
| to Africa is much easier than when Livingstone got | | | | townships, building schools for African children. If |
| himself lost up the Zambezi! Flights are frequent from | | | | gardening is your thing then you can help with |
| most parts of the world and getting around inside | | | | establishing crops. Whatever your particular skill or |
| Africa might be a constant adventure but mostly | | | | passion African volunteer organizations will find a way |
| now it's in comfortable four wheel drive vehicles. | | | | for you to make the biggest impact in the shortest |
| Trekking is, of course, open to those who want it, | | | | time. |
| but it's entirely up to you. | | | | Let's not forget the adventure part of volunteering in |
| But why volunteering in Africa for your gap year | | | | Africa though. Yes, there's work to do, but there are |
| abroad? | | | | also opportunities to go bungee jumping near Victoria |
| For many it's the huge range of choices. If you are a | | | | Falls, white water rafting on the Zambezi, big game |
| keen photographer then photographing African wildlife | | | | fishing of the Cape, elephant riding through the bush, |
| will appeal to you. Far from being just a safari holiday, | | | | surfing, snorkeling and horse riding, not forgetting the |
| this is important conservation work and you will have | | | | fabulous food and sampling the world-renowned |
| the help of highly skilled professional photographers | | | | South African wines. Your gap year abroad could find |
| and specialist African guides with you in the bush. | | | | you sleeping on a beach somewhere, and we're not |
| What about walking with the African lion? I don't | | | | suggesting there's anything wrong with that some of |
| mean looking at one through bars, I mean actually | | | | the time, but you might want to add an adventure in |
| walking with young rescued and captive-bred lions as | | | | Africa while you are at it! |