Gap year: Where can i go?

Vectisbirder · #21 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoca Sibirica

Many thanks for all your help, it gave me some ideas of where to look and I have decided on a program in Bolivia. Here's the link if anyone is interested

Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi - Home - Bolivian ecological awareness and wildlife volunteer organization

Once Again thanks for all the ideas, just so you know Britain is not forgotten, I'm just leaving it for my entertainment when at university

Cheers Steve

That looks good, you should have a great time there.

You can do the UK anytime, you live here, and as you say you can save UK trips for university vacation times as they are long enough to do a great UK-based trip.

Mind you, having said that, I am off to Australia and Asia in May for three months (booked and paid for) but have now developed a hankering after the Scottish Highlands and Islands!

So I'll have to do them next year instead.

Jez · #22 (**permalink**) 13-01-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Ford

What about Mordor - plenty of adventure and unusual animals there! Don't forget to post your photo's in the Gallery.

Jim

Wasn't that all the rage in the 60's?

Meta menardi · #23 (**permalink**) 13-01-2009, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jez

Wasn't that all the rage in the 60's?

Some of us never got back.

It is not unusual to find that Uni courses have field trips to places like S.America, I always wanted to go Polar.

tufftie · #24 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 11:05 AM

Santa Lucía Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Reserve - Home

A close friend of mine helps run this place - you can volunteer for quite long periods and you will see and help great wildlife

stripee · #25 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 03:24 PM

There are companies like Frontier, my daughter went to Vietnam a few years back with them.
She got a BTEC in Tropical Habitat Conservation from her stay. They searched for new species on the islands in the bay of tonkin and in the limestone crags.
However, if other trips are similar, it was not for the faint hearted (or the worrying parent). It was quite tough. Especially if the participants have done no outside/survival living before.
Frontier also ran into some trouble this year for putting in danger some of its participants who got shot at by African rebels. Although Frontier say they have tightened up where they go since.
That said, it is an adventurous and exciting thing to do and I am sure you will enjoy your trip