Elephants

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 3 Weeks to 3 Weeks

Help to care for gentle giants and work side by side with local elephant keepers in Thailand! You’ll feed these amazing creatures, trek through the breathtaking mountains of Chiang Mai, board a bamboo raft and ride an elephant through the jungle. Spend 2 weeks working side by side elephant keepers in Surin province, Thailand. Feeding elephants a hearty breakfast full of leaves and branches will be just one your daily tasks. Then you are off on an action-packed adventure through northern Thailand. You will, board a bamboo raft for some awesome wildlife viewing, ride an elephant through the jungle and then even spend the night in a remote hill tribe village where you will have a chance to really bond with the local community and experience their uniquely peaceful way of life.

Countries: Swaziland
Duration: from 4 Weeks

Get ready for an adventure that gives you the chance to experience Southern Africa’s wonders; set off on safari, spend 5 days in Kruger National Park, take a dip with Whale Sharks and get a taste of Swazi life!

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

£35 discount for friends/partners travelling together! Work hands on with elephants whilst contributing to a really worthwhile ongoing research project. Live in a beautiful 110 hectare park located on the Garden Route

Countries: India
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 4 Weeks

Based in the stunning Indian city of Jaipur you will be working close to the famous Amber Fort, caring for the elephants in the mornings before they start their hard work carrying tourists around at the Fort.

Countries: Malaysia

Countries: Sri Lanka
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 2 Months

Countries: Botswana
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Live in a remote bush camp in Botswana and join a team of rangers in a long term wildlife study

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

This is a rare and unique opportunity to gain hands-on veterinary experience with wild animals on a Game Reserve in northern South Africa! This is a fantastic placement with a wide range of situations that you'll deal with, across a few Game Reserves. You'll shadow the vet and you'll learn an unbelievable amount! This placement is the perfect environment for students studying veterinary medicine or an associated career path, or people who have qualified, to gain unusual and rare experience. This project would also provide unqualified animal lovers with an experience you will never forget.

Countries: Zimbabwe

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 4 Weeks

Work at one of the most valuable conservation projects in Thailand, dedicated to bringing elephants and their mahouts home to the area and out of the city. Help out with feeding, bathing, grooming and general care!

Countries: South Africa, Swaziland
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Winner Best Gap Year Company - Sunday Times. Have it all... Live the safari dream tracking wildlife + teach aids orphans + help run a chic safari lodge + help run elephant safaris - all in 6 or 10 weeks.

Countries: Nepal, Sri Lanka
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Head to the paradise island of Sri Lanka and explore the beautiful small town of Kegalle. You will help to care for injured or ageing elephants whose owners could no longer afford to look after them and can get involved with all areas of the project.

Countries: Sri Lanka
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 4 Weeks

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Winner of Best Gap Year Company 2011 - Sunday Times "tour operator challenge"

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks

Fasten your seat-belt it’s time for whirlwind 2 weeks in South Africa; take in a Big 5 game reserve, tour the stunning Garden Route, help out with wildlife conservation and work on your surf skills at Jeffrey’s Bay!