Rainforest and Vegetation

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 2 Weeks

Spend one or two weeks at an inspiring sanctuary close to Chiang Mai. Here you will help to rehabilitate abused elephants, working hands on to bathe them, feed them and help out around the sanctuary, located in the depths of the Thai rainforest.

Countries: Australia
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Get involved with hands-on conservation of the Australian wilderness! Working with outback experts, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the great outdoors and give you some handy hints for your time off.

Duration: from 2 Weeks

Volunteer on a Conservation & Environment placement with Projects Abroad and help to conserve some of the world’s most beautiful and fragile ecosystems. You may find yourself scuba diving and surveying local marine life in Cambodia or Thailand, working in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru or helping to protect numerous endangered species in the Himalayas.

Countries: Costa Rica
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 26 Weeks

Countries: Peru
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: Ecuador
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Go on...have it all...Travel from the Andes, down to the Rainforest, onto the Pacific coast and then the Galapagos.... getting stuck into conservation and community projects in each spot – perfect!

Countries: Malaysia
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Work on conservation projects in the heart of Borneo's primary rainforest as part of a Raleigh International expedition. The Danum Valley Conservation Area is one of Sabah's last areas of undisturbed lowland rainforest, home to six out of 10 of the totally protected animals including the Sumatran rhino, pygmy elephant, clouded leopard, orangutan and proboscis monkey Volunteer in this incredible virgin rainforest, helping assist international scientists with conservation projects and rainforest education in this amazing jungle setting.

Countries: Peru
Duration: from 2 Weeks

Our Conservation Project in Peru is perfect for anyone who is outgoing and has a passion for wildlife. Based deep in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, it offers volunteers the chance to get hands-on, practical work experience in the most diverse ecosystem on the planet.

Countries: Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Join an incredible Raleigh International expedition and work in Costa Rica's National Parks, volunteers live and work alongside park rangers to help maintain and improve the national parks. These environmental projects are hugely important in helping to preserve natural resources and habitats and protect important species of plants and animals.

Countries: Peru
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

£75 discount for volunteers who combine more than one PoD project! Live in an award winning eco lodge in the heart of the rainforest whilst working alongside scientists and local experts helping to conserve the Amazon.

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Winner of Best Gap Year Company in the Sunday Times "tour op challenge"

Countries: Brazil
Duration: from 4 Weeks to 4 Weeks

Travel to Brazil one of the world’s largest countries in to the heart of the worlds largest jungle. Learn Portuguese, Teach the staff English, educate the public about the importance to sustain the Amazon Jungle and assist as a guide in exiting overnight survival trips! This is why: -Educate tourist and locals about the importance to sustain the Amazon Jungle! -Teach English to the guides. -Learn Portuguese and learn how to survive in the Amazon Jungle. -Assist as a guide on jungle survival trips. -Sleep overnight in hammocks in the Jungle under the light of a thousand stars

Duration: from 4 Weeks to 6 Weeks

Help to protect one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet! Head over the Andes into the Amazon to help and conserve threatened habitats creating sustainable communities.

Countries: Costa Rica
Duration: from 2 Weeks

If you are passionate about conservation, and want to try something completely different, then join Projects Abroad in Costa Rica and be sure to have the time of your life! Costa Rica is a country where there is extensive biodiversity. It attracts eco-tourists from all over the world. Barra Honda National Park is located just two hours away from the Costa Rican city of Liberia, and is home to some of the most unique opportunities for those who are interested in ecology or wildlife conservation.

Countries: Ecuador
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Play a key role in preserving this unique wildlife paradise. Based in a fascinating biological station you’ll get stuck in planting new crops, conserving the natural habitat and taking in your incredible new surroundings!