Elephants

Countries: Zimbabwe
Duration: from 1.00 Weeks to 4.00 Weeks

Come and enjoy working alongside a community, helping them to develop their own project, a preschool that caters for the orphaned and vulnerable of that community and a skills development centre to empower their caregivers. Teach the children, work with the caregivers, help us build mushroom projects and dig veggie gardens. Become a part of a vibrant community and learn how they live on the smell of an oil rag but live a full life. We also offer you the option of extending your stay and moving to our partner, Imire, where you can enjoy time on a conservation project working with rhinos and elephants at a professional, world class site.

Countries: Sri Lanka
Duration: from 1.00 Weeks to 4.00 Weeks

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 12.00 Weeks

This experience exists solely to conserve the desert elephants and ensure safety and security for the communities who live with the local herds.The volunteer project is back to basics living, cooking over the camp fire, sleeping under the stars all in with one of the world's most beautiful deserts as its background.

Countries: India
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 4.00 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: Kenya
Duration: from 6.00 Weeks to 10.00 Weeks

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

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 0.00

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!

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 4.00 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: Malaysia

Countries: Costa Rica, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Tanzania
Duration: from 5.00 Weeks to 10.00 Weeks

Raleigh International offers bursaries worth up to £2,000 for its 5, 7 and 10 week expeditions to Borneo, Tanzania and Costa Rica & Nicaragua. Find out more about the Raleigh Bursary Award.

Countries: Zimbabwe
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 4.00 Weeks

Assist with hands-on lion conservation and rehabilitation with the mighty Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, as your backdrop! Over 200,000 lions used to roam the African continent, as recently as 1975. The latest estimates show an 80 – 90% population decline in the last 30 years. The end objective of the Victoria Falls lion project, along with our Antelope Park program, is the reintroduction of the offspring of captive-bred lions into the wild by means of a four-stage process, which you will learn more about during your involvement with the project.

Countries: Zimbabwe
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 4.00 Weeks

Get involved with on the ground field research and experience the sights and sounds of Africa's wilderness right outside your tent! Help monitor some of Zimbabwe's most remote and beautiful areas and work amongst one the highest concentrations of elephant in Africa. A magical, off-the-beaten track experience not available anywhere else! If you're a keen photographer, this is definitely the programme for you!

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 2.00 Weeks

Get up close and personal with Asia’s gentle giants as you help to feed them and care for them. Living with a village elder you’ll become an expert in Thai traditions as well as learning all about elephants!

Countries: Botswana
Duration: from 2.00 Weeks to 0.00

Experience the true African wilderness on this rustic and unique project, working in the beautiful Northern Tuli Game Reserve in Botswana. Track animals through the bush, monitor behaviour, collect data and contribute to the preservation and protection of Botswana's wildlife.

Countries: Tanzania
Duration: from 5.00 Weeks to 10.00 Weeks

Become a Raleigh International venturer and work on our hugely exciting elephant projects in rural Tanzania! Raleigh International is a youth and sustainable development charity; our expeditions are a combination of rewarding community projects, fascinating environmental projects and exhilarating adventure. In Tanzania our expedition projects range from working with elephants, to sustainable fuel projects, to trekking across stunning national parks.

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 3.00 Weeks to 3.00 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.