Adventure Tags: wildlife
South Africa: Cape Cultural Experience
Participate in a life changing experience to Cape Town with a Sustainable Travel company whose commitment to responsible tourism means sharing South Africa’s natural and cultural riches while contributing positively to communities and environments affected by tourism. Get out of the tour vehicle, ride bicycle in township, cook with local women in their homes and meet local Jazz Musicians.
United States: Outdoor Skills and Environmental Education (MN)
Participants will connect with each other and to nature through experiential education. In the beautiful bluff country of southeastern Minnesota, individuals will engage in classes in an outdoor setting which promotes learning in a manner not duplicated in a classroom.
South Africa: Cape Town Volunteer
Participate in a life changing experience in an impoverished community in Cape Town. Prepare food in the soup kitchen, help build sand bag houses, farm organic vegetables, assist with health care or the elderly, use your artisan skills, assist with youth development – there are numerous opportunities to contribute.
South Africa: Wildlife Conservation Program
Deep within the African bush, small teams will assist research scientists with critical conservation projects. Participants will also undertake field guide training, which includes learning the skills of wildlife identification and tracking. This unique African bush adventure is a great opportunity to experience Africa’s famous animals like leopards, elephants and wild dogs, while also learning about, and living in, their unique habitat.
Mexico: Service and Sun!
Enjoy one of the world’s most beautiful beach areas while making a difference in one of the communities marginalized in the expansion of mega-tourism. This program provides both an opportunity for service and the chance to experience the clear waters and white beaches of a tropical paradise.
India: Calcutta and the Sunderbans Tiger Country
The Sunderbans is mysterious, vast, untamable, and perhaps the last true wild frontier in the Indian sub-continent. Experience the world’s largest estuarine forest, a landscape dominated by great tidal creeks and waterways, and home to unique birds and animals, including the famous swimming tigers.
Ecuador: Conservation, Education, and Health in the Rainforest
The Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest is the largest region in the country, but the least populated. Its dense vegetation and its numerous rivers make travel, communication, and development more difficult – but more entertaining as well! Experience real life in the heart of the rainforest while you contribute to the development of its people, and support education, conservation, and health projects. Share the enthusiasm and help overcome the challenges that this region faces.
Australia: Aborigines, Reef, and Rainforest
Delight in a tropical Australia that most visitors will never experience. This trip offers a learn by doing focus when you work and learn side-by-side with Australian students, conservationists, and scientists attempting to create awareness of, and rehabilitate, the region’s precious natural places. Meet iconic animals of Australia such as koalas, kookaburras and kangaroos – and help protect the Daintree Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef. Learn more about the traditions of the indigenous Yidinji people and fashion your own didgeridoo to take home. True Aussie culture comes alive when you stay overnight with local families, work in a garden patch with Aussie students, and hear the stories of the Dreamtime from our aboriginal friends.
United States: Wyoming & Montana Yellowstone Adventure
Yellowstone National Park is a paradise for family adventure and this trip is full of enough challenge, accomplishment and fun for everyone! Hike into Yellowstone’s backcountry, through the rainbow spray of a thundering waterfall and beside a shooting geyser. Raft a playful stretch of the beautiful Yellowstone River, perfect for beginners. Wind your way along a trail high into the Montana Rockies on horseback alongside a 4th generation cowboy, keeping an eye out for eagles, elk, bison and wolves. When night falls, recharge with a soak in a soothing hot spring and watch Old Faithful erupt under a blanket of stars before retiring to the comfort of your historic inn or resort.
Montana & Wyoming: Yellowstone & Grand Tetons National Parks
In the northwest corner of Wyoming, two treasured parks offer an immersion in scenery and wildlife unparalleled in the lower 48 of the U.S. This classic small-group guided tour takes us into the natural habitat of elk and buffalo herds, moose, coyotes, foxes, bald eagles, and of course, bears and wolves. See Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks as you’ve never seen them before. From plains to peaks, Yellowstone Country still works strong magic.
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