Australia Conservation Volunteers
Location: Australia: Alice Springs, Brisbane, Cairns and 6 other cities
Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Various start dates, contact us for details
Real Gap Experience
61-63 Chatham St. Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02109 United States
Description
The Conservation Volunteer Australia (CVA) package gives you the chance to get out in the fresh air, feel the sun on your skin and do something new and challenging.
On this Australia gap volunteer package you can go to one of ten locations in Australia for between two to six weeks and work on voluntary conservation projects. If you want to you can even volunteer at several different locations on different conservation projects so that you get to travel Australia and get a good taste of it's amazing natural beauty.
The Volunteer Projects:
We offer ten different destinations for conservation volunteering in Australia and we do our best to ensure you get to do a variety of projects or locations during your stay:
* Typical CVA Projects
* Tree planting
* Endangered species protection
* Environmental monitoring
* Erosion and salinity control
* Seed collection
* Construction and maintenance of walking tracks
* Planting of native species
* Habitat restoration
Highlights
This program offers you the opportunity to contribute in a practical way to the conservation of the Australian environment, while experiencing Australia in a different way!
The projects undertaken by are all designed to enable you to make a real difference to conserving the Australian environment. Every project is assessed to ensure that it has a positive conservation outcome and is part of an overall management plan.
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
from USD 1,019
Cost Includes:
Cost Include Description:
What's Included in the Program:
* Meals while on the project
* Accommodation whilst on the project
* Project related transport
* Detailed orientation
* CVA membership
* CVA wildlife book
* Nature Saturdays
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- conservation
- environment
- planting
- restoration
- tree planting
Age Range
Minimum age 18This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
- Dormitory
Participants Travel to Australia
Independently or in Groups
Real Gap Experience's Mission Statement
We offer over 250 projects and travel options in over 35 countries. So whether you are interested in volunteering, community work, conservation, paid work overseas, teaching English, learning a new skill, adventure travel or sports and expeditions, you will find what you are looking for with Real Gap. Not only about we passionate about responsible travel, we also want to make sure you have a good time too! Our travel advisers have traversed the globe and taken their own gap years, so they can give you all the advice you need to plan yours. You will also get support from both our on-site and office staff who understand the needs and expectations of Real Gap travelers.
Year Founded
2005
