Top Wildlife Volunteer Africa Positions
Let's face it - not all
volunteer Africa positions working with wildlife will provide the experience you
might be expecting.
Some will fall short because the
work might not be of interest to you or insufficient training and support is given,
bad accommodation, worse food, backbreaking labour and so on. But there is a way
to shorten the odds in your favour...
How To Pick the Best
Volunteer Africa Opportunities
So how do you effectively match
your expectations with the reality of wildlife Africa volunteering to make sure
you have a rewarding and fulfilling experience?
By asking a previous conservation
Africa volunteer what their experience was like.
But that is not always
possible because you might not know or know of such a person, so the next best
thing is...
trip reports
... or volunteer journals as they are
also known.
These are written by the
Africa wildlife volunteer themselves describing their experiences in detail. It will give you
an excellent idea of what the position is really like and whether it appeals to
you or not.
The Top Volunteer Africa
Companies
So when you have a basic idea
where and which volunteering in Africa position appeals to you, the
next step is to choose a volunteer company to organise it for you.
There are a reasonable amount of
them in the market but some of them specialise in these positions so based on
my experience, trip reports, forum opinions and general consensus in the industry here are my
top
three
volunteer vacation company recommendations...
i-to-i: South Africa and
Kenya conservation projects with offices in the UK, USA, Australia and Ireland.
Volunteer Adventures:
Projects in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe - based in the USA.
Responsible Travel:
Namibia and South Africa wildlife projects - based in the UK.
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= Full trip report 
= Trip summary 
= Video clip 
= Interview audio clip 
= Telephone interview