I recently came back from an amazing 2 and a half week trip to South Africa. I travelled from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town and had some awesome adventures along the way... but this blog post is going to focus on Cape Town, and my time at the volunteer projects i to i works with in the area. I’d arranged to meet up with Ali, Astrid and Thami – the in-country team who are based...

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I received this email from returned volunteer J and wanted to share it with you, as it's such a good account of her time at the Live With Lion Cubs project in South Africa! J is blind and had an amazing time at the project :) "I thought I would write an account of my trip :) I met up with a friend I had been emailing for about 3 weeks. It turned out she...

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Hi I've been trying to decide on what i fancy doing, never travelled abroad on my own. Any advise would be really welcome.

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I have a £1,470(GBP) credit note which can be exchanged for holidays booked via www.i-to-i.com. Am selling as have had to cancel my trip due to work commitments. Happy to offer them at a discount of about 33% so hoping for offers around £990(GBP). The credit notes are valid as long as you book the trip by 17th December 2012. Please contact me at anil.arora151@googlemail.com if interested. Thanks Anil

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Hi I went to Moshi, Tanzania last year in February. While there I had a great time volunteering in a nursery school and also in an adults english class. At the end of my trip I was presented with the opportunity to make a difference in the life of a young student, Stella. I paid a years tuition for Stella for a mere 20,000 Tsh. It is fast approaching february again and I desperately need...

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We've received another update from Madi, who's currently at the Help Raise Lions and Tigers project in South Africa :) Read on... It has been a very very busy week! Because I have been working 14-18 hour days and not really slept for the last few nights, I might just dot point some of my more exciting news! - went to an elephant sanctuary on Wednesday and fed, walked with (holding trunk), rode and got...

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We’ve received an update from our Monkey Sanctuary project in South Africa today, and wanted to share it with you! Read on for more monkey madness than you can shake a banana at... New Arrivals! We have had 4 monkeys arrive this month - two of them being 1yr old female Ricky & sub-adult male Jamba. They are currently in quarantine and have had health checks before we can put them with other monkeys. Our...

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We received an awesome email today, from Maddie who is currently in South Africa taking part in the Help Raise Lions and Tigers project. It's such a great read that we had to share Maddie's adventures with you... prepare for jealousy... "Finally I was on my way to the project; when I found out they actually are inundated with cubs at the moment (they don't always have them but right now there's HEAPS!) including 6-week-old...

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Hi There, I'm soooo looking forward to doing this trip from 20th Feb to 5th March.. Anyone else booked onto those two weeks? I'm also new to conservation type trips, so any advice anyone can offer would be very much appreciated. Thanks Tracey

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Are you: a) Aged 18-23 b) Passionate about sharing travel experiences c) Hungry to see the world d) A budding (or experienced!) writer If you answered yes to all of the above, you could win a trip to China to volunteer with our giant panda conservation project! You'll also see your writing in print in National Geographic Traveller magazine! Enter Nat Geo Traveller's travel writing competition now for your chance to win! http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/competitions/15504/ GOOD LUCK!...

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