Gap year Borneo

Take your gap year Borneo and join fellow gap year Borneo volunteers on the mystical island of Borneo. Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is at the heart of the worlds most ecologically diverse region. Borneo is famed for its orangutans the man of the forest. Humans and orangutans share more than 98% common DNA but humans are destroying their population at an alarming rate. Take your gap year Borneo and enjoy the gap year of your life and give our cousins a chance.

Borneo is not just biodiverse on land but also below the surface. Ecoteer has a gap year Borneo project partner on the islands off Kota Kinabalu. Help protect giant clams and bring these jewels of the reef back from the brink of extinction.

The island of Borneo is also culturally rich. Ecoteers official second gap year volunteer project is designed to help teach English to the palm oil children in the state of Sabah. Gap year Borneo volunteers help provide these children with basic primary education which they would otherwise be deprived.

Recommended gap year Borneo volunteer projects

Gap year Borneo volunteers teach English at Borneo learning centres

Cost - GBP749 for 4 weeks

Ecoteer are combing forces with a local NGO to help them expand their network of learning centres across Sabah, Borneo Malaysia. This gap year Borneo volunteer project will be the second to be run by Ecoteer. Help teach English to the children of palm oil workers who would otherwise have no education.

Teach English in Sabah whilst on your gap year Borneo.

 

Gap year Borneo marine conservation volunteers in Sabah

Cost - GBP100 per week

Giant Clams the pearls of coral reefs are almost locally extinct. Become a marine gap year volunteer in Borneo and help save these Giants. Gap year Borneo volunteers help with the spawning of giant clams and coral re-planting work. Gap year Borneo volunteers are also involved in the environmental education work with school children.

Become a marine volunteer in Borneo

 

Gap year Borneo orangutan volunteer in Borneo

Cost - Over GBP200 per week

The gap year Borneo orangutan project is a collection of orangutan conservation projects in both Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo, funded by gap year volunteer contributions. The GOP's strength lies in its unique collaboration of orangutan conservation organisations or individuals who exchange knowledge, advice and ideas towards orangutan conservation in this part of the world. Each project has the shared vision of increasing the size and health of Borneo orangutan populations, bringing them back from the brink of extinction.

Join the Orangutan volunteer project new

 

Climate

Malaysian Borneo is in the tropics with daily temperatures being a constant 34 degrees throughout the year. The country is affected by an annual monsoon with the east coast of west Malaysia experiencing high wind and rain from the months of November through to February. The monsoon also affects Borneo but is usually much less severe.

 

Visa

Visa on arrival (90 days)

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