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Take tourists into the depths of the jungle, navigate tributaries in canoes in search of Proboscis Monkey’s or ride horses in the Pampas of
Argentina and sale after the perfect whale fluke shot! All while you live in a lodge
suitable for a King! Plus you will create strong friendships with the local staff at the lodge and learn their language, culture and dance moves!
PLUS —
90% of our lodges cost nothing to volunteer and will adapt your stay to your skills!!!
Asia
Cambodian Ecolodge
- We adapt to your skills!
Placement number:
0199
Location: Cambodia
The
lodge offers bed and breakfast accommodation to "green" and eco-friencly
travellers, but it is also open to all kinds of visitors who want to stay
somewhere completely different to conventional lodging in town. The lodge
is located 5 km from the provincial capital Ban Lung, and is nestled in the
natural jungle just a short walk from the Yaklom volcano Lake.
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Live the Pimenta way!
Placement number:
0044
Location: India.
Volunteer and learn
about an alternative to mass tourism. Combining
the local agriculture, traditional wisdom and local cuisine presented in the
real way. We at Pimenta have formed an alternative to mass tourism in
Kerala.
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Volunteer as a Linguist
Placement number:
0100
Location: India.
We are looking for volunteers who would like to act as a linguist or to help the tour guides.
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Volunteer in the
Real Jungle Book
Placement number: 0165
Location: India
The Resort has been
created by a passion for wildlife, nature and environment. We cater to nature
lovers all over the globe particularly to those who demand responsible tourism.
The Resort helps the local aboriginals by providing them with medical
assistance, education, training and employment.
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Experience Bali
Placement number: 0185
Location: Indonesia
We are a small
Family run Eco lodge in the mountains of Bali, 5 minutes to the largest
montane rainforest and surrounded by sustainable coffee, cocao, vanilla and
native tree farms. Our guests come from all countries to re- connect with
nature, experience local traditional dishes made form our organic gardens and be
a part of this vibrant hindu culture. Nominated for this years Wild Asia
Responsible tourism awards from 8 countries.
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Israel
Community Inn
Placement number: 0178
Location: Israel
I am creating, for
the first time in Nazareth (The largest Arab city in Israel) a new model of
tourism and thus "break the wall" between Arab and Jews. At the same time, I am
creating a model for new tourism along The Israel National Trail (Shvil Israel)
and promoting the trail and its economic potential.
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Help us to help them!
Placement number:
0163
Location: Laos
Our project focuses on community-based tourism in the Northern region of Laos. We help 7 villages to organise and run their own tourist products. We believe responsible tourism is the only way to reduce poverty in this region and are succeeding!
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Volunteer on the
island of Borneo
Placement number:
0001
Location: Malaysia
Become a guide
on the majestic Kinabatagan River. This ecolodge is world
renowned! Famous for its elephant pass on its board walk! If
you guide on daily boat trips you can
see Orang utans, probocis monkey's, gibbons, elephants, rhinos, 7 species of hornbill and hundreds of
birds!
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Help with Flood protection
Placement number: 0008
Location: Nepal
This lodge is near
the Royal Chitwan national Park - one of the best National Parks designated by the UNESCO. Volunteers can help with the construction of river beds for flood protection and also help teach the locals about eco-systems and advanced agriculture procedures.
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Volunteer
at a Jungle Lodge
Placement number: 0022
Location: Nepal
Help with jungle activities like elephant rides, canoeing, jungle walks, jeep safaris, village visits etc.
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Volunteer at the
original Nepalese ecolodge
Placement number:
0054
Location: Nepal
Volunteer at this ecolodge and help the tourists but more importantly help with the
conservation of wildlife and sustainable development of the local
community.
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Volunteer Wildlife Camp
Placement number:
0056
Location: Nepal
Volunteer at the the most ideally
located and well managed camp inside the National Park. Help out with guides
during tours which offer excellent sights of wildlife from rhinos, 45 other
species of mammals and many of the 522 different species of birds.
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Africa
Ecotourism in
Cameroon
Placement number: 0196
Location: Cameroon
Our NGO aims at
developing/promoting sustainable ecotourism in Korup National Park and its
peripheral. She also work towards the improvement of the livelihood of the local
people living in and around Korup National Park by empowering them with
alternative income generative activities like snail, fish and cane rat farming
respectively as well as Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) domestication.
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Community development in Cameroon
Placement number: 0215
Location: Cameroon
We work in a
local reigion of Cameroon and help develop the community in many ways including
introducing ecotourism, increasing schooling capacity and helath standards in
the local villages.
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Lodge by the Sea
Placement number: 0079
Location: Egypt
Basata is an eco friendly resort by
the
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Israel
Community Inn
Placement number: 0178
Location: Israel
I am creating, for
the first time in Nazareth (The largest Arab city in Israel) a new model of
tourism and thus "break the wall" between Arab and Jews. At the same time, I am
creating a model for new tourism along The Israel National Trail (Shvil Israel)
and promoting the trail and its economic potential.
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Volunteer with the Masa
i
Placement number: 0075
Location:Kenya
Volunteer at this
exclusive community driven eco-lodge in the Masai Mara, the most important wildlife destination in Kenya. Help during game drives, game walks, visits to Masai cultural manyattas, birdwatching, bush dinners, bush lunches, bush breakfasts.
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Help Fight Poverty in Kenya
Placement number:
0171
Location: Kenya.
Skilled and unskilled
volunteers urgently required on numerous projects including rebuilding after
political upheaval, developing an Eco-lodge, Fundraising, Community
Development and Crop preservation.
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Volunteer in the middle
of Madagascar in a tent!
Placement number: 0080
Location: Madagascar
Do you speak French? Yes! then why not volunteer at our rustic eco-camp! Help teach the local children, assist the tourists - make sure they enjoy themselves!! and just generally make sure the tents dont fly away! This is a great opportunity and is in one of the most remote places in Madagascar!
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Live with the Lemurs
Placement number: 0084
Location: Madagascar
Volunteer at this ecolodge which is situated in one of the last vestiges of dense rainforest on the high plateaux, which is a source of life for the population and harbours an enormous biodiversity: With its 11 species of lemurs(Indri, Propitecus Diadema, Microcebus…), 82 bird species (amongst which 43 are endemic), 423 plants (amongst 65% endemic), this forest is a dreamland for nature lovers.
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Lodge
with the Lemurs
Placement number: 0181
Location: Madagascar
Our lodge is
inside the forest corridor of Anjozorobe, north of the capital; it's a private
conservation project offering 5 tented bungalows and a lodge for residents and
tourists. Several trails in the forest, lemur and bird watching spot with high
endemic biodiversity.
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Volunteer at the Beach
Placement number: 0078
Location:
Malawi
We are situated on the lake in Northern Malawi. In our own private bay, we have 10 chalets and have a reputation for excellent food and service. There is abundant bird life and we offer vairous water sports and tours. We are involved in several different projects in the surrounding village.
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Great opportunity at the Forest Lodge
Placement number: 0109
Location:
Malawi
Luwawa Forest Lodge is an International Guest House and Outdoor Adventure Centre in the Viphya Mountains of Northern Malawi, Central Africa. It has developed particularly good relations with local people through the initiation of eco-tourism projects, which are pro-poor and environmentally sustainable.
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Community help in
the Sahara
Placement number: 0172
Location: Morocco
Our ecolodge is a
traditional earth building with 18 rooms, situated in a village in the High
Atlas, a 4 hour drive from Marrakech. Camp d¹Atta and Camp des Roses are 2
traditionnally built eco-camps with 10 Saharan tents and 7 ³caidal² tents
respectively.
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Live on the Lake
Placement number: 0068
Location:
Mozambique
This lodge lies on the Mozambique shoreline at
one of the most beautiful points on the lake. It has been carefully designed to
provide comfort and privacy for guests. With a maximum of only 14 people staying
at Nkwichi, the lodge can offer guests the highest levels of service in a
relaxed and peaceful atmosphere.
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Volunteer at my
Safari Guest Farm
Placement number:
0059
Location: Namibia
I run
this guest farm in an environmental friendly way and that is why I
also received, as the only guest farm in Namibia,
the newly introduced Eco Award. We only employ local staff and train some of them even without
school education as much as possible. I like to make sure that all the kids will
not only go to school but also finish the school.
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Help out at our
Interpretive Centre
Placement number:
0093
Location: Senegal
Situated in the heart of a beautiful forest reserve
situated in the immediate surroundings of the Saloum River Delta National Park.
Superb mangrove covered creeks that constitute the specific habitat to a variety
of bird species, fish, crustaceans and mammals. An old sacred grove covers half
of the land property of 30 hectares. The taboos and myths surrounding the site
have contributed to the preservation of a superb natural forest, one of the last
remaining biological hotspot of the region.
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Volunteer at our Eco-Campsite
Placement number:
0106
Location: South Africa
We are a small, (2.5ha), fledgling, tourist resort, situated alongside near pristine sub-tropical riverine forest in Morgan Bay a small coastal resort just North of East London and immediately south of the transkei, South Africa. Our main asset is the riverine forest, trees, plants, birdlife and tranquility.
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Dive within the
Marine Nature Reserve
Placement number: 0087
Location: Tanzania
Welcome to our multi-award winning lodge. We are located in the middle of a Marine nature reserve off the island of Zanzibar. Some say the diving here is th best in the world.
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Watch the perfect sunset every night!
Placement number: 0062
Location:
Zambia
Volunteer at this near perfect local in the middle of Zambia. Our lodge has a German biologist as
manager and we have a local
trained guide and the other staff comes from the surrounding villages. Volunteers are warmly welcomed into this
small close knit community!
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Australia/Oceania
Volunteer under the
gaze of the mountain
Placement number: 0005
Location: Australia
Volunteer under
the mistic spell of Ulalru and help this fantastic ecolodge to have as
little negative impact on the surroundings as possible and to promote a positive impact. Volunteers also help with there on going conservation projects such as continued re-forestation of the rainforest area on the property.
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Do you want peace
and quiet?
Placement number: 0012
Location:
Australia
Volunteers may
want to learn about re-establishing forests or
find out about the local environment. We are popular with artists, writers and
nature lovers who enjoy the natural, aesthetically beautiful environment and
tranquilty.
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Volunteer on the
island of Kangaroos!
Placement number: 0027
Location: Australia
Volunteer at this advanced ecotourism accredited fully hosted accommodation on the scenic Kangaroo Island.
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Australian Eco Lodge
Placement number:
0028
Location: Australia
This is an exciting, multi award winning, and luxurious accommodation set on 100 acres in the Australian bushland.
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Australian Retreat
Placement
number: 0166
Location: Australia
At the Retreat we try to blend a level of self sufficiency
with our exotic orchards and vegetable garden. We are bordered by a 150
megalitre lake and native timbers that we have enhanced over the years. Our
Ecoteers can swim, canoe, fish or keep an eye open for the platypus. We operate
a wholesale fruit tree nursery, and orchards with the inclusion of a small Bed
and Breakfast
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Europe
Belarus Solidarity Cycling Tour
Placement number:
0153
Location: Belarus
Volunteers are
required to join this tour in August 2008 to assist and educate local
people in how best to promote and develop ecotourism. Volunteers must be
signed up by end May 2008. This tour was a great success last year and this
years tour will build on those experiences. Find out more about other
projects including Lynx counting, building and garden preservation.
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Israel
Community Inn
Placement number: 0178
Location: Israel
I am creating, for
the first time in Nazareth (The largest Arab city in Israel) a new model of
tourism and thus "break the wall" between Arab and Jews. At the same time, I am
creating a model for new tourism along The Israel National Trail (Shvil Israel)
and promoting the trail and its economic potential.
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North America/Caribbean
Volunteer in
the last Wilderness!
Placement number: 0074
Location:Alaska
Volunteer at this sheltered oasis in untamed Kachemak Bay State Park, the lodge lies just north of Tutka Bay and 10 miles by boat from Homer, the “Bear Viewing Capital of the World” and the gateway town for the Kenai Fjords National Park, Lake Clark National Park, and Katmai National Park.
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Get Paid! in
the 6 Rivers National Park!
Placement number: 0115
Location:Orleans
We have 5 cabins on the Klamath River in
the Six Rivers national Forest. This is the homeland of the Karuk Indian Tribe. On our land we have a one and a half acre garden, a mail order bare root fruit tree nursery, milking goats to provide us with milk and cheese and a flock of chickens.
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Volunteer in the Rocky Mountains
Placement number: 0083
Location: Canada
Help our tourtist during hiking, horseback riding, canoeing, whitewater rafting and fishing in the non-snow months and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. We're in a relatively remote location, adjacent to Jasper National Park (east backcountry boundary) and vast, undeveloped Willmore Wilderness.
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Volunteer in
the West Indies
Placement number: 0021
Location: Dominica
This
is a small green globe 21 certified eco lodge and sustainable living centre in
a lush rainforest valley in unspoiled Eastern Dominica is surrounded by
pristine rivers with a backdrop of rainforested mountains.
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Relax in Jamaica
Placement number: 0045
Location:
Jamaica
Volunteer with
the typical Jamaican spirit at Zion Country! It is a
tropical paradise, sheltered and nurtured within the Jamaican district of
Muirton in the community Long Road.
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Volunteer in
Saba
Placement number:
0003
Location:
Saba, Lesser Antilles
Our philosophy is to provide guests and
visitors with intimate contact of nature and the wilderness, whilst using
resources responsibly and causing minimal environmental impact.
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Central America
Welcome to our
tree house
Placement number:
0017
Location: Belize
Help out with our
tours to all of the ancient Maya sites and natural attractions in Belize. Volunteers
als get the chance to lead Horseback riding, mountain biking,
canoeing, birding and interpretive naturalist hikes which are all conducted within our
nature reserve.
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Volunteer in Belize
Placement
number: 0024
Location: Belize.
Help to promote and collaborate
community tourism amongst all small destinations in the Cayo and Stann Creek
District.
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Unique Botanical Trail & Butterfly Farm
Placement number: 0030
Location: Belize.
Help
with guiding and the upkeep of our trails and farm. We
also hope to promote our message of conservation.
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Volunteer with Rum!
Placement number: 0076
Location: Belize.
You will be
cosseted in a spacious exotic setting nestled in your own oasis, a sculpted dome Cabana within feet of the tranquil Caribbean or one of our air-conditioned Garden Suites. The social hub of the resort is the Main Lodge, a colonial style building dating from the 1950's. Here you will find the Library and the magnificent, hammock hung Verandah! Here also is our seaside tropical Dining Room where imaginative meals are created daily. Its not all luxury you will be expected to work! but what a place too work!!!
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Volunteer at our
remote,
certified Costa Rican lodge
Placement number:
0007
Location: Costa Rica
We are a remote eco-lodge surrounded by the virgin primary
rainforest of the Piedras Blancas National Park and the Golfo Dulce in Southern
Costa Rica, recently certified with 3 Green Leaves by the Costa Rican Tourism
Board for Sustainable Tourism.
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Volunteer in Paradise!
Placement number:
0035
Location: Costa Rica.
This retreat is an exquisite retreat facility and Eco Resort situated on 250 acres of virgin tropical forest overlooking the Caribbean Sea in the marvelous country of Costa Rica. The artful balance achieved within its environment makes it an ideal destination for nature lovers, yoga practitioners, anybody looking for an exotic vacation
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Live on the Pacific Coast
Placement number:
0037
Location: Costa Rica.
On a gentle hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this jungle lodge offers nature lovers an outstanding opportunity to experience the amazing diversity of life in a lowland tropical rainforest
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Volunteer in the Costa Rican Jungle
Placement number: 0067
Location: Costa
Rica
If you're looking for a true tropical, unspoiled jungle environment, where you can explore the ecosystem at your own pace, come up to the northern zone of Costa Rica to our jungle hideaway.
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Volunteer at our
ecolodge and research station
Placement number: 0072
Location: Costa Rica
At the base of the magnificent Monteverde cloud forest is a combination ecotourist mountain lodge and research facility run by the University of Georgia.
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Learn about Sustainable Living
Placement number: 0111
Location: Costa Rica
Volunteer at our environmental learning and sustainable living center, retreat and lodge located in the last virgin rainforest of Costa Rica’s Puriscal County. before they disappear.
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Guatemala Inn
Placement number: 0179
Location:
Guatemala
Our lodge is new (5 years) and small (12 rooms) located on the
shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala.Its mision is to provide hospitality in
harmony with nature and culture. We make several efforts to be authentic.
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Honduras Ecolodge
Placement number:
0177
Location: Honduras
Our lodge is set amidst the most spectacular
scenery that you will see in Honduras. You will immediately be struck by the
immenseness of the lush green mountains that tower above you on all sides and
the panoramic view of the river. You are surrounded by National Parks, Pico
Bonito and Nombre de Dios and their vast rainforest ecosystem. Pico Bonito
National Park is the largest national park in Honduras , its highest peak is
2436m which many attempt to conquer but, you may choose to enjoy from our
riverside hammocks.
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Volunteer at
this Eco Hotel
Placement number:
0006
Location: Mexico
Volunteer on the Gulf of
Mexico with breathtaking sunsets; to the east is the famous "Ría de Celestún", a
salt water inlet with unique flora and fauna.
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Volunteer on our Private Wildlife Reserve
Placement
number: 0064
Location: Nicaragua
This is the first private reserve officially recognized by Nicaraguan government. Help us to conserve the last patch of Dry Tropical Forest at the shores of the great lake Nicaragua. The reserve has an ecolodge, nested inside the forest, the facilities are rustic but comfortable. The reserve is secluded far away from civilization, no noise no telephone rings, no electricity and no tv.
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Experience Panama
Placement number:
0180
Location: Panama
Our lodge is located 900ft over the Caribbean sea
level, at the north entrance of the Panama Canal. Its complex biodiversity
enclose 174 tree species per every 40 square mts., mammals, reptiles; a world to
discover while hiking through our trails with our experienced guide. A green
paradise for nature enthusiasts, located in a private tropical reserve of 200
hectares (494 acres).
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South America
World renowned ecolodge and biological
station
Placement number: 0014
Location: Argentina
Volunteer at
our lodge and find out how proper ecotourism works and how to live in harmony
with ones surroundings.
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Volunteer with our community
Placement number: 0089
Location: Bolivia
We are the only community-based, indigenous ecotourism enterprise in the reserve and indigenous territory of Pilón Lajas. We offer you the opportunity to enjoy one of the most biodiverse areas and to get to know our thousand year old traditions.
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Help us to
conserve and serve - in the home of the Anacondas!
Placement number: 0031
Location: Brazil.
Volunteer and help us to conserve the beautiful and biodiverse Pantanal wetlands - home of the
anaconda!
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Volunteer in the Amazon Jungle
Placement number: 0081
Location: Brazil
Our Lodge is one of the very few ‘Genuine Eco Lodges’ in Brazil. It offers adventure and educational activities. In addition, we provide educational and economical support to several small communities in the surrounding area.
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Help the tour guides in Brazil - perfect for bird
watchers
Placement number: 0202
Location: Brazil
Our lodge is
located in the municipality of Alta Floresta, State of Mato Grosso, Brazilian
Amazon. We work with birdwatching, butterfly watching, ecotourism and some soft
adventure tourism programs. We receive mainly international tourists from EUA or
Europe. We already work with volunteers dedicated to birdwatching who come
from USA or Europe, but we need to teach English to the local guides from our
local community.
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Volunteer in the wilderness
Placement number: 0018
Location: Ecuador
Our ecolodge is a working hacienda with a wide variety of produce, encourages environmental education in local schools and promotes community tourism.
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Enjoy extreme adventure
Placement number:
0038
Location: Ecuador.
This Amazon
Lodge is a new lodge which offers several activities such as local community
visits, excursions and canoe trips. Our mission is to protect our surrounding
ecosystem and to preserve indigenous knowledge and traditions.
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Volunteer in the Andes
Placement number: 0039
Location: Ecuador.
Be part of our Eco-Adventure team in the Andes Mountains, located 17 minutes from Quito Airport at our 200 acre natural Botanical Reserve in the Pichincha Foothills.
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Experience the other side of Ecuador
Placement number:
0070
Location: Ecuador.
Located right across
the sea, this magnificent and innovative “Hosteria” is built mainly of bamboo;
it has a private and large beach and it is surrounded by magnificent flower and
organic vegetable gardens as well as small bamboo forests.
Live with the Shiwiars
Placement number:
0077
Location: Ecuador.
This is your chance to discover an unspoilt region of the Amazon rainforest, to really leave the beaten track behind and to immerse yourself in a culture that belongs to the forest. You can experience the incredible biodiversity of the area, and find real warmth without luxuries. What makes our project different is that we offer you the rare opportunity to escape the false "ecotourism" trap, where community events are staged and the business is own by foreigners, channelling profits into their businesses not back into local hands. Not here!
Volunteer in Sacred Valley of Cotundo
Placement
number: 0170
Location: Ecuador.
Since being an ecolodge, we have looked
for ways to contribute to the conservation of nature and culture ot the region.
We have designed a Volunteering program which mainly aims at reforesting with
native plant species and teaching English to children and teenagers of Cotundo
for them to have better job opportunities in the tourism
sector.
Work in the
elevated Cloud Forests of Peru
Placement number:
0048
Location: Peru.
Situated at an elevation of 5000 feet (1600 meters) in the cool, mosquito-free Kosñipata Valley close to the wild Cusco-Shintuya road, the lodge protects and supports a 12,500-acre private cloud forest reserve.
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Live on the lake!
Placement number:
0049
Location: Peru.
Located deep in Peru's Tambopata National Reserve in Puerto Maldonado Madre de Dios, our Lake lodge overlooks sparkling, palm-rimmed Sandoval Lake, the most beautiful and wildlife-rich of all lakes in Tambopata-Madidi.
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Help at the Peru National Reserve
Placement number: 0058
Location:
Peru.
This is an ecolodge and research station located in the Tambopata National Reserve in the upper Amazon rainforests of Southeastern Peru. It has recently celebrated it's 30th year of opporation and is the oldest lodge in the area. The Resident Naturalist Program has been in operation for almost 20 years and offers the opportunity of a lifetime to professionals -young and old alike.
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Various projects near
Angel Falls
Placement number: 0187
Location: Venezuela
All our projects
are located in the Gran Sabana in the south-east of Venezuela, between the
Orinoco and Amazon river basin. The highland area includes the huge National
Park Canaima with its famous table-top mountains, Angel Falls and innumerable
rivers that flow on jasper river-beds.
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