Nomad Adventure Tours - Supported Placements

Below is a bit about gap year placement companies, who they are, why they exist, what they do etc. Click on the links provided to see all the placements that they run.

	Daktari is a registered non-profit company located in the Limpopo Province of South Africa near the Kruger National Park. The mission of Daktari is to educate and inspire underprivileged children to care for their environment through the medium of a wildlife orphanage. Join Daktari for a wonderful experience, teaching african children and caring for wild animals - View all placements >>
	Africa and Asia Venture is for motivated people aged 18-24 who want to spend four months+ teaching - especially English and sports - in Africa, Mexico, Nepal and the Indian Himalayas. Training in TEFL, local language, religion, culture and history is provided, plus accommodation, food and a local living allowance. Community and conservation projects are available in Kenya and Uganda. Three weeks of travel are included in all our Ventures and a safari is part of the scheme. Shorter Ventures of five weeks that include building projects, adventure and safaris are also available in Kenya and Uganda. Full support provided. - View all placements >>
	African Conservation Experience: We arrange for young people to work on Game and Nature Reserves throughout Southern Africa, playing an active role in Conservation and the maintenance of the Environment – working in intimate association with Game Rangers and Conservationists in the Wild - View all placements >>
	Welcome to African Impact - Africa's top on-the-ground facilitator of volunteer work. Our projects focus on making a measurable impact on the people and wildlife in Africa, while ensuring that our volunteers have a safe, enjoyable, adventurous, unforgettable and life-changing experience. We firmly believe that Africa needs to be 'experienced' and not just 'seen' - hence our motto: Explore, Inspire, Impact. We invite you to be more than a tourist - to be a traveller, a conservationist and a humanitarian. - View all placements >>
	Art History Abroad: Travel with us to Italy to be blown away by the greatest minds, works and concepts in European history. Explore the greatest sites, enjoy the best restaurants and bars and with our expert tuition and knowledge of Italy bring back more than just a porcelain knock-off of Pisa's leaning tower. - View all placements >>
	Base Camp Group is the leading UK ski and snowboard training specialist and now offers a variety of four, six, 10 or 11 week long ski and snowboard instructor courses in Europe and North America. - View all placements >>
	Blue Ventures is an award winning not-for-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating projects that enhance global marine conservation and research. Since its creation Blue Ventures has co-ordinated marine projects in Madagascar, Tanzania, New Zealand, South Africa and the Comoros Islands, focusing predominantly on coral reef ecosystems. - View all placements >>
	BSES exists to provide young people with an intense and lasting experience of self-discovery in a demanding and natural wilderness environment. BSES runs real expeditions to such wild areas as Greenland, the Amazon Rainforest, the Peruvian Andes and the Canadian Yukon wilderness area. - View all placements >>
	Camp America is the largest, most famous summer work experience programme in the World! Summer camps are part of the American culture and way of life and there are over 12,000 throughout the USA. Camp America recruits people from the UK and elsewhere to work on these camps. Challenge yourself, make new friends, develop your skills and explore a new continent! - View all placements >>
	Camps International was born out of a passion for the people and wildlife of Africa and a love of adventurous travel. Spend your gap year or careergap at Camp Kenya in the Kenya bush, surrounded by mud villages and 4km from the Indian Ocean. From this base, take part in a variety of adventures, including community projects, safaris and learning to Scuba dive. - View all placements >>
	CCUSA: Thinking about working abroad for your Gapyear? What do you do and how do you go about it? CCUSA is a company, which has given over 100,000 young people the opportunity to work and travel in America, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Russia. - View all placements >>
	Changing Worlds: Up for a real adventure? Want to be fully immersed in to a new culture whilst making new friends? ….... Changing Worlds organises exciting, worthwhile and challenging paid and voluntary work placements worldwide. Opportunities last from three to six months and departures take place all year round. - View all placements >>
	Coral Cay Conservation: A not for-profit organisation who has been sending teams of volunteers to survey some of the worlds most endangered coral reefs and tropical forests since 1986. Projects are currently run in Philippines, Malaysia, Honduras and Fiji. - View all placements >>
	Cross Cultural Solutions: Not-for-profit organisation, CCS, aims to bring people together to work side-by side, while sharing perspectives and fostering cultural understanding. To make sure you can truly immerse yourself in the local culture, the programme follows a unique 3-part structure and is centred around a safe, supportive and friendly home-base. Our 2-12 week programmes operate in 10 countries worldwide and welcome people of all ages and from all walks of life. - View all placements >>
	Deloitte Scholars Scheme: What are you looking for from a gap year? Perhaps the opportunity to travel, meet new people, earn some money, get your independence, take on challenging work, improve your CV or simply to just have fun? With the Deloitte Scholars Scheme we give you the opportunity and the funding to achieve all these things (and more), with one of the UK's leading professional services firms, in just one year! On top of that we’ll then sponsor you through university! Choose the Scholars Scheme for the ultimate gap year and beyond. - View all placements >>
	Eco Africa Experience offers volunteers a unique conservation opportunity to work on some of Southern Africa's premier private game reserves or leading marine ocean research projects. A conservation placement is the ultimate life changing experience gives you the chance to give something back and make a difference to the natural environment. - View all placements >>
	Entabeni Nature Guide Training is an established training company based in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Our highly motivated and enthusiastic team are waiting to train you in the skills of nature guiding. The wildlife includes much more than just the 'Big Five', with phenomenal game viewing to be had. - View all placements >>
	Flying Fish: Flying Fish trains and recruits yacht skippers and sail, dive, surf, windsurf, kiteboard, ski and snowboard instructors. Join us in the UK, Australia, Canada, Greece, Cyprus or Egypt. Combine professional training with international adventure on courses from 2 to 18 weeks, then take advantage of our recruitment service to help you find a job and travel the world. - View all placements >>
	GAP Activity Projects are a gap year provider for school leavers. As a not-for-profit organisation, we provide value for money for our diverse range of voluntary work placements in 32 countries. On your return, you can keep in touch through our Alumni Club and join our Business Partner Scheme for help with graduate recruitment. - View all placements >>
	Play, coach and qualify in sports overseas... join sports (and non-sports) community projects in Africa and Latin America, become a ski/snowboard instructor in Canada with guaranteed paid employment, play and train at international football, rugby and cricket academies abroad, or become a qualified dive master and work in dive schools worldwide... no previous experience is needed and applicants are welcome from all walks of life. - View all placements >>
	GapGuru is a specialist organisation providing exciting gap year opportunities exclusively in India. We offer a range of carefully selected placements in business, community, conservation and teaching. We are here to provide you with all the help, advice and expertise you need to make the most of your gap year… whatever you want to do, just ask the Guru! - View all placements >>
	Global adventures project: is an exciting Gap Year programme that allows you to design your very own truly unique travel experience abroad. For a one off fee, you get a 12 month round the world ticket and the opportunity to join up to as many as 4 of our 11 core programmes, ranging from paid work in the US, Canada, India, Australia/ New Zealand to volunteering, teaching or environmental projects in South Africa, India, Brazil, Peru, Belize, Borneo and China. You may even want to include a language placement in Spain, Peru, China, Italy, France or Austria. It really is the 'ULTIMATE' year out. - View all placements >>
	Greenforce: If you care about saving endangered wildlife join Greenforce and learn to track elephants in Africa, jaguars in the Amazon or discover the coral reefs of Borneo, Fiji and the Bahamas. We provide all the training including diver training for marine volunteers. Projects last either 4 or 10 weeks - View all placements >>
	April Special Offer! If you’re looking to make the most of your gap year, then you’re in for a triple whammy if you book an i-to-i volunteering venture before 28th April 2006... - You’ll get 11% off ALL ventures - We’ll give an extra $33 to our charity arm, the i-to-i Foundation - You'll be in with a chance to WIN a venture for a friend! So, not only can you make your 'escape to the real world' but your friend could be joining you too! Don’t worry if you’d prefer to go it alone and leave your mates at home - as long as you pay your deposit, we’ll pay your balance if you win! As they say, you’ve got to be in it to win it. All you have to do is secure your booking with a deposit before the 28th April. Contact us now or call 0845 344 7592. Whatever you do, don’t be a loser - make sure you quote "GAPYEAR" to receive your discount and be entered in for a chance to win the trip of a lifetime. - View all placements >>
	itime experience – Ocean Sport Specialists, offer you the opportunity to make the ocean a way of life. Our professional courses, which are open to all levels, are in surfing, kitesurfing and windsurfing. They run for 1 to 6 weeks and vary from skill development to assistant instructor qualifications. itime experience is all about learning a skill and living the ocean life! You will leave with skills that will enable you to travel enjoying the oceans of the World or alternatively work within the ocean sport industry. - View all placements >>
	Jakera: Jakera is based in the heart of the Mochima National Park in the southern Caribbean, in the beautifully diverse South American country of Venezuela. Our business is adventure travel, education and specialist gapyear itineraries for students, travellers and those seeking an exclusive vacation. - View all placements >>
	Kwa Madwala is a family-owned and -managed game reserve offering luxury safari holidays to international visitors. Kwa Madwala also offers self-funding volunteers a unique conservation opportunity to work, learn and understand more about African conservation, eco tourism and wildlife preservation. We have a clear focus to restore the area back to the wild and to revitalise the animal population, a task that is now well on track. - View all placements >>
	Madventurer offers the chance to combine volunteer projects in rural communities with adventurous overland travel. Projects typically include building and teaching but medical, conservation and coaching schemes are also frequently run. Groups leave year-round to destinations in Africa, South America, South-East Asia, the Indian Sub-Continent and Pacific Islands. - View all placements >>
	NONSTOP Ski & Snowboard run instructor programmes in the Canadian Rockies, renowned for their abundant snowfall and world class terrain. Offered in Red Mountain, Fernie or Banff our courses are an ideal careergap or gap year experience providing you with the chance to improve your skiing or riding, gain instructor certification and open up exciting opportunities within the Snowsports industry. - View all placements >>
	PGL: Do you want to earn money whilst working in another country? Do you like adventure and working with children? If so why not get a job on one of PGL's adventure holiday camps. Whether you are looking for a rewarding career or just want to have fun on your gapyear, PGL have a range of fantastic opportunities - View all placements >>
	POD - Personal Overseas Development: Unforgettable Gaps in Tanzania, Peru and Thailand. 2-6 months, teaching English, helping in orphanages, or becoming a Divemaster. Live in an amazing place where you can make a difference, develop new skills and do some incredible adventure travel. PoD programmes are great value and include full training, in-country support and adventure activities. - View all placements >>
	Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers invites you to join its Gap Year Programme. Gain invaluable work experience in the world of business and earn a great salary which you can use to travel when the programme ends. - View all placements >>
	Do you want real projects, real experiences and real memories? With placements in Peru, Belize and Mexico, ProWorld offer a unique opportunity to gain an experience that can be achieved nowhere else. By immersing yourself in the local culture and working on sustainable development projects, you make a real difference - View all placements >>
	Quest Overseas: Gap year Quest - spectacular expeditions to South America and Africa combining both worthwhile projects and challenging, action-packed expeditions. Our long-term projects involve constructing schools, helping shantytown kids, rehabilitation of animals, working in African game parks or in the depths of the Amazon basin. Our expeditions are designed to be adventurous, fun and to show you the real side of Africa and South America. Open Afternoons held every two weeks in East Sussex. - View all placements >>
	Raleigh International - Travel with a purpose. A Raleigh International Expedition is truly unique. You get to choose where and when you go and hat you do. Choose a 4, 7 or ten week and complete from 1 to 3 different types of projects, environmental, community and adventure. Remember its all your choice. Volunteer in Malaysia, Chile, Costa Rica & Nicaragua, or Namibia. In just a matter of months you could be trekking in Chile, diving in Malaysia, or building much needed educational facilities in Namibia. "Every moment something new happens" - Can you handle it? - View all placements >>
	Ski Le Gap is the original ski/snowboard instructor's course! Spend three months skiing/boarding with the highest qualified instructors in the world. Gain more qualifications than in any other school. Or achieve you instructor's certification in one month and teach for the season - we arrange it all! Live an unforgettable experience! - View all placements >>
	Sport Lived provides young people with the opportunity to play and coach sport in Australia and New Zealand. We can arrange for young people to play a wide range of sports with clubs in Australia and New Zealand including cricket, hockey, rugby, football and netball. People can also attend the Sport Lived cricket academy in New Zealand or go on one of our specialist coaching programmes to Sydney or Melbourne. For all of our programmes we arrange fully furnished accommodation for participants to share providing individuals with an exciting opportunity to have loads of fun playing and coaching sport overseas with other young people. - View all placements >>
	Starfish Ventures is a company dedicated to providing long term commitment to projects in Thailand that goes beyond simply placing volunteers. Whatever your skills, they can be put to good use in our various projects. From teaching English in schools, to helping sustain Thailand's turtle population, your work will not just touch the lives of those you meet, but will change your own forever. - View all placements >>
	SPW: In a few months, you could be organising a health awareness festival with Nepali students in the Himalayas! Places still available on SPW's 4-9 month Health Education and Environment programmes in rural Africa and Asia. - View all placements >>
	Suntrek is a leading specialist for adventure and active travel in the USA (including Alaska), Canada, Mexico and Central and South America. Travel in small groups in specially customised maxi-vans which come equipped with all the neccessary camping gear... - View all placements >>
	Looking for a job overseas? TaxBack.com is a leading international employer. Specialising in administrative and telesales positions, we recruit people for exciting paid work placements around the World. - View all placements >>
	Teaching & Projects Abroad is the leading organiser of volunteer placements across five continents. We offer a diverse range of teaching, care, conservation and work experience projects. There are no set dates and you have the opportunity to become part of one of our local communities overseas - View all placements >>
	The Great Orangutan Project: amazingly low prices for Orangutan Rehabilitation project. You will be based at our remote sanctuary in Sarawak, Borneo, for four weeks, helping in the conservation effort to rehabilitate then later release, rescued and confiscated orangutans. It is one of the only sanctuaries that allow personal contact with the animals. - View all placements >>
	The Imaginative Traveller offers small group adventures in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Our aim has always been to provide exceptional travel experiences. We believe that travel should be stimulating. We want our travellers to relish the diversity of countries and cultures our world has to offer. - View all placements >>
	The Leap: Voluntary placements rotating through safari camp/eco-tourism lodge, conservation & community projects - three contrasting experiences in any one placement. In Africa and South America based in safari camps, ranches and hotels, in game parks, jungles and coastal locations. Flexible departure dates. 3 month, 10 or 6 week schemes. Go on Leap to discover... - View all placements >>
	The Scholar Ship is a semester-long academic programme aboard a dedicated cruise ship that traverses the globe visiting five continents. Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes bring students and staff from around the world together to form a transnational learning community. Students engage in a wide range of integrated academic, cultural, and social activities designed to enhance their personal and professional development. - View all placements >>
	Travellers Worldwide: Live and work abroad helping children, adults, animals and entire communities in less advantaged countries. Learn about their culture from the inside! Stay from as little as two weeks to as long as one year - you choose your dates and duration! - View all placements >>
	Trekforce Expeditions: Tough, rewarding and seriously fun… four-week to five-month expeditions to the wild jungles of SE Asia, Central or South America working to complete vital conservation, scientific or community projects. Longer programmes combine project work, learning a new language and teaching. Come to an introduction day and discover how to turn your gap year into the experience of a lifetime. - View all placements >>
	Five out of seven turtle species can be found on Sri Lanka’s beaches. Turtle Conservation Project protects the nests of turtles while researching their behaviour. Volunteers are welcome to contribute their time and skills to these real and sustainable conservation initiatives. - View all placements >>
	Twin Work Abroad: The world is getting smaller! So, why not travel and gain work experience abroad? Are you taking a gap year? Are you a student and want to spend your summer doing something different? Are you a recent graduate and want to have a different approach to the job market? Whether you want to spend some time fruit picking in Queensland, volunteering with kids in South Africa, having an Internship in Rio de Janeiro or working in a farm in Norway we have a vast range of programmes for you! - View all placements >>
	VentureCo Worldwide are pioneers of the three-phase travel programme. Ventures last two to 16 weeks and combine three distinct but complementing phases: a language school and cultural orientation, a development/conservation project and a wilderness expedition. There are separate Ventures for school leavers and individuals on careergaps. Destinations include South America, India, Nepal, East Africa and South-East Asia. - View all placements >>
	At WorkTravelSA we are dedicated to promoting international understanding and cultural exchange through the development of eco friendly partnerships between international volunteer students and conservation authorities. These partnership programmes ultimately benefit not only the volunteer student but also nature conservation and local community development in South Africa. We trust volunteers will gain valuable insight into our African culture and the unique challenges and opportunities of our beautiful continent. - View all placements >>
	Painted Dogs Conservation - Painted Dogs, also known as African Wild Dogs, are unique to Africa and they are among this continent's most endangered species. It is estimated that a mere 3,000 - 5,000 remain. The Painted Dog population in Zimbwawe is one of the last strongholds of the species and we are committed to their conservation. Our conservation methods and our work with the local communities are beginning to have a positive effect on the outlook of the Painted Dog species. - View all placements >>
	International Rhino Foundation (IRF) focuses on the species most in need of intensive protection and management. IRF works where conservation will have its most significant impact, and when possible, is a catalyst and facilitator, working with like-minded partners. Additionally, the IRF helps to provide linkages between captive and wild populations of rhinos, with the ultimate objective of helping captive populations become truly viable and hence an integral part of conservation strategies for rhinos.
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