Family Volunteer Vacations - Volunteer Travel for YOUR Family!
More great family volunteer trips from Family RnR.
Family volunteering holiday in Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world, famous for its jungles and wildlife, in particular the
Orang Utan. Visit this fascinating island and take this once in a lifetime opportunity to get close to these
amazing creatures, working alongside the park rangers to help ensure their continued survival.
Family volunteering: Younger generations are concerned about the environment and conservation and eager to make
travel responsible. This trip could enable your family to discover how human development impacts on the jungle
environment and wildlife, nurture understanding and appreciation and provide a great bonding experience through
making a contribution as a family! Introduce your children to the benefits of volunteer travel and educate, enable
and inspire them to be the force for change and good in tourism and the world.
Highlights
-Visit this fascinating island and Kota Kinabalu city
-Make a difference to Borneo's reforestation and Orang Utan conservation
-Once-in-a-lifetime experience helping Orang Utan rehabilitation
-Enjoy jungle treks, a rainforest canopy walk and swim & snorkel in the South China Sea
-Great conservation voluntourism trip for a career break or ethical travel holiday
-Family voluntourism holiday during the school summer break
Conservation & community projects in the Amazon
A unique combination of adventure travel with conservation and community projects providing immense variety and a real insight
into this wonderful country. Perfect for the adventurous traveller aged 28 upwards including families with children,
wishing to ‘give something back’ and the golden oldies!
Traveling off the beaten track and venturing deep into the Amazon jungle is an exhilarating and breath taking
challenge. Stretch the old concept of ‘cultural exchange’ to its limit by grasping the chance to live with
indigenous families sharing their lifestyles and daily activities whilst working on simple but often life
changing projects.
Under the guidance of the Yanapuma Foundation you will travel from Quito to the edge of the Amazon rainforest
to live and work at Chichicorumi located near Tena the epi-centre for white water rafting before venturing
deeper into the rainforest, by canoe, to the isolated village of Wachimak a place seemingly untouched by the
western world. You will assist in their sustainable development projects that encompass both community and
conservation based projects all directed at making these communities more self-sufficient and helps them reach
their long-term goal in becoming a destination for low-key ecotourism.
All development initiatives are chosen and led by local people ensuring that projects are well managed and
needed by the community.
Kenya family volunteering & safari
Based in the wilderness of Kenya’s Taru desert and bordering Kenya’s largest National Park, Tsavo, lies the
80,000-acre Rukinga Ranch and Camp Tsavo. This exclusive wildlife conservation area, which is also an
important migration corridor, acts as the base for your two week family programme.
You will have the opportunity to work with the local school and community and experience the true African way of
life. You will learn how to track wildlife on foot, identify animal spore & tracks, as well as basic bush craft
skills.
For two full days you will visit Tsavo East National Park for your Big Game Safari. This tour ends with a well-earned
rest at the Kenya coast for an Indian Ocean beach break.
Trip highlights
-Community development volunteer programme designed for volunteer families
-Game ranger & bush craft skills
-Night game drives
-Big game safari at Tsavo East National Park
-Relax and play on Kenya’s South Coast at Diani Beach
Volunteer vacation in Kenya
The itinerary below is an example of what we can offer. However, the trip can be also be arranged on a
tailor-made basis for 2 or more people and altered to suit your requirements. This trip can depart any time to
suit you but some set departure dates are available.
Explore the wonders of Kenya while helping those less fortunate than you. This two-week journey gives you a
wonderful introduction to the famous safari country whilst also providing you with the opportunity to help some
of the abandoned children of the area.
On this trip, you will spend your mornings working at the nearby Children’s Home, The Children of the Rising Sun
home (CRS). CRS is a children’s home located near Malindi, Kenya, currently housing thirty-one abandoned boys and
girls, ranging from five to sixteen years old. The children live in dormitories, furnished with small wooden beds.
They have access to drop toilets, water and basic showers. There is limited clothing, medical supplies and no
school transport.
This permanent home was built in January 1997 on eleven acres of land donated by a generous Kenyan hotelier.
Two acres of the land have been used for the facilities which include one dormitory for boys, one dormitory for
girls and arts and crafts, one kitchen/store/dining verandah, three showers and four drop toilets. The remaining
land is used as a fruit and vegetable farm. The CRS committee needs help with their plans to add a vocational
training center, including a commercial farm and wood carving shop, for the home and local community.
When you’re not helping CRS, you’ll stay in a clean, but basic hotel in the Watamu village. Your meals are of
western standard; your rooms will have air conditioning and running hot and cold water. Located directly on the
Indian Ocean beach, there is also a lovely swimming pool and friendly staff to help you to enjoy your stay.
Your afternoons are spent exploring the wonders of the Watamu area, which has been named a United Nations biosphere.
Watamu itself is a small village located on the coast of Kenya, approximately 120 km north of Mombasa and 25 km
south of Malindi. The area has developed an international reputation for its white-sand, reef-protected beaches,
which line the Watamu National Marine Park.
Established in 1968, this Marine Park is the oldest in Kenya and has developed into one of the best snorkeling
and dive spots of the world. The Marine Park boasts over 600 species of fish in just 10 square km, although
the reserve area itself spreads out over more than 32 square km in total. It is virtually impossible to
snorkel without seeing a least a few dozen species inside the main reef and divers outside the fringe reef
stand an excellent chance of viewing the magnificent whale shark and Manta Rays that are seasonal visitors.
