There are a number of different Africa volunteer organizations, so what makes us at Chance of A Lifetime Travel (COLT) any different? I could give you a lot of “advertising-speak” to try to convince you, but what it boils down to is the personal touches. We’re a small family firm and we rely on our [...]

For this post I wanted to take a look at our volunteering in Africa with a focus on the African wildlife photography adventure in St Lucia. Full details can be found here, but I thought a brief overview might help. Whether you are an experienced amateur wildlife photographer looking for the ultimate photography experience or [...]

It’s a very good question. Lots of people are really interested in voluntary work in Africa  – would love to get involved – but they have no particular qualifications so they wonder how they can help. Obviously if you are interested in volunteer teaching in Africa, or volunteer nursing, you would expect there to be [...]

Gap year volunteering in Africa is becoming more and more popular. Although all kinds of people volunteer in Africa, of all ages and from all kinds of backgrounds, it’s perhaps gap year students that are the area of most growth. That’s not really surprising when you consider the opportunity. Peope are more keenly aware of [...]

Many people conidering gap year volunteering or some kind of volunteer working holiday – regardless of their age – will look around for free volunteer work in Africa. The challenge is the word “free”. What they will find is that this kind of opportunity simply doesn’t exist – unless you are a highly qualified medical [...]

Teen volunteering in Africa is a popular idea. Victoria Falls, for example, is arguably the adventure capital of the world – bungee jumping, white-water rafting, lions walks, etc – a host of adrenalin inspired activities. On the other hand, and as part of the same trip, you can do volunteer work with lions, photographing African [...]

It’s understandable that a lot of people get concerned about African visa requirements. It’s quite a long way to go and you don’t want to arrive to find you should have filled out your African visa application before you left home! No need to worry. Although you can apply for your African visa before you [...]

The folks at YourAfricanAdventure.com and Chance of a Lifetime Travel (COLT) would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We would particularly like to thank those people who volunteered in Africa over the past year, whether that was working with wildlife, helping with local African [...]

If you’re anything like me you see an African wildlife photographer on the TV and you wish it could be you. Out there in the bush with lions, elephant, cheetah, rhino, hippo… The amazing, evocative sights and sounds. Well what if it could be you? What if you found out that all you needed was [...]

People looking to volunteer in South Africa in  the next year should look at when they want to travel and pay particular attention to the upcoming football world cup. It’s not going to make a big difference to your actual African volunteer projects but it’s likely to have quite a big impact on flights to [...]