October, November and December are quieter times for our volunteer placements (except the lions, which are always busy) so if you would like to volunteer in Africa during these months we would like to thank you by offering some exciting extra free trips. Full details are available from this free leaflet download but you could, [...]

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 [...]

If you ask most people what their view is of volunteering Africa they will probably mention children. Volunteer orphanage work is often in the headlines and frequently we see celebrity visitors on our TV screens, a young African child in their arms. Which is all great publicity. The more people who know about the need, [...]

Travel insurance is an often overlooked subject. If you’re going to Disneyland then that’s your choice. Risky maybe but how seriously can things go wrong? If volunteering Africa is your destination then travel insurance is an absolute necessity. For some people the objection seems to be that insurance is a bit of a rip off. [...]

If you think “volunteering Africa” then one of the things that’s probably going to come to mind is being out in the wild – or at the very least somewhere where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of your normal life. What’s more, you probably can’t get a phone signal in the [...]

We recently received some African volunteer projects news from our liaison partner, Laura Goble. We thought it would be a good idea to share what she had to say and show you some of the progress volunteers like you have made and some of the projects that you could be helping with in 2010. Here’s [...]