Gap Year for Grown Ups
Official wintertime started this weekend, marking the beginning of cold nights and darker days but winter this year need not signal hibernation for the mature travellers out there. Top career break travel company Gap Year for Grown Ups have launched a new brochure packed with hundreds of trips, adventures and projects worth get excited about.
The company offer hundreds of fantastic travel adventures, tours and volunteer programmes in over 45 countries around the world covering the Asian, African, and Latin American continents. In the interest of environmental preservation, only the newest and best mature travel options have been squeezed into the Gap Year for Grown Ups brochure.
Explorers looking for worthwhile adventure travel in Africa can choose from an array of new volunteer projects where they can make a difference to local people, wildlife and environments. Options such as the Mozambique Community Development programme offer volunteers the opportunity to immerse themselves in local culture, while assisting with the South Africa St Lucia Medical project is a great chance to practice medical skills or put previous knowledge to good use. Wildlife conservationists can also lend a hand by helping to nurse lions back to health and release them back into safe wildlife reserves with the Zambia lion Rehabilitation and Release project.
Career breakers looking for a chance to clear the mind and absorb Chinese culture can set off on the new China Tai Chi and Cultural Experience for a voyage of the mind, body and soul. Mature travellers with more of an adventurous expedition in mind can explore the sights of one of Asia’s most popular destinations by joining the Best of Vietnam tour, taking in Ho Chi Minh City, Halong Bay and Hanoi. Travellers who want to make a difference are also catered for with the Malaysia Orang-utan and Wildlife Experience, a chance to help preserve these wonderful creatures and marvel at the beauties of Malaysia’s rainforests.
Travellers who would like to use their gap year as a true learning experience may be interested in the new Argentina Spanish Language School. As well as expert tuition, students can live and breathe the Latin Culture, taking part in a whole host of activities from tango lessons to wine tasting. Latin America is also the perfect destination for mature travellers who want to use their education and childcare skills to help local youngsters, new projects including the Peru Youth Outreach and Ecuador Schools and Day Care are a great way to gain an insight into local life and improve the prospects of underprivileged children.
These are just a few of the brand new options from Gap Year for Grown Ups, the full brochure can be requested here http://www.gapyearforgrownups.co.uk/
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