Combine travel and volunteering in South Africa with our bespoke Kruger to Swaziland Building and Volunteer Adventure. Your journey will begin in South Africa; the Rainbow Nation. Best known for its wealth of wildlife, breathtaking scenery and cultural diversity you will begin your 2 weeks with aplomb in Kruger National Park, South Africa’s largest and most popular National Park. Here you will have the opportunity to tour Kruger whilst starting to understand and observe the global importance the National Park holds in terms of conservation and biodiversity. Your African Adventure continues as you leave Kruger and head to Swaziland where you will become involved in a rewarding yet challenging building project to help Orphaned and Vulnerable Children. At the end of your volunteer project, you will have the opportunity to make the most of your last free weekend and experience Swaziland at its best; as a true microcosm of Africa.

This project offers a unique blend of travel and volunteering giving you the chance not only to get up close and personal with big game in Kruger’s National Park, but also to help build much needed infrastructure for the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children of Swaziland. Don’t miss this opportunity to become part of Swaziland’s vibrant and bustling culture and to give something back to those in need.

Project Facts

• Duration: Duration: 2 weeks
• Cost: £1,350 ($2363)
• Requirements: Age 18+
• Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa; Ezulwini Valley, Swaziland
• Tour Activities: Kruger National Park Safari, visit a Swazi Cultural Village
• Working hours during Volunteer Project: 08:00 - 15:00
• Volunteer Activities: Constructing basic shelters, gardens, water systems and other structures for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
• Project Availability: Project starts the 1st Monday of each month except December.

What is included

• Accommodation: Accommodation: Camping in Kruger and shared dorms in Swaziland
• Food: 3 Meals a day
• Airport pick up and drop off (Manzini, Swaziland)
• Training: Pre-departure information pack, on-site orientation and project induction provided
• Project equipment
• Tour guide for the duration of your tour
• Support: On-site coordinator providing 24 hour support
• Activities: Game drives in Kruger, a guided bush walk and a sunset or night drive (you choose), a trip to a Swazi Cultural Village

What is not included

• Flights
• Insurance
• Visas
• Extra excursions over and above your itinerary

Day 1 - Day 2 – Arrival (Manzini, Swaziland) and Orientation
Day 3 - Day 7 – Conservation Tour, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Day 8 - Day 12 – Volunteer Building Project (Help Build Family Homes), Ezulwini, Swaziland
Day 13 - Day 14 – Experience Swaziland
Day 15 – Return to airport (Manzini, Swaziland)to fly home

Conservation Tour, Kruger National Park

Once you have completed your initial orientation, you will embark on a 5 day, 4 night camping safari in the heart of South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The conservation tour includes unlimited game drives to explore just some of the wildlife that the 20,000 km2 Kruger National Park has to offer. With the help of a trained tour guide, you’ll be able to venture through the vast wilderness in search of Africa’s Big 5. From lions to elephants, rhinos, buffalos and leopards, Kruger has it all. During the tour, you will also have the opportunity to take part in either a sunset or a night drive round the park to seek out some nocturnal wildlife. During your stay in Kruger, your tour guide will also teach you about the animals and plants of the African Plains and help you to understand why conservation of this beautiful and fragile eco-system is so important.

Volunteer Project

See Swaziland: Help Build Family Homes for full details of project.

Experience Swaziland

Having completed a rewarding 5 days on our volunteer project, your last 2 days in Swaziland are free to explore the magic, beauty and charm of Swaziland. As a volunteer you will have the opportunity to join in a number of exhilarating and eye opening activities including White Water Rafting on the Great Usutu River, horse riding or trekking, cultural quad bike tours or even experience Swazi culture in its most pure form by spending a night in a rural home stay at a living Swazi village. After your action packed weekend, Day 15 will see you returning home from Manzini International Airport – a journey which will have you reflecting, pondering and marvelling at all the wonderful memories from the past 2 weeks.