The 4-week expedition is Raleigh's mini-gap option — one focused project phase in the Greater Kruger area, designed to fit a school or university break without compromising on impact. You'll spend nearly three weeks on either community development work with the Metsi community and Nourish, or conservation work with the Cape Vulture Conservancy.
This is your chance to spend time making positive impact in one of the world's great wild places, no previous experience needed.
Bush, wildlife and grassroots projects
Working shoulder-to-shoulder with local project partners & residents, for 3 weeks you’ll tackle meaningful community development challenges including sustainable farming projects and improving essential infrastructure. This work will demand effort, initiative, and teamwork.
For around three weeks you’ll work with the Cape Vulture Conservancy to restore 1,800 hectares of land within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere — a UNESCO-recognised reserve and home to one of South Africa’s last Cape Vulture nesting sites. Practical work includes invasive species removal, re-vegetation, erosion control, fence clearing, snare sweeps, and wildlife monitoring.
*You'll embark on one Project - either Community or Environmental.
3-day induction & training to meet your team and build practical expedition skills
Support grassroots development by helping build educational spaces, eco-gardens, and community infrastructure in partnership with local NGO Nourish, based in the Metsi community.
Contribute to lasting impact on poverty reduction, food security, and education, while gaining practical skills and cultural insight through hands-on work in a rural South African setting.
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Restore ecosystems and protect endangered species by working on habitat restoration, invasive species removal, and wildlife monitoring in partnership with the Cape Vulture Conservancy.
Gain hands-on conservation experience across 1,800 hectares in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, contributing directly to the preservation of one of South Africa’s last Cape Vulture nesting sites.
All Expeditions end with everyone coming together for a final few days back at Fieldbase. Catch up with friends and celebrate all you have achieved together.
A 4-Week Raleigh Expedition in South Africa blends volunteering, adventure, and personal growth in one Community or Environmental Project.
Spend around 3 weeks working shoulder-to-shoulder with Metsi community residents and local partners Nourish, you’ll tackle meaningful community development challenges that demand effort, initiative, and teamwork. You’ll support sustainable farming and food security projects, build and improve essential community infrastructure, plan and lead local action days and activities, and collaborate across language and cultural differences.
This work addresses local challenges like underdevelopment and conservation pressure, and Venturers gain hands-on experience in sustainable development, building leadership, teamwork, and cross-cultural understanding. In particular they contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals of 2 – Zero Hunger, 4 – Quality Education , 15 – Life on Land
Option: Spend around 3 weeks working in partnership with the Cape Vulture Conservancy, to help restore 1,800 hectares of land within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere. This project focuses on habitat restoration, invasive species removal, and wildlife protection.
This work addresses local challenges like underdevelopment and conservation pressure, and Venturers gain hands-on experience in sustainable development, building leadership, teamwork, and cross-cultural understanding. In particular they contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals of 2 – Zero Hunger, 4 – Quality Education , 15 – Life on Land.
You’ll fly into Hoedspruit Eastgate airport, close to the Great Kruger area, where you’ll be met & transferred to Fieldbase by our Venture Managers.
Fieldbase, Hoedspruit
13th October – 7th November
£2150$2750$2750$2750
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Airport welcome and transfers
All food, transport and accommodation
24/7 in-country & UK office support
Orientation, project training & safety briefing
Free Raleigh International T-Shirt
All bookings also include a free NOMAD & MASTA Travel Health brief with health risks & vaccination requirements, plus access to post-booking deals and discounts with our partners.
Flights, visas, vaccinations, personal kit, travel insurance, DBS/Police background check and first aid training (for Venturer Managers) are not included in the price of a Raleigh Expedition. A full breakdown will be provided on point of booking.
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The South Africa 4-week Expedition is a single focused project phase — either a Community Project alongside the Metsi community and local NGO Nourish near the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, or an Environmental Project with the Cape Vulture Conservancy in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere. There is no trek on the 4-week Expedition. It is based near Hoedspruit in the Greater Kruger area.
The South Africa 4-week Expedition starts from £2300$2750$2750$2750. A 5% deposit secures your place and interest-free payment plans are available. Flights, travel insurance, and visas are not included.
