You may find the links below useful to prepare for your placement or just to find out a bit more about Southern Africa. Please also don't forget that you can contact us at any time to get advice!
Climate Care is a service that helps you to repair the damage your activities do to the climate. It does this by ‘offsetting’ the greenhouse gas emissions, such as CO2, from your activities by reducing an equivalent amount of CO2 on your behalf. These reductions are made through a range of projects in renewable energy and energy efficiency, which not only fight climate change but bring benefits to communities round the world. You can offset emissions from flying, driving and household energy use.
African Conservation Experience offset all your flights out to our projects on your behalf through Climatecare!
Not as glamorous as the London Ritz, but great, affordable accommodation all the same! The Backpacker’s Ritz has beds from as little as R85 (about £7.50) a night and can also collect you from the airport for R30 (about £2.70). It has internet and fax facilities, a pool, bar, personal safes, café and self-catering kitchen.
A cheap and easy way to get round South Africa! The Baz Bus is a backpacker’s transport system which will pick you up and drop you off direct to hostels. You only need one ticket to your destination and then you can hop on and off anywhere along the way.
TravelPharm is an independent private pharmacy based in Devon and a member of the National Pharmaceutical Association, a professional body providing a vast database of information and advice to pharmacists throughout the UK. Have a look at TravelPharm for malaria tablets, mosquito nets, first aid kits, insect repellents and much more.
For up-to-date travel advice on vaccinations, anti-malarial drugs and other general health issues.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office – for advice on travelling abroad. Have a look at their Know Before You Go campaign, which is aimed at encouraging people to be better prepared for overseas travel.
For cheap internal flights within Southern Africa. If you are splitting your placement between two projects, your internal flights (if needed) will be included in the cost of the placement. If you want to travel on after your placement however, you may find this site useful.
For useful information about South Africa – climate, culture, geography.
The website of the Air Travel Organisers
Liscence. Our ATOL number is 6123.
Interested in Wildlife film-making? Focus Wild offer short courses in the Greater Kruger National Park.
www.myspace.com/conservationafrica
Our Myspace page! Chat to past volunteers and find other people who may be going to Africa at the same time as you!
We also have a realy popular Facebook group! Find us by searching for African Conservation Experience Volunteers!
