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Location
  • South Africa
    • Cape Town
    • Knysna
Length
4 to 12 weeks
Project Types
Community Development Youth Wildlife Conservation

Program Details

Language
English
Age Min.
17
Timeframe
Year Round
Housing
Hostel Tent
Groups
Small Group (1-15) Medium Group (16-30)

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Starting Price
2535
Price Details
Price stated is for 4 week program. Additional weeks of volunteering can be added.
What's Included
Accommodation Airport Transfers Equipment Meals SIM cards Some Activities Transportation Wifi
What's Not Included
Airfare Domestic Airfare Travel Insurance Visa
Oct 03, 2018
Feb 13, 2020
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Experience the best of South Africa with this ultimate combination program! Begin with a 3 Day tour of the beautiful city of Cape Town; travel to Knysna and assist with our community outreach volunteer projects and then end your trip with a 3 day camping safari in Addo National Park.

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Cape Town tour
unforgettable wildlife safari
beautiful african wildlife
Game drives in a national park
immerse yourself in the local culture
community empowerment projects
Establishing vegetable gardens in the community
community volunteering

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Program Highlights

  • See the epic mother city of South Africa and her most famous sites in a 3-day Tour of Cape Town
  • Join our community volunteer projects in the beautiful Garden Route on the east coast of South Africa and help us to empower local people. Make a difference and have fun doing it
  • Experience an unforgettable safari at Addo Elephant National Park - home to the highest concentration of African elephants in the world!

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Fun with Edge of Africa!

Feb 13, 2020

I went with a group of people from the new foundland with zero ideas of how my two weeks with Edge of Africa would entail. Our group was joined with others from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hong Kong. Together we built gardens for elementary schools, a sandbox for a pre-school, painted various school buildings including rooms of a school for the deaf and blind, built concrete stairs for a mother of 5 to fit her walker/cane size to easily access her home, played sports with local kids, and built lasting memories and friendships that will span our lifetimes!!! Edge of Africa is absolutely an Amazing Experience! It's hard to explain the overwhelming awesomeness of the Edge of Africa experience. Oh, and be the way, we got out and explored everything from Beaches, caves, wild animal parks, shark diving, a wild safari and MORE! I hope I can do this trip again soon! Dave F.

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Dave Ferguson

Program
Cape Town Tour, Volunteer and Wildlife Safari in South Africa
Dave Ferguson

Why did you choose this program?

Met a family from Newfound land on a trip to the Dominican Republic with Fathom Cruise Lines, where we did all manner of volunteer work. Stayed friends with them and they found Edge of Africa and invited a few people to join them on their adventure. We ended up meeting people for Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Hong Kong.

What did your program provider (or university) assist you with, and what did you have to organize on your own?

Everything except travel. We planned our own way to get to George. The largest city with an airport nearest to Knysna. Edge of Africa picked us up from there. I flew into Johannesburg, then to George. If I were to do it again, I would fly to Cape Town then to George. I found Cape Town more enjoyable and I felt safe.

What is one piece of advice you'd give to someone going on your program?

Keep an open mind and an open heart. You will see wonderful things and sad living conditions for some. But that is why we went there: to help and support locals in whatever capacity they need at that time.

Edge of Africa asked what activities we wanted to do over the weekend, and they made it happen! We even went shark tank diving in Mosel Bay.

What does an average day/week look like as a participant of this program?

Wake up around 7, have breakfast, go out in the community to help where you can until lunch. Return to the Edge of Africa home for lunch then spend the afternoon finishing up what you left off earlier or start a new project. Various projects are handed out so you have an idea of what you will be doing at least the day before you do it. Everything we did was helpful to someone or a group of local folks.

Every Wednesday afternoon we played sports with local kids. It was a blast!

Going into your experience abroad, what was your biggest fear, and how did you overcome it? How did your views on the issue change?

My biggest fear was that I hadn't been to Africa before. I didn't know what to expect. What I found was friendly loving people that care about their homeland and the world as a whole.

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed South Africa! From beautiful safari landscapes to wonderful oceans to see.

What didn't you expect from this trip?

The one thing I didn't expect is bunk beds. Ha, but, everything was clean, and so was the house. Even though I am used to a nice bed, I would go back to Edge of Africa in a heartbeat! The area of Knysna is Gorgeous!

About Edge of Africa

EDGE of AFRICA is committed to ethical volunteering and responsible traveling, providing volunteer and internship placements in Africa for gap years, career breaks, university internships, school groups and corporate team building projects. EDGE of AFRICA is all about EMPOWERING communities; INSPIRING conservation; and RESTORING biodiversity.
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