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Independent Travel - Africa and Asia Venture

Independent Travel

Photograph of AV volunteers at the top of Mount Emei - Gap Year Projects & Volunteering Opportunities in Chinatue4 weeks of independent travel time (optional)

As your project comes to an end AV offers you the chance to stay on for an additional 4 weeks of independent travel time, to ensure a good balance of volunteer work and travel. From our experience, travelling is often when problems occur, from lost passports to getting ill – that’s why we have the motto, ‘Once an AV, always an AV’ - we’ll still be there to help you, even though your project has finished.

 

Photograph of an AV volunteer with a Chinese statue - Gap Year Projects & Volunteering Opportunities in China

You’ll have the chance to explore the many fascinating parts of China that the outside world is only just beginning to discover. You can either travel independently, when our on the ground team will be on hand to provide assistance with route planning and buying tickets. Some volunteers choose to head East to Tibet and Mount Everest Base Camp, South to stunning Yunnan province on the border with Vietnam, or North to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. There is no shortage of things to do and see and the only rule is that you travel with at least one other person.

Alternatively, you can join AV’s associated company’s all-encompassing backpacker tour of China. Having volunteered for eight weeks, you’ll have access to the heavily discounted price of £798 for the 25 day trip which includes hiking and camping on a private part of The Great Wall, the World’s Highest bungee jump in Macau, spotting wild pandas on a farm in the Qingling mountains surrounded by seven waterfalls and rafting down the Li River in Yangshuo.

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