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Independent Travel - Africa and Asia Venture

Independent Travel

Photograph of AV's scuba diving - Gap Year Projects & Volunteering Opportunities in Malawi4 weeks of independent travel time

As your project comes to an end it is not quite time to say goodbye… AV includes approximately four weeks of independent travel at the end of the venture to ensure a good balance of volunteering and adventure. There are lots of exciting and beautiful places to explore in Malawi and its surrounding countries and you won’t get a chance to visit in your weekends alone. Many AVs want to stay on and travel but don’t know if others on the project will too. Therefore we include this extra travel time to ensure that you experience as much as possible and know that you will have people to travel with. 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 will still be there to help you, even though your project has finished.

Photograph of AV's on safari - Gap Year Projects & Volunteering Opportunities in MalawiDifferent travel options Malawi AVs have done in the past include: travelling down to Zambia and visiting the incredible Victoria Falls or through Mozambique and Tanzania to explore East Africa. Options include going on a wildlife safari in Kenya or Tanzania; trekking Mount Kenya or Mount Kilimanjaro; rafting the Source of the Nile in Uganda or bungee jumping over it; gorilla trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or visiting the beautiful beaches of Kenya or Zanzibar where lots of water sports activities or sunbathing time awaits! You will need to finish in Nairobi for your return flight home but until then it’s up to you where you go, the only rule is you don’t travel by yourself.

If four weeks isn’t enough and you are staying on a bit longer in Africa we can store luggage for you in Nairobi and help you out if you have any difficulties.

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