Volunteer Holidays
A volunteer holiday with GVI offers a great opportunity for individuals, families and groups who may not have much time to spare, to experience a new destination and/or activity whilst doing something worthwhile. We offer a variety of short-term volunteering holidays that combine adventure travel, cultural excursions, training courses and much more with pioneering community and conservation projects.
From one week and upwards, you can choose from our variety of responsible holidays that enable you to have as adventurous, cultural or educational a holiday as you like, knowing that you are doing something to benefit the country and communities you are travelling within.
If you do not find what you are looking for below, contact us with your requirements for a tailor-made experience.
We also ensure that we only use local operators / guides and try to source all our provisions via locally owned business. In addition all of GVI’s responsible holidays include a contribution to offset your air travel carbon emissions.
See our Responsible Travel Policy for more information
All Our Volunteer Holidays
Volunteer Holiday in Cape Town, South Africa
Teach children basic English in a township school and visit all the highlights in Cape Town in 14 days
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Volunteer Holiday in Kenya
10 day construction and community development project followed by a 4 day wildlife safari in Tsavo, Kenya
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Volunteer Holiday in Thailand
10 days on a community renovation project followed by 4 days on an adventure tour of the beaches and islands around Krabi, Thailand
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Wildlife Conservation Volunteer Holiday in South Africa
A unique 14 day conservation experience combining wildlife research projects with basic safari field guide techniques
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Orphanage Volunteer Work in Kenya, East Africa
Assist care, education, counselling, arts and sports for impoverished children and orphans from Mombasa
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Volunteer on building projects in Peru, South America
Help improve health levels and reduce deforestation in Peruvian indigenous communities around Colca Canyon by building fuel-efficient stoves
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Volunteer in an Orphanage in Cape Town, South Africa
Assist with childcare & educational activities in a township orphanage while exploring South Africa
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Volunteer on building projects in the Ecuadorian Andes
Improve health levels and reduce deforestation in Andean indigenous communities by building fuel-efficient stoves in South America
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Volunteer with Turtles in Greece
Protect and conserve an important loggerhead turtle nesting area in the Mediterranean
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Short-Term Volunteer Community Building Projects in Nicaragua
Work on community based projects aimed to improve standards of living in Nicaragua
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Community Renovation and Building Project in Krabi, Thailand
Volunteer on GVI’s annual short term renovation project of community centres and schools around Ao Luk, Krabi.
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Volunteer on a Sports Project in South Africa
Volunteer to teach various sports to over 1000 children in a primary school near Cape Town
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Volunteer on Childcare projects in Costa Rica
Learn Spanish, work on childcare projects and explore Central America
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Volunteer on Construction Projects in Kenya
Work with former poachers of Tsavo West National Park, East Africa, to tackle human-wildlife conflict and the bush-meat trade through community infrastructure and development
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Volunteer on Childcare Projects in Brazil
Assist in care and education and teach English to impoverished children in Brazil
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Volunteer to Teach at a Township School in Cape Town, South Africa
Teach children literacy and numeracy in one-to-one sessions while exploring the best South Africa has to offer
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Volunteer on Childcare Projects in Ecuador
Volunteer to Teach Children in an Indigenous Community, Learn Spanish and explore Ecuador and South America
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Volunteer in an orphanage in Honduras
Assist care, education and arts projects for impoverished children and orphans in Honduras
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Volunteer with Buddhist Novice Monks and Local Communities in Laos
Enhance the education of novice Buddhist monks in Luang Prabang as well as other members of the local community while learning about the local culture
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Volunteer Teaching in Kenya
A short term volunteering opportunity in Africa on critical community development projects
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Volunteer with Colobus Monkeys in Africa
Undertake research in a global biodiversity hotspot to support community-based conservation of Kenya's coastal forests and colobus monkeys
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Teach English to Communities in Krabi, Thailand
Volunteer to Teach English, explore coastal Thailand and experience cultural immersion
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Orphanage Volunteer Project in Cape Town over Christmas
Assist childcare volunteering and adventure activities over Christmas
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Volunteer with Children in Thailand
Work alongside Thai teachers assisting with English language lessons in local schools
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Volunteer on a Dolphin Research project in Kenya
Volunteer for two weeks to assist vital conservation efforts on this long running research project in Africa
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Short-Term Volunteer Community Building Projects in Guatemala
For those people without much time who want to volunteer, why not build a stove for some of Guatemala’s neediest families?
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Volunteer on Childcare Projects in Nicaragua
Learn Spanish, assist vital community projects and explore this unspoilt Central American gem
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Short-Term Volunteer Community Building Projects in Honduras
For those without much time, why not build a stove for some of Honduras’ neediest families?
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Volunteer on Childcare Projects in Guatemala
Volunteer to Teach Children in an Indigenous Community, Learn Spanish and explore Central America
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Volunteer on Childcare projects in Honduras
Learn Spanish, live and work with an indigenous community and explore Central America
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Volunteer on Childcare projects in Peru
Learn Spanish, work on childcare projects and explore South America
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Community Development Internship in Ecuador
Intern on education projects with indigenous children and receive personal development opportunities
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Volunteer with Street Children and Tribal Communities in India
Assist on short term educational programs for underprivileged children in rural communities of Rajasthan
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Volunteer Work with Desert Elephants in Namibia
Track desert elephants and work on a community building programme in Africa
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Community Development Internship in Kenya
Intern on care, education, counseling, arts and sports projects for impoverished children and orphans from Mombasa
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Community Renovation and Building Project in Rajasthan, India
Volunteer on GVI’s annual short term renovation project of schools, child day care centres and orphanages in rural areas of Rajasthan.
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Volunteer with Turtles on Zanzibar Island, Africa
Assist rescued turtles and hatchlings, supporting community-based conservation on Zanzibar's north coast
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Volunteer with Humpback Whales in Brazil
Join a research team observing whale migration and behaviour in South America
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Volunteer Holiday with Pink River Dolphins in Brazil
Live and work in the Amazon researching the pink river dolphin
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Volunteer with Endangered Javan Langur Monkeys on Java Island, Indonesia
Assist with the rehabilitation of rescued Javan Langurs before they are released back into the wild
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Volunteer with Elephants in Sri Lanka
Monitor elephant populations and explore one of Asia's finest islands
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Volunteer Work with Leatherback Turtles in Panama
Live on a remote island beach in Central America and monitor the endangered Leatherback turtle populations
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Cross River Gorilla Surveys in the Highland Rainforests of South West Cameroon
Volunteer in Africa on this great apes conservation and community development project to protect endangered gorillas and chimpanzees
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Volunteer on Community Construction Projects in Madagascar
Help to build much needed schools in rural areas of Madagascar, Africa
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Whale and Dolphin Research in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain
Volunteer on a cetacean monitoring project, receive training and assist a marine research team in Spain
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Madagascar conservation project
Volunteer work alongside rural African communities and Malagasy biologists
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Volunteer with Orangutans in Sumatra
Carry out primate conservation research in the rainforests
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Whale & Dolphin Volunteering in the Ligurian Sea, Italy
A sailing boat-based cetacean research and conservation programme in the Cetacean Sanctuary, Western Mediterranean
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Dolphin Conservation Volunteering in Greece
Help marine biologists to study and protect bottlenose dolphins and short-beaked common dolphins in the Mediterranean Ionian Sea, Greece.
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