Gap year

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Up for a crash course in life?
The world is changing and so is the way we wish to explore it. To us, a gap year is no longer a ‘year out', but a chance to take a different route for a while, push ourselves in a new direction before continuing on our path, be it school, university or work. And it doesn't have to be a year. We run different length expeditions throughout the year to fit your study or work patterns. But be warned, our expeditions are no holiday. We like to think of them as a crash course in life!

The expeditions
We offer two core expeditions, 10 weeks or 5 weeks in Borneo, Costa Rica & Nicaragua, or India.

10 week expeditions
Join other venturers from all walks of life on our unique 10 week expedition. You'll spend 3 weeks on a community project, helping local communities with things we take for granted and another 3 weeks protecting the country's natural habitats and wildlife. The final 3 weeks is a tough mental and physical adventure battling nature's elements.

Too long? You can choose one project for 4 weeks or two project phases for 7 weeks.

5 week expeditions
Join other venturers from all walks of life on our unique 5 week expedition. Combine either a 3 week community or environment project with an adventure challenge. This is an intense, adrenalin-fuelled 7 day experience of trekking, survival challenges and water-based activities.

The projects
Whether providing villages in Nicaragua with their first drop of running water or conserving the elephant population in India, our projects are planned with local partners so you can get really involved with rural communities and habitats and make a much needed difference there.

Visit Explore Borneo, Explore Costa Rica & Nicaragua and Explore India to see what kind of projects you will be doing.

Watch our videos to see how Raleigh can help you, or check out what life on Raleigh is really like in our photos, forum and blogs in Live Raleigh.

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Call us on +44 (0)20 7183 1270 or email info@raleigh.org.uk for more information