Namibia

Career break in Namibia

A career break in Namibia is an excellent option if you want to discover one of southern Africa’s best kept secrets. If one of your main reasons for visiting Africa is to explore its wildlife then a career break in Namibia definitely won’t disappoint. One of the best places for viewing wildlife on a career break in Namibia is Etosha Pan National Park, an 8000 square mile game reserve containing 114 mammal species. Other highlights of a career break in Namibia include the breath-taking Fish River Canyon and the Sossusvlei sand dunes.

Namibia career break

An excellent way to get really close to wildlife on a career break in Namibia is by getting involved with a Namibia voluntary work project whilst you’re there. GYFGU’s has two extremely rewarding Namibia career break volunteer programmes – including an opportunity to work at an animal rehabilitation centre and a desert elephant conservation project in Namibia’s remote Damaraland region.

Namibia

Voluntary work in Namibia

Namibia career break brochure


	Namibia Bushman Clinic and Medical Project

Spend two weeks in the remote Namibian bush in a unique, remote medical clinic. You can also spend some time getting to know and caring for Namibia’s native wildlife in a rehabilitation centre based on the plains where a great number of creatures also roam free.


	Namibia Desert Elephant Conservation

This conservation project in the Namib desert is about getting out into the field and really making a difference at the forefront of elephant conservation. This is your chance to get involved in vital elephant conservation in Namibia.


	Namibia Environment & Cheetah Conservation

This distinctive programme offers the opportunity to help the cheetah by clearing the sickle bush, allowing them to exist and hunt in their natural habitat. You will also track and monitor both cheetahs and leopards as well as enjoy being in close proximity to these incredible creatures.


	Namibia Field Guide Training Programme

This programme is currently unavailable; to find out about similar projects, please contact us. Experience the fun and excitement of the African bush whilst building up your knowledge of habitats, eco-systems and wildlife. After six weeks of African wonders you could even gain a recognised qualification – a Level 1 Field Guide Licence.


	Namibia Medical Volunteer Project

If you have medical expertise or not, you are more than welcome to join this project that works within the disadvantaged communities of Namibia, helping to improve the lives as well as the long-term health prospects for those living in rural Africa.


	Namibia Wildlife Sanctuary

Volunteering on this programme gives you an exciting and rare opportunity to work with and care for the animals of Africa on a daily basis. You will look after numerous species, ranging from baboons and meerkats to lions and cheetahs, helping to feed, care and clean them, while also maintaining the centre’s enclosures and grounds.


	Noah's Ark Wildlife Conservation Namibia

This family run farm dedicates its time to establishing the most suitable and secure home possible for neglected or orphaned wild animals in the African Savannah. Volunteers are trained to care for the injured or orphaned animals.


	Your Complete Africa

In this rewarding programme you will have the opportunity to explore the diversity of this amazing continent and participate in a number of African community, wildlife and conservation volunteer programmes. You can really make a difference in a continent that desperately needs your help.