VSA offers you options when making your volunteer decisions, you can either join our fully inclusive guided 30 Day Journey – Durban to Cape Town or you could choose to Volunteer Direct on projects of your choice.
 

30 Day Journey - Durban to Cape Town

This is a fully guided all inclusive ethical travel experience that combines meaningful volunteer work with adventure and local site seeing. The route has been carefully thought out to cover some of South Africa’s most spectacular country side as well as offer you many diverse volunteering opportunities. We will take you off the beaten track to places mostly known to locals as well as visit some of the more famous tourist attractions.

On this trip you will travel from surf city Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal inland towards Pietermaritzberg, to meet the children of the SchoolTrade project. From there we venture further inland to Ukuhlamba Drakensberg Mountains (a world heritage site) for a few days of mountain air, and for travelers who are interested, horse riding and hiking or a trip into Lesotho.

Moving away from the serenity of the mountains we will drive to a hidden jewel in the Wild Coast of South Africa, the remote town of Port St Johns, where you will volunteer on the CART & Sisonke projects while staying in the local Sicambeni village.

After a week of volunteer work we will follow the famous Garden Route down towards Barrydale and your next project The Manger, a holistic and wonderful animal sanctuary. En route we will visit a big 5 animal park, have the opportunity to par take in some adrenalin sports as well as chill out in the forests and rivers of the Tsitsikama region.

The last leg of the journey will take us to Cape Town via Hermanus & Stellenbosh for shark cage diving, whale watching and a visit to a wine farm. We also have some great day volunteer projects for you to work on while in Cape Town.

Note: All the way along the trip we have taken time out to identify ‘care spots’ to stop where the owners support a project of their own whether it’s a local craft centre or a coffee shop that donates proceeds to a worthy cause.

Please download full itinerary here.
 

Volunteer Direct

As we recognize that a set guided journey is not necessarily for everyone and that many people prefer to pave their own way, we have set up a volunteer direct option. With this option you can choose from the list of projects that will benefit from you being there with or without out a guide.

Click here for a list of projects we support

If you choose to volunteer directly on any of these projects exclusively. VSA will advise you with regard to your travel and accommodation arrangements, assist in your correct placement according to your skills and needs, offer a 24hr contact facility while you are volunteering on the projects and ensure your fee is directed to the projects in an ethical manner.

We honor you and your decision to travel with soul. Our intention is to nurture you on this journey and give you time to reflect on the very different cultures and lifestyles you will come in contact with.