Program Overview
Location: Kauri Coast, New Zealand.
Duration: Minimum 2 weeks.
Cost: $1,300 USD for the first two weeks plus $330 for each additional week thereafter.
Fees cover all food, accommodation, pre‐departure and in‐country support, orientation, and project‐related activities.
Flights, travel insurance, personal spending, visas, and vaccinations are not included.
The organization operates on sustainable principles, is totally off‐grid, and uses recycled structures and tools.
Benefits and Learning Opportunities
* Learn about New Zealand's unique native flora and fauna and the challenges of protecting them.
* Acquire conservation and monitoring techniques and training required to perform at a biodiversity ranger level.
* Experience endangered species in the wild and explore areas closed to the general public.
* Gain knowledge of sustainability practices and living off‐grid.
* Engage in self‐discovery through immersion in a remote forest setting.
* Explore attractions of the Kauri Coast, such as trips to the lakes and visits to 2,000‐year‐old trees.
Volunteer Activities
* Cutting and marking tracks.
* Installing, refilling, and monitoring bait stations.
* Monitoring kiwi, kokako, rodents, bats, lizards, and freshwater fish.
* Entering data.
* Weeding and planting the herb garden.
* Building and landscaping.
* Chopping wood.
* Occasional maintenance and sustainability tasks.
Daily Schedule
* 8 am – 9 am: Breakfast
* 9 am – 9:30 am: Clean‐up
* 10 am – 12 pm: Morning work activities
* 12 pm – 1 pm: Lunch (indoors or picnic‐style)
* 1 pm – 4 pm: Afternoon working activities
* 4 pm – 6 pm: Free time / leisure time
* 6 pm – 8 pm: Dinner
* 8 pm – 10 pm: Leisure activities – sunset watching, soccer, dusk bird chorus; Mondays free; once weekly excursions to Kauri Coast sights and night safari for kiwi observation.
All information above is subject to change.
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