Description

You and an elite group of adventurers will trek across some of the world's most remote, wild, and spectacular locations on an incredibly challenging but highly rewarding journey. Under the guidance of one of our field experts you'll learn how to lead your own expedition, including camp craft, navigation, leadership, and field safety. Along the way, you'll pass through some of the most dramatic landscapes that the world has to offer, where animals never before seen and communities almost entirely cut off from the rest of the world live.

* What Will I Be Doing?

You'll learn all the skills that you need to lead your own unforgettable expedition. These will include:

Pre-departure planning and preparation:
* Risk assessments
* Personnel selection
* Fundraising
* Marketing
* Budgeting
* Health and safety awareness

Expedition skills:
* Navigation
* Camp siting
* Provision planning
* Communications
* Health and safety

Expedition leadership:
* Route-planning
* Debriefing
* Team communication
* Decision-making
* Problem-solving
* Taking responsibility

Scientific survey work will involve studying a number of indicator species using standardised rapid biodiversity assessment methodologies. The details of the programme will be put together by the expedition scientist but typically will include elements from:

* Vegetation surveying
* Small mammal sampling
* Amphibian sampling
* Butterfly trapping
* Bird-watching
* Opportunistic observation of birds, reptiles and mammals

Highlights

* Explore stunning Tanzania!
* Home your survival skills.
* Make lifelong friends.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

3,000

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Travel while in host country
• Written materials abroad
• Written materials pre-departure

Program Fees Include:

Before you go:
* Pre-departure support
* Travel & medical advice & documentation
* Equipment advice
* Discounted medical kit
* Free Frontier t-shirt
* UK expedition management training weekend

In-country:
* Accommodation
* Food
* Internal ground transfers & in-transit accommodation
* Local orientation
* Project training
* Project equipment & materials
* 24-hour in-country & international HQ emergency support & back-up

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview

Frontier's Mission Statement

To conserve the world's most endangered wildlife and threatened habitats and to build sustainable livelihoods for marginalized and under resourced communities in the world's poorest countries. To create solutions that are apolitical, forward-thinking, community-driven, and innovative and which take into consideration the long-term needs of low income communities.

Year Founded

1989