Holidays
Born Free offers you a unique range of great-value, tailor-made holidays. Our trips are really special and offer a unique, not to be missed opportunity. Because you won’t just enjoy superb destinations and see wonderful wildlife, you’ll also get to visit our projects, see our work in action, meet our teams and visit our rescue animals.
And when you come on a Born Free holiday you will be raising funds to help the animals you visit. Proceeds from every trip we organise directly support and protect wild animals in need.
Shamwari and South Africa Big Cat Holiday 2010
Details are now available for our 2010 Big Cat holiday to South Africa and Shamwari! This trip has been uniquely designed by us at the Born Free Foundation and our tour operator partners at Southern Africa Travel and Shamwari Game Reserve. Have you adopted a Big Cat? Then why not go and see it in its new home! Many of our rescued Big Cats now live at our two Born Free Centers on Shamwari Game Reserve. Shamwari is also home to Africa’s ‘Big Five’; see elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard in their natural habitats. Our holidays go via Cape Town where you can travel up to Table Mountain, journey to Robben Island and go Whale Watching.
Places are limited, and early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment.
See the link below for a short film about Shamwari made by by Ethan and Jenna - winners of Survivor Kenya USA and Survivor Brazil USA respectively.
http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20400518,00.html
10th September to 21st September - download full itinerary
lauren@bornfree.org.uk or call 01403 240170
Similar holidays can be arranged throughout the year to South Africa, Shamwari Game Reserve and the Born Free Centers. Please fill out the form below to request further information about these trips.
Baobab Expedition to Kenya
Retrace the footsteps of George Adamson with Baobab Expeditions, on their Born Free holiday to Kenya. Led by expert guide and naturalist, Benedict Allen, you will explore Africa’s most spectacular National Parks, and have the opportunity to balloon over the Massai Mara. You will meet the staff at Born Free Kenya, learn more about the work of Born Free, and hear how they work to improve animal welfare and protect and conserve threatened species in their natural habitats. You will even have the unique opportunity to visit a Born Free de-snaring projects, where you will learn how to recognise and remove snares. The expedition also includes a visit to Elsamere and a talk by a representative from the Elsamere Conservation Centre.
Baobabs expeditions are specifically geared towards modern-day exploration. Baobab will take you to off-the-beaten-track, wild and wondrous places that are as inspiring as they are eye-opening, providing the most enriching and illuminating encounters in remote and pristine places on the globe, allowing you to experience the world from a whole new perspective.
Born Free Foundation receives a donation at no additional cost to the customer, for each person that joins Baobab's Born Free expedition.
10 days. Departing October 30th 2010. From £3,682 per person.
Find out more, and see the full itinerary at - http://www.baobabexpeditions.com/born_free
VOLUNTEER AT SHAMWARI GAME RESERVE – SOUTH AFRICA
Placements run year round
Trips range from 2 weeks to three months
From £1,299
Shamwari Game Reserve offers the ultimate placements for conservation volunteers in a malaria-free environment, working and assisting with the award winning conservation department. This project also allows participants the opportunity to work “behind the scenes” at Born Free’s big cat rescue centres situated on the reserve. If hands on exposure to African Wildlife is your dream then a conservation project at Shamwari Game Reserve will exceed your wildest expectations. Trips are arranged through Worldwide Experience (www.worldwideexperience.com). Please quote “Born Free” at time of booking, and we will receive a donation at no additional cost to you!
Worldwide Experience now offer a mature volunteer experience to Shamwari Game Reserve. Download details to see the full itinerary.
Born Free’s Holiday Cottage, Isle of Skye
All year round
Oct-May £380/week, June-Sept £480/week
Christmas, Easter & New Year £620/week
“The perfect place to enjoy nature walks and get away from it all.”
Susie Mutch, Kent
For a peaceful and relaxing holiday book our charming and secluded bijou cottage, overlooking the Cuillin Mountains and Loch Snizort. Look for golden eagle, otters, dolphins, seals and red deer. Cottage sleeps seven people. Pets welcome. A bottle of wine and a real fire welcome you! Please call to check availability of your chosen week.
For more information on the Born Free cottage contact our office on 01403 240170 or jo@bornfree.org.uk
The Adventure Company
Mountain Gorillas
Join The Adventure Company on a trip to Uganda, where guides will lead you through the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in search of families of mountain gorillas. The opportunity to interact with the gorillas in their own environment can be wet, muddy and require some walking, but sitting meters away from a great silverback is always a unique and unforgettable experience. Trips also include a visit to Kimbale National Park, where the forests are dense with chimps and other primates, and game drives at Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake Mburo, where you can spot lions, elephants, zebra and wallowing hippos.
On longer trips, you will stop at the equator as you journey towards Uganda’s capital, where you will have the option to take part in activities such as rafting on the White Nile. You will also visit The Born Free Foundation’s Chimpanzee sanctuary on Ngamba Island, which provides homes for orphaned chimpanzees who were rescued from the bushmeat or pet trades. The project is supported by The Adventure Company, who donate a generous amount from each booking towards the care of these chimpanzees.
The Adventure company are also collecting money for Born Free to support the Bear Bile sanctuaries in Vietnam and China.
The Adventure Company aims to run all of their tours in a responsible and respectful manner with regard to both the communities whose land we travel through and the wildlife that lives there. www.adventurecompany.co.uk
Please quote Born Free when booking.
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