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Amazon Volunteer

 

CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

“This is an experience of a lifetime, one for people from all walks of life.”- Lawrence Smart





 

Who We Are

As a volunteer organisation we are committed to protection of the balance of life in the Peruvian Rainforest. Our aim is to bring economic, social and environmental harmony to the Manu region using sustainable practice. Attending our volunteer programmes you will be involved in conservation and community development projects.

Why volunteer with us?

Volunteer work abroad offers a never-to-be-forgotten adventure in the Peruvian rainforest.
Become a productive volunteer learning valuable field skills for career, degree or just for fun!
In 2004 CREES set up the Manu Learning Centre. Since then, we have worked with over hundreds of volunteers from around the globe, creating a positive and important impact on the Manu’s forests and local communities and the volunteers themselves.

Our volunteer programme  combines training, challenging work and a great adventure, making it a brilliantly unique and rewarding way to visit and actively understand more about the rainforest, its people and its conservation needs.

 

 

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Conservation volunteer work

Our conservation volunteers will be working alongside scientists and local experts. By studying amazon rainforest animals such as the endangered Blue Headed Macaw, you will explore how humans impact biodiversity and crucial conservation issues and contribute to data that helps ensure these species remain protected and informing government decisions.

 

Community development projects

As a community development volunteer you will support essential projects designed to increase the income and nutritional levels of local people though sustainable land management. This sustainable community development project provides the most direct way of changing lives: the local communities can see the difference in a matter of weeks.

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To give you an idea, past projects have included:

  • Wildlife monitoring and capacity building programme
  • Mapping – using GPS to map the area and record areas of special interest
  • Water purification – using local plants and biomass to filter and cleanse water
  • Carbon initiative – offsetting greenhouse emissions through forest regeneration
  • Reforestation – planting new forest to provide renewable commercial timber
  • Education – educating local children in rainforest and sustainable development practices
  • Field guide – producing an illustrated educational tool
  • Jungle exploration – maintaining and expanding the trail system and exploring the area

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Volunteer Itinerary

The Training

To begin your volunteering placement, we start in the ancient Inca capital city of Cusco with a day of orientation and preparation. After arrival at the centre the first seven days is used to give all volunteers the sufficient training.

 

You will receive key education in the following:

  • First Aid & Basic rainforest survival skills
  • Tropical Ecology
  • Conservation & Sustainability
  • Natural History
  • Cultural Diversity & History
  • Astronomy
  • Wilderness Ethics and natural resources conservation
  • Flora & Fauna Monitoring
  • Reforestation & Agro-forestry
  • Ethno-botany
  • Environmental Education
 
 

Accommodation

The volunteer accommodation consisting of 6 thatched buildings. It is relaxed, peaceful, and has been stylishly constructed in keeping with its surroundings. You'll be sharing a room with other volunteers. There is no electricity but our generator works ideally for charging up electronic items and is run for a few hours every night: not great for hair-straighteners but perfect for camera batteries etc!

The bathroom is a separate block and well equipped with six cubicles, each containing a (Western) flush toilet, hand-basin and cold shower. There is a dining and relaxation area, with tables and a few armchairs, as well as a library and covered hammock area to wind-down in after a days work.

You'll have three meals per day. The food is wholesome and mainly vegetarian. Often pasta or rice, soup, fruit juice. There is always a flask of hot water, tea, coffee and filtered (safe) drinking water available. The cook is able to cater for a number of specialised diets, although choices may be limited.

   


The environment is relaxing, with nice weather, good views, excellent accommodation and very pleasant company. Entertainment is very much home-made and there is a real community spirit among the volunteers whilst still allowing for ‘personal space’. Volunteers are well cared for whilst still having the excitement of being in the jungle. All the staff are enthusiastic, helpful and caring.
 

 

Expedition (*)

Take a break and experience 4 days of trekking through the forest, visiting the indigenous community of Queros, exploring virgin forests and discovering hot springs in the Amazon. The expedition takes volunteers further into the local communities way of life, the enormous biodiversity and also challenging activities.

(*) Available for programmes of 4 weeks or longer

 

Programme Prices

Price USD ($)
Price GBP (£) *
4 Week Programme
(33 days / 32 nights)
$2,099
£1,399 *
6 Week Programme
(41 days / 40 nights)
$2,599
£1,733 *
8 Week Programme
(61 days / 60 nights)
$3,199
£2,133 *
10 Week Programme
(69 days / 68 nights)
$3,699
£2,466 *
12 Week Programme
(89 days / 88 nights)
$4,299
£2,866 *
* Prices are quoted in USD. GBP (£) rates are quoted at and exchange rate of 1.5 and are subject to exchange variances
Crees also has a specialised short voluntourism programme for shorter stays (One - two weeks) and families. Please contact us for more details.


Programme Dates

2012 Start Dates
27th Feb
26th Mar
23rd Apr
21st May
18th Jun
16th Jul
13th Aug
10th Sep
8th Oct
5th Nov
3rd Dec

 

 


A Break from the Working Rhythm: Optional Add-On Activities


 

Project work can take its toll on even the hearty volunteer, so our optional Add-on Activities allow our volunteers to take a break and make the most of all the rainforest has to offer.

ADD-ON Activity
4 day / 3 Night Trek - Hot Springs OR Whitewater Rafting: a 4 Day trek, including visiting a breathtaking hot water spring and white water rafting down local rivers with incredible views, camping out in the rainforest
4-day Machu Picchu Trek
2-day Machu Picchu Train Tour
1-day BUDGET Machu Picchu Train Tour
1-day FIRST CLASS Machu Picchu Train Tour
1-day Sacred Valley Tour
CUSCO City Tour
Lima City Tour

 

Our optional Add-On 4 Day Expeditions have proved incredibly popular in the past 5 years, offering you and other hard-working volunteers a perfect balance of adventure and relaxation. While trekking to hot-springs and white water rafting you will also get to stay with the local indigenous communities giving you the perfect chance to learn further about the people, sites and diversity that exist in Manu.

 

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