Typical Day In The Life Of A Ski Instructor
I have just come home from Canada, having spent the 2016/17 winter season living and working as a kids ski instructor. This is a brief insight into a day in the life …
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My trip to Australia – Highlights from a road trip down the East Coast, by Emma Jones at Oyster
Australia is a vast and hugely varied country, the scale of which I certainly didn’t appreciate until embarking on a 5-week long road trip down the country’s East Coast. Leaving Cairns at …
Interesting facts about elephants
Elephants are fascinating creatures. Being the largest of all land mammals on Earth, many aspects of their huge anatomy are a source of amazement themselves, whilst their high level of social development …
Oyster Reviews: Volunteering with Sun Bears in Borneo
Find out what our volunteers have said in these Oyster reviews of volunteering with sun bears in Borneo
My travels in New Zealand – Highlights from the northern tip to the southern point, by Emma Jones at Oyster
Tales of spectacular scenery and beautiful landscapes have put New Zealand at the top of my list of places to go for many years. At the start of 2017, I was lucky …
Oyster programmes now available for under 18s
Oyster Worldwide are happy to announce the launch of our under 18s programme page. Are you 17 and looking to head abroad this summer
How to identify healthy elephants when doing elephant tourism
Elephant tourism is increasingly becoming part of every itinerary in Asia and Africa. Most elephants that people will see are in captivity, so how do you know whether the elephants that you …
Oyster Reviews: Medical Internship in Romania
Find out what our medical volunteers in Romania have to say about their time on the project.
13 Alternative (and Fantastic) Places to Volunteer Abroad
Volunteering overseas is increasingly popular and it is easy to see why. Not only do you get to experience life in a totally new place but you are also able to contribute to a …
Re-visiting Nepal – what has changed in two years? By Emma at Oyster
I volunteered as an English teacher in Nepal with Oyster in 2011. Two years later, in 2013, I returned to my host family and school in the village of Godawari to pay …
