Gap Year Insurance
If you’re taking a year out to go travelling it’s important to get travel insurance to protect you against any mishaps or unfortunate accidents. InsureandGo offer backpacker travel insurance that can cover you for up to 18 months of travel and includes free cover for over 50 adventure sports.
gap year resources
Welcome to bestgapyear.co.uk. This site will provide you with worldwide gap year jobs, courses and travel opportunities. Winter jobs in a ski resort, summer sports teaching course in Australia, medical projects in China. Best Gap Year list a large number of courses. Begin your search...
| African Gap Years | Australasian Gap Years | European Gap Years | ||
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| Africa is a staggeringly massive continent, made up of vast arid plains and plateau. The gap years that we feature include teaching, farming, and conservation projects, plus many more. Africa Gap Years... | The opposite side of the globe often has a strong pull for us Europeans. Australia and New Zealand are far from home and offer a plethora of gap year jobs and opportunities. Australasia Gap Years... | Europe is one of the most diverse continents. A short distance of travel will bring you to a completely different way of life. Work in ski resorts, for local charities or on polar expeditions. Europe Gap Years... |
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| South & Latin America | North America | Gap Year in Asia | ||
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| This vibrant continent has some amazing people, cultures and sights. Work with underprivileged children or on wildlife conservation projects, or become a trekking guide. South America Gap Years... | Canada and the United States offer some great opportunities for taking a gap year. Internships in business, sports instruction jobs and work on organic farms. North America Gap Years... | The countries that make up Asia include a fair chunk of the world's population. We feature lots of exciting and challenging projects from medical to teaching. Asia Gap Years... |
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| Peru Gap Years | Summer Camps | Responsible Tourism | ||
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| For the gap year traveller, it is fair to say that Peru has a bit of everything and is rightly a popular choice of destination. Read Dan's experience on the Inca Trail, and see what Peru has to offer the Gap Year Traveller. Peru Gap Years... | Wooden cabins in the forest, a placid lake, clear blue skies and jagged mountains on the horizon. And hundreds of energetic children to entertain. Read what it is like working at a Summer Camp and view current positions. Summer Camp Jobs... | Tourism often threatens the very nature of the places that we visit, but it can also bring many benefits, especially if the tourism is well managed by an organisation that understands and cares about the places it sends us to. Responsible Tourism... |
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| Volunteer Gap Years | Fundraising Jobs | Conservation Gap Years | ||
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| We list a wide variety of different types of volunteer work, including community development, teaching, ecological conservation, marine management, working with children, working with animals, and much more. View Gap Years... | Have you ever considered taking part in fundraising as part of your gap year? Work for a number of national charities to help raise their profile, and earn good money that could help fund your dream gap year. View Fundraising Jobs... | Gap year companies are increasingly working with local groups to offer gap year workers who can volunteer their time and skills. If you want to know more about conservation gap years, click the link below. View Gap Years... |
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| Language Gap Years | Sports Gap Years | Adventure Experiences | ||
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| Find out about learning a language abroad or Teaching English as a Foreign Language with our guide to getting qualified and getting started. How to select a TEFL course and how to improve your language skills. View Gap Years... | As part of your gap year there is the chance to take part and get involved in any number of sporting activities. Find out how to get involved in coaching, or gain a recognised qualification during your gap year. View Gap Years... | Perhaps your ideal gap year involves adventure, adrenaline and excitment. Luckily there are a handful of specialist gap year companies offering proper adventure gap years in a range of environments. Adventure Experience... |
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| Medical Gap Years | Cultural Gap Years | Work Experience | ||
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| Volunteering on a Medical Project could take you to many different countries, and you don't need to be an aspiring brain surgeon to sign up. Placements could include Nursing in Africa, Midwifery in Asia, Dentistry in South America or Physiotherapy in Australasia. Medical Gap Years... | You don't have to learn the local language to experience culture, many gap year providers offer community projects allowing you to do anything from helping build a new medical centre with the locals to coaching sports lessons for underprivileged children. Cultural Gap Years... | Companies offer a wide variety of opportunities in industry, whether it's working as an office junior in Tokyo or a diving instructor in the Maldives, you should be able to find an opportunity to suit you, and the skills you'll develop will be invaluable. Work Experience... |
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| Child Care | Round the World | Farming Gap Years | ||
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| There are lots of options available all over the world for anyone who wants to spend their Gap Year in childcare. These can include working in an Orphanage or Children's Home, becoming a private Au Pair, or being a Nanny for the winter season in one of the many Ski resorts. Child Care Gap Years... | Round the World tickets are the best way to experience different countries and cultures, and they're often less expensive than planning your own itinerary and buying your own tickets. You don't have to stick to a pre-prepared package deal either. Round the World... | There a many options open to travellers wanting to experience the agricultural sector in a different country. Cattle farming in Australia, sheep farming in New Zealand, fruit picking in France or organic farming in South Africa; just some of the opportunities. Farming Gap Years... |
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| China | India | Canada | ||
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| Home to almost 20% of the world's population, and currently experiencing unprecedented economic growth, China is an exciting country to work in with lots of opportunities for the gap year traveller. Gap Year in China... | Gap year jobs in India are plentiful, with real opportunities to contribute to the lives of people who really need help. Careful research will reveal gap year opportunities in many parts of India's vast and varied terrain. Gap Year in India... | Canada is a land of contrasts; the vast, flat wheat producing prairies, sit alongside the towering, jagged peaks of the Canadian Rockie Mountains. In such a landscape, gap years come in all shapes and sizes. Gap Year in Canada... |
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