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Amazon Jungle Camp: Reforestation and Wildlife Protection (Amazon Rainforest Peru)

Help us Plant Trees in the Amazon Rainforest. Let’s Protect our Planet’s Most Diverse Wildlife through Nature Conservation!
This adventurous Amazon Jungle Camp offers you the unique opportunity to experience the immensely beautiful, densely wooded, rich and green environment of the rainforest and provide a valuable contribution to its conservation. If you are interested in helping endangered wildlife and plant species and are looking to enjoy a simple, very much ‘back to basics’ life without electricity and using only fresh river water, then this is just the thing for you.

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Leave modern society behind and enjoy an unforgettable, life-changing chance to protect rare natural wonders, reconnect with yourself and nature and also dedicate time to your own personal growth and evolution. This is your chance to live a life of absolute intimacy with nature!

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Volunteer Responsibilities

Your primary volunteer duties at the camp will be to assist with the maintenance of the research area for biologists, researchers, university students and guests involved with the research programmes. In addition, you’ll find yourself working with many animal and plant species, and participating in the environmentally friendly planting of trees (afforestation) along the paths in the project area. You might also help with searching for medicinal plants, and harvest exotic fruits.

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The owner of the property has delegated management of the operations for protecting the rainforest to his camp manager who will be your main contact person for the project and will allocate tasks, advise you and deal with your queries. 

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Volunteer tasks include:

  • Assisting in the reforestation of the area, including weed control around the already planted trees.

  • Creating and maintaining new ways to observe and research the flora and fauna.

  • Agriculture-oriented work (e.g. planting and harvesting of organic vegetables and exotic fruits for the self-sufficiency of the project participants).

  • Collecting seeds and plants.

  • Sowing and caring for new seedlings.

  • Taking inventories of macroinvertebrates on the Hospital river.

  • Monitoring and taking inventories of butterflies, insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds and wild animals (for example, various monkeys, snakes, caimans, etc.).

  • Species identification & classification (entomological surveillance).

  • General maintenance work of the project site, including regular cleaning of communal areas.

  • Sharing the responsibility of cooking with your fellow volunteers.

  • Project monitoring and reporting.

  • Assisting in educating the local community and visitors about the work that the project does.

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The exact tasks you will be asked to carry out will depend on the current needs and priorities of the project as determined by the camp manager and Volungo Abroad management. The tasks stated here are therefore examples of some of the possible types of activities you will be asked to do.

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Working hours:
Your estimated working time is 30 hours per week (Monday to Saturday, about 5 hours a day). Much of it, however, will be performing exciting activities, and won’t feel much like work (e.g. nocturnal animal observation).

Pricing

 

Official Camp dates:

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Start dates every 1st/3rd Sunday of the month
€ 1479,00 – 1st month
€ 1429,00 – 2nd month
€ 1379,00 – 3rd month, and after

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Individual camp dates:
+ € 150,00 – Start your placement any Sunday of the month
+ € 250,00 – Chose your own start dates and change them up to 3 times before your trip.*

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*Last date change up to 3 weeks before your departure.

Included Services

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  • Food and full board for communal cooking (also vegetarian or vegan).

  • Return pickup service to and from the airport/bus station in your arrival city.

  • Pre-arrival pack.

  • Welcome dinner for all camp participants.

  • Complimentary t-shirt.

  • FREE 20 hour intensive Spanish course.

  • Return transportation to and from the camp (on successful completion of the project).

  • 24 hour support.

PROTECT RARE SPECIES IN THE GREAT DEEP RAINFOREST!

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