Amazon Rainforest Conservation & Community Development
What's Included
- Pre-departure support
- Airport pick-up and transfer to base
- Food and accommodation
- Training materials and science equipment
- Informal Spanish tuition
- Introduction to TEFL training
- Comprehensive training necessary for research techniques
- Overnight satellite camps in the forest to explore the reserve
- Four-day Amazonian adventure exploration side trip (one per each five week phase)
- Bush craft and survival skills
- An internationally recognised Emergency First Response first aid course
- 24 hour in-country support
- 24 hour emergency phone line in the UK
- A free Careers Abroad fieldwork placement and job vacancy service for all former expedition members (successful placements depend upon aptitude and attitudes)
- Discounted access to Smugmug services, a secure way of storing your photos while travelling.
What's Not Included
- International flights
- Medical and travel insurance
- Personal kit
- Spending money (for personal purchases, social excursions away from the base, evening socialising, and post-expedition travel)
- Inoculations and medication (NB: A rabies vaccination is obligatory for this expedition)
- BTEC in Biological Survey Techniques (which has an additional cost of £250).
