Volunteer Accommodation - LEO Africa Conservation Project

Volunteers at LEO Africa live in a rustic but comfortable farmhouse in a secluded location inside the Selati Game Reserve, South Africa. Your view is of the magnificent hills and plains of this nature reserve in Limpopo Province: no roads, no pylons, no factories and no other people - just you and the African wilderness.

Accommodation is communal with backpacker-style bedrooms and a communal lapa and braai area - two words you will become extremely familiar with. Piping hot water is supplied by a wood-fired boiler and the house is equipped with solar electricity and paraffin lanterns.

Volunteers prepare food for the group with provided ingredients and complete house duties on a daily basis. Town trips are often necessary to replenish the volunteer team's fresh supplies giving you the opportunity, if space allows, to check your email, phone home and stock up on chocolates.

The volunteer house gets frequent visits from elephants and nocturnal wildlife - the lion's roar is often your sunrise wake-up call. When not on research drives the volunteers spend their evenings braaing on an open fire, socialising with new friends in the lapa and enjoying the night sounds of the African bushveld.