Project Examples
We have more than 2,500 projects around Australia and New Zealand each year. View an example of the types of projects available from any of CV's offices.
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Conservation experience
The Conservation Experience is an amazing way to enjoy the beautiful Australian or New Zealand environment while making a contribution to its practical conservation. You volunteer as part of a team and get to meet people from across Australia and the world.
The Conservation Experience runs in weekly blocks, starting and finishing on Fridays. Most volunteers choose packages of 4 weeks or longer. Volunteers can choose to start from any of CV's offices in Australia or New Zealand (25 locations around Australia / 2 in New Zealand). Packages include all of your food, accommodation and project related transport, as well as a minimum of 5 days volunteering on conservation projects (based on a one week package).
You are placed in teams of up to 10 volunteers on projects in urban, regional and remote locations. Team Leaders provide training on-site. Activities include:
- Tree planting
- Walking trail construction
- Wildlife surveys
- Seed collection
- Weed control
- Conservation fencing
- Heritage restoration
Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question about volunteering on the Conservation Experience? Chances are we have the answer waiting for you here!Visiting Australia or New Zealand?
If you are planning to visit Australia or New Zealand and include a Conservation Experience as part of your holiday, to make it easier for you we have a network of international agents that you can book with directly. Just search the list below for information of our booking agent/s in your country. If your country is not listed here you can book directly with Conservation Volunteers.
- BELGIUM - our booking agents are Jobstop, Languages and Travel and WEP
- CHINA - our booking agent is GOES - HKOSC (China Head Office)
- DENMARK - our booking agent is KILROY travels
- FINLAND - our booking agent is KILROY travels
- FRANCE - our booking agents are Languages and Travel , SAÏGA and WEP
- GERMANY - our booking agents are AIFS Deutschland, Dr. Frank Sprachen & Reisen GmbH, Step In and TravelWorks
- HONG KONG - our booking agent is Hong Kong Overseas Studies Centre
- ICELAND - our booking agent is KILROY travels
- INDIA - our booking agent is Ibex Expeditions
- ISRAEL - our booking agent is GoEco
- ITALY - our booking agent is WEP
- JAPAN - our booking agents are CIEE Japan and Galaxy Education Information Centre
- KOREA - our booking agents are IWO, Galaxy Education Information Centre and Working Holiday Association
- MALAYSIA - our booking agent is MSL Travel
- NORWAY - our booking agents are Atlantis Youth Exchange and KILROY travels
- NETHERLANDS - our booking agents are Activity International , KILROY travels and Travel Active
- SINGAPORE - our booking agent is STA Travel
- SPAIN - our booking agent is Sabatica
- SWEDEN - our booking agent is KILROY travels
- SWITZERLAND - our booking agent is Ozeania Reisen AG
- TAIWAN - our booking agent is CIEE Taiwan
- UK - our booking agents are i to i Volunteering, Frontier, Lattitude Global Volunteering, Oyster Worldwide, Real Gap Experience and WAVA
- USA - our booking agents are Cultural Embrace, GeoVisions, InterExchange and International Student Volunteers
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