Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Are you looking for a more meaningful travel experience? Do you want to give back to the communities you visit, make a genuine connection with locals, meet like-minded travellers and build your skills? International volunteering opens up all these opportunities, and this book has all the advice you need to get you there. Much more than just a resource directory, Volunteer, is packed with invaluable information and full-colour inspiration to get you planning your perfect short- or long-term volunteer experience anywhere in the world - whether it's monitoring sea turtles in Greece, helping set up handicraft businesses in Ghana or building community centres in Guatemala!
Features:
• Unique, user-friendly structure arranged by type of volunteering programme
• Over 170 organisations listed and reviewed
• Dozens of seasoned volunteers share their experiences and top tips
• Written by passionate, well-travelled Lonely Planet authors advised by a team of experts in the field
• Fully illustrated with colour photographs of volunteers in action
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Charlotte Hindle, Nate Cavalieri, Rachel Collinson, Korina Miller, Mike Richard, and Sarah Wintle.
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Are you looking for a more meaningful travel experience? Do you want to give back to the communities you visit, make a genuine connection with locals, meet like-minded travellers and build your skills? International volunteering opens up all these opportunities, and this book has all the advice you need to get you there. Much more than just a resource directory, Volunteer, is packed with invaluable information and full-colour inspiration to get you planning your perfect short- or long-term volunteer experience anywhere in the world - whether it's monitoring sea turtles in Greece, helping set up handicraft businesses in Ghana or building community centres in Guatemala!
Features:
• Unique, user-friendly structure arranged by type of volunteering programme
• Over 170 organisations listed and reviewed
• Dozens of seasoned volunteers share their experiences and top tips
• Written by passionate, well-travelled Lonely Planet authors advised by a team of experts in the field
• Fully illustrated with colour photographs of volunteers in action
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Charlotte Hindle, Nate Cavalieri, Rachel Collinson, Korina Miller, Mike Richard, and Sarah Wintle.
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
