Earthwatch offers a variety of ways for you to experience this majestic continent as a volunteer. Want to see for yourself? Begin your adventure right now—just follow the links below for photos, videos, and all the details of each expedition.

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Samburu region, Kenya
This East African nation is known for its teeming wildlife and inviting savannah landscapes, vast regions of sun-soaked earth and grass with mountains lounging on the horizon. The Samburu people, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, have coexisted with a diversity of wildlife for hundreds of years, but growing human populations and settlement patterns put both people and wildlife at risk.

At the Samburu Field Center, you will experience a side of Kenya most tourists miss. You will get to know the local people who are happy to share their culture, and make a real difference in the lives of this community. In addition to your daily encounters with African wildlife, you will go on wildlife drives to see still more in nearby reserves.

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Samburu Regional InitiativeSAMBURU
In the Samburu region of Kenya, you’ll have the unique opportunity to address local conservation concerns raised by community leaders, while working with local community members on urgent environmental issues.


Grevy's Zebras on Community Lands
Carnivores in Conflict
Medicinal Plants

CLASSIC AFRICA
If it’s your first time to Africa, our Classic Africa expeditions will introduce you to an amazing variety of wildlife and the classic backdrop we’ve come to expect from this amazing continent.




Elephants of Tsavo
Lions of Tsavo
Saving Sweetwaters' Rhinos
South Africa's Brown Hyenas
Walking with African Wildlife
Saving the Tarangire Migration

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
On our Off the Beaten Path expeditions, you’ll experience places that few travelers have visited before. From the Indian Ocean to Madagascar’s Kirindy Mitea, you’re sure to have a unique adventure.



Kenya’s Forest Monkeys
Desert Elephants of Namibia
Madagascar’s Lemurs
Carnivores of Madagascar
Crocodiles of the Zambezi

AFRICAN CULTURE
If you want to immerse yourself in African culture and village life, Earthwatch offers several options. Many returning volunteers have said that working with local African communities was one of the most rewarding, transforming experiences they’ve ever had.

Tidal Forests of Kenya
Traditional Knowledge of African Villages
Human Origins at Olduvai Gorge

ANIMAL IN FOCUS
On our Animal in Focus expeditions, you’ll have the unique opportunity to protect a specific species. Experience firsthand the unedited version of a meerkat manor, life as a Cheetah or the plight of the South African Penguin.

South African Penguins
Cheetah
Meerkats of the Kalahari