Adventure Heals in Montana
In Kalispel, Montana, Brad Ludden of First Descents offers cancer patients and their caregivers a chance to enjoy whitewater rafting on big rivers, the ultimate way to heal.
Volunteering
Voluntourism is traveling for good. Here we explore the many ways travelers can give back to communities around the world by going on volunteer work trips and helping people around the world.
Book Authentic Travel Experiences with Visit.org
Visit.org helps travelers book authentic travel experiences with do-good organizations to help educate people about the communities around the world
The Culture-Keepers of Costa Rica’s Rainforest
Spending time in rural Costa Rica with LEAF, an organization devoted to preserving indigenous cultures in the Costa Rica Rainforest.
Giving Guatemala: A Cement Floor Is Cherished
GlobeAware sends volunteers to help local families improve their lives by putting in cement floors.
The Togean Islands: Endangered Reefs
Indonesia’s coral reefs off the coast of the Togean Islands have been bombed and bleached, but one local is working to protect them.
Thailand: Swimming with Sharks Phi Phi Island
Swim with Sharks in Beautiful Thailand By Andrew Neal There are many things that kill more people each year than sharks – dogs, cows, and lightning. Trying to follow that logic was important as a blacktip reef shark, longer than I am tall, swam towards me in the open water…
Thailand: Saving Dogs from Becoming Dinner
Thailand: At the Soi Dog Foundation in Bangkok, volunteers can help save dogs from becoming dinner. Helping out a good cause.
Brazil: A Young Explorer’s Amazon Journey
Amazon Jungle: Shaya Laughlin as a Amazon Jungle: Shaya Laughlin as a 17-year-old went to the Amazon jungle with adventurer Mike Horn to work with locals on a water project called Pangaea in Brazil.
India: Apple Harvest Volunteering
Apple Harvest in India: Volunteering during the Harvesting Season By Priya Krishnan Das Apples aren’t my favorite fruit. But the very thought of climbing apple trees and plucking apples seemed very romantic, so I set out looking for volunteering options for this year’s apple harvesting season. I found Banjara Orchards…
Jamaica: Volunteering to Help Save the Reef
Oracabessa Jamaica trip: Volunteers clean the reef to try and bring it back to a healthy state on Jamaica’s north coast.
South Africa Travel: A Unique Road Trip
Africa Travel: A New Kind of Road Trip Across South Africa By Eleanor Harte A new road trip across South Africa allows visitors to see the sights and do some good in the process. If you’ve always wanted to swim in Kosi Bay or learn to cook dinner with a…
France: MEET Brings Ecotourism to Provence
MEETing A Different Provence–In the busy South of France, we travel lightly By Max Hartshorne, GoNOMAD Editor This story is about MEET…or Mediterranean Experience of EcoTourism and one of their soul-enriching trips to destinations all over Europe and next to the Mediterranean sea. Luca Santarossa, the organization’s founder, met me…