I did the same as your friend. I worked for the orangutan foundation in Borneo for 6 weeks, which cost 600 pounds. It sounds a lot but it includes absolutely everything (food, accomodation, transport, etc.) for the 6 weeks - you just have to get yourself to the nearest town.
I also worked for 4 weeks at a place called Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai, Thailand for 4 weeks, which costs 200 pounds a week (you can go for 1 - 4 weeks) and that also includes everything apart from getting to Chiang Mai.
I haven't heard of any conservation programmes that include flights as they are all charity based and at the end of the day it would be cheaper to employ local people than fly westerners to these places. A good place to get flights is expedia.com where you can book round trips which are cheaper than individual flights.
If you want to ask me any questions about these, then go ahead.Gap year traveling and helping wildlife programes?
They generally are pretty expensive.
I wanted do do voluntary work in an orangutan rehabilitation centre for just 2 weeks and it was costing the best part of a grand!
(Also no flights included)
I've had to hold it off until i can save up enough money, but being a poor student and only working part time means the poor orange fellas will have to wait some time for my help :(
However you can opt for a different package.
The cheaper ones are usually involving sealife- mainly turtles.
I always look on the real gap experience website.
Some are expensive and other not so much.
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