Quest Overseas - Gap Year Travel

So finally the Bolivia Summer Team have emerged from their jungle home of the last 3 weeks, Parque Jacj Cuisi, and are safely back in Rurrenabaque for a mid-project break. We're waiting for the team to send us a blog update themselves but firstly from all of us here in the UK a huge congratulations to them for completing the enclosure for the two recently rescued baby pumas. Construction work in the jungle is difficult and the team will have been working extremely hard over the last 3 weeks to get this done. All that is left to do is a bit of final cementing and  the pumas can move into their new jungle home...

It's official - the summer has begun here at Quest with our first summer project team landing in Bolivia this morning. The team will be spending 6 weeks working hard in two of the Inti Wara Yassi animal sanctuaries. First of all in the newest park, Jaqj Cuisi, constructing a large enclosure for 2 recently rescued baby pumas before heading accross to Parque Ambue Ari to spend their time caring for a variety of rescued animals including pumas, jaguars, ocelots, monkeys and birds.

Keep up to date with their stories and photos here!

Sounds inspiring? Why not apply to be part of our Gap Year team heading out to Bolivia in February 2012!

Bolivia Team 2 have been out in the mountains for a while, trekking in the Huayhuash near Huaraz, Peru.....here's the update from Walker! Photos to follow (we hope...).

Early in the morning, we set off for the Huayhuash. When we arrived in the Huayhuash, we were greeted by a pack of donkeys, a horse, and our second guide Cristobol. As soon as everythiing was together, we set off on the first leg of the trek, climbing up a steep ridge. We arrived around lunchtime, and spent an afternoon relaxing and fending off Sword-faces. After a stir-fry dinner, we hit the tents, but had a restless night (owing to the sloped campsites). We woke up with a delicious yogurt and granola breakfast, although sadly Robbie didn´t take it down as well as the rest of us...

Hooray for Ambue Ari !

We arrived in La Paz on the 28th of march it was so unexpectedly cold! It was very exciting meeting everyone. We all liked each other at first sight and we had fish and chips at Oliver's travel. Then our first day in Bolivia we did the worlds most dangerous road by mountain

Quest's end of expedition parties are legendary, aptly wrapping up an awesome three months together as a team. This photo is from the start of the evening with our Bolivia Team 1 on their last night, they're a little reluctant to send us any from the end of the night...

Congrats to all of you though on a great expedition!