You will be part of the Pod Volunteer Under 18 team spending 1 week getting involved in Turtle and Marine conservation! You will be supported by team leaders who will be living with you on the beautiful island of Kefalonia.
It’s open to all 16-17 year olds and is also an ideal trip to complete your DofE Gold Residential. You will have exciting conservation activities every day, including turtle nesting beach surveys (early morning starts), harbour surveys of the turtle population, snorkelling surveys of sea grass meadows and a coastal clean-up. These activities will be accompanied a series of engaging educational presentations.
July is turtle nesting season and August is a transition between the end of the nesting season and start of the turtle hatching season.
Accommodation is provided in shared tents at a campsite conveniently located just outside Argostoli town. Each tent can sleep up to 4 people, on a single sex basis.