I am currently wondering what to do with my summer and one of the options is to do some volunteer work. I have a lot of experience as a volunteer teacher but am not keen on doing this as this is now my permanent job. I did some conservation work in Iceland a couple of years ago and loved it so am looking for something similar in a different country. I have lots of relevant outdoor experience for more picky projects.
My requirements are:
-Somewhere mountainous, or at least 'wilderness', not fussed were in the world, somewhere like Greenland or Norway would be ideal (can't for the life of me find any projects in either of these two countries). I would like to do some trekking/mountaineering after the project
-A maximum project length of 4 weeks during late July, August
-Conservation work like maintaining trails etc. preferred over soft counting turtles, hugging elephants rubbish
-Not a sponsored summer holiday style 'gap yar' experience with tacked on volunteer experience
-It shouldn't cost more than £600 (without flights) unless it is to somewhere really special
Does anyone know of a suitable project or can point me in a promising direction?
Thanks
Sam