This is the International website of the JoHo Foundation. JoHo is an (inter-)national organization with the goal to set up as many Experience centers as possible, dealing with work, travel and international cooperation. The main focuses of the organization are passing on knowledge, promoting international contacts and awareness and giving advice.
Volunteering & the possibility to enjoy the Kenyan Coast, go on Safari and give something back by visiting or joining several development projects
5 Day Safari for those who have little time but want to see a lot: 1 night Aberdare national park, 1 night Lake Nakuru national park & 2 nights Masai Mara national park. Price:approx. € 660,- per person
The Wanawa foundation is a non-profit organisation aiming at improving the lives of women and children within existing communities. This is achieved by educating both adults and children, through which they can use their newly obtained insights to improve their standards of living substantially.
Wanawa facilitates a JoHo Experience Center
ICUganda
ICUganda: International Experiënce Center in Kampala
Campertour in Ngoma with the possibility to visit several projects.
A meeting place for local & international NGO's to share knowledge and experiences.
ICUganda facilitates a JoHo Experience Center
Good Works
Good Works: International Experiënce Center in Kumasi, Ghana
Good Works is a Ghana based volunteer organization where young people work together with their Ghanaian counterparts and participate in the devellopment of independent community projects. There are 4 kinds of projects in which you can assist or initiate
Support in childcare and education
Guidance of sports, art or theatre clubs.
the "workshop" where interiors or other material for the projects are made.
There is also a possibility to do a custom made project at the request of individual volunteers.
TCDF
TCDF: Hostel & Development Center in Central Thailand
The Thai Child Development Foundations aim is very simple: it is to help children in their development to become strong, healthy, happy and honest individuals. Besides voluntary work, this partner offers:
Accommodation. Stay in one of the riverside bungalows overlooking the rainforest and while you enjoy the relaxed atmosphere you help the children of the development foundation. It is also posiible to arrange a Home Stay with a Thai family for those ready to immerse themselves in Thai daily life.
Thai cooking lessons for grown-ups or kids.
Kids make their own recycled paper and notebook or learn horse back riding
Go Horseback riding, hicking or trek to a (bat)cave.Go swimming, mountainbiking, wild water rafting or play petanque. But of course you can also chose to just relax and enjoy the vieuw.
Ranong day trip, with a visit to a Buddhist temple, the hot springs and the biggest waterfall of the area.
Andaman coast trip, with a visit to a waterfall, a boat-trip through the mangrove forest and the beach of the Andaman sea.
Long-tail boat trip (organized) on the rivers close to the lodge.
TCDF facilitates a JoHo Experience Center.
Arte Accion
Arte Accion: International Experiënce Center in Copan, Honduras
Arte Accion is a honduran association that organizes socio-cultural activities for children and young adults. In Copán Ruinas we offer since 1999 art, photography, video and drama workshops to children in town and in the rural communities.
Arte Acción Copán Ruinas works with volunteers from all over the world who come to help with art projects for children in Copán Ruinas or in the surrounding villages. We can always use the help of enthusiastic, independent and energetic volunteers.
Do you want to do voluntary work but you do not speak Spanish? Arte Accion can arrange a Spanish course for you.
Arte Accion's local partners can organize all kinds of trips and tours for you weather it be horseback riding or a coffee tour.
Arte Accion facilitates a JoHo Experience Center
Connectie Bolivia: Language & Volunteer Center in La Paz
Connectie Bolivia: Language & Volunteer Center in La Paz
Connectie Bolivia offers a lot of opportunities for Volunteerwork and Internships in Bolivia
There's work for for volunteers who want to give English classes for various projects.
There are possibilities to work within the following fields of work: education, healthcare, social work, childcare, sports and recreation. You can work with children, adults, disabled people, seniors, women and families.
During your stay in Bolivia we can find a host family for you to live with. This is the best way to learn more about the Bolivian culture and to learn more of the Spanish language.It is also possible to find a place to live alone or with friends or share an apartement with other volunteers
Our contacts can organise all sorts of trips and tours for you: visit the salt flats in Uyuni or the mines in Potosi.
Dalaa
Dalaa: Experience Center in Songkhla, Thailand
DaLaa offers a lot of opportunities for Volunteerwork in Thailand:
DaLaa wants to bring people from all over the world together. They organize camps where volunteers can work and live together. Doing voluntary work together, sharing ideas and exchanging different ways of working.
Dalaa offers short or long-term projects: eco-volunteering, teaching, agricultural & creative work. They offer basic facilities for a very reasonable price. A perfect budget option!
Travel & Sleep
Aviva
Aviva: Volunteer Center in Cape Town
See below for a great short movie of an Aviva Volunteer in Cape Town
Here you will find an exciting range of courses, tours and activities that you can include during your stay in South Africa. You can take any of these on their own, or combine any number of them with a volunteer project to create your own unique South African experience.
Garden Route Tour - 5 days
Explore South Africa's beautiful Garden Route on a guided 5 day tour...
Kruger Park - 4 Day Adventure
Would you like to spend some time on Safari in the most famous game reserve on the planet?
Scuba Diving Course
Become an internationally recognised diver with Dive Action and add an amazing experience to your stay in Cape Town.
Wildlife Ranger Course - 28 days
This exciting course offers volunteers an experience of a lifetime with a packed 28-day program that will allow you to fully immerse yourself in the African wilderness.
Kiboko
Kiboko: Travel Center & Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi
Kiboko is one of the leading tourism companies of Malawi based in Lilongwe, the Capital.The newly opened Kiboko Town Hotel situated in the centre of Old Town offers 12 comfortable en-suite rooms in an ethnic African style set up. Kiboko Safaris is offering high quality low priced camping or chalet safaris into all the regions of Malawi but also in Zambia.
7 Days Kiboko Northern Experience:Enjoy the stunning diversity of Malawi’s highlands, the hills, valleys and rocky peaks of Viphya Plateau and the unique Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve populated with elephants, zebra, hartebeest, impala and puku.
7 Days Kiboko Southern Experience:Enjoy the fabulous scenery, the waterfalls and lakes of Zomba Plateau. Visit Malawi’s premier national park, Liwonde NP, and spend time searching for lion, greater kudu, waterbuck, bushbuck and much more!
4 Days South Luangwa NP Experience:Stay at Kiboko’s idyllic eco friendly tented safari camp in Zambia, located on the banks of the Luangwa River overlooking a busy wildlife crossing point.
9 Days Victoria Falls Experience(Zambia):Visit the famous South Luangwa NP and go on game and night drives. Continue the journey via Chipata to Livingstone & explore the mighty Victoria Falls.
Abang
Abang: Volunteer & Travel Center in Capetown
This Center offers travellers the possibility to combine a tour of the touristy highlights of Southern Africa with visits to inspiring and sustainable projects
Molo Madiba Rainbow-tour: o.a. Ride Route 62, the longest wine-route in the world...
Fruity en Fair discovery-tour: 10 day tour that takes you to the famous Panamaroute, Kruger National Park, the surroundings of Venda and a visit to a fairtrade citrus estate.
Adventure tour in Southern Africa & Namibia (19 days).
Whale watching en "shark cage diving"
Workshop African Cooking.
Pugu Hills
Pugu Hills: Travel Center & Eco hostel bij Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
In the Pugu Hills National Park near Dar Es Salaam you can find a place to stay and discover the richness of the surroundings.
The Pugu Hills Center offers:
Accomodation in traditional Banda's or Tents
Bird Watching tours. Leave your bed early to see the many species of birds that are spotted in the area.
Hicking. Many trails lead through the national park. Arrange a trip with a guide that can tell you about the natural wonders along the way and the efforts that are being put in conservating the park for the future.
Guests who are interested in culture, appreciate a hike to the cattle market at Pugu Stesheni (Station) where the cattle from Mwanza (Sukuma herds) are brought and sold.
Amaidi
Amaidi: Volunteer Center & JoHostel in Pondicherry, India
Accommodation: Amaidi Guesthouse in Bharati Nagar, near the international township of Auroville, is unlike other guesthouses: it has a homely touch! Amaidi could also organise a homestay for you.
City trips: Pondicherry tour, Bangalore, Goa, Lakshadweep Islands adventure.
Tailor-made Trips: design your own super-trip with Amaidi and partners.
Amaidi facilitates a JoHo Experience Center.
Asian Heritage
Asian Heritage: Travel & International Experience Center in Kathmandu, Nepal
This JoHo partner has a lot to offer, some of the possibilities:
Accommodation: The Last Resort ensures guests a quiet and peaceful stay in an exotic setting. It is possible to organise hiking, mountain biking or rafting trips here. And for the even more adventurous it is possible to go Bungy jumping, canyoning, rafting or rock climbing. The resort is also organizing environmental awareness programs with the local youth club for the surrounding villages.
With their local partners it is possible to arrange all kinds of voluntary work; in daycare centers and schools but also eco-projects or ICT work.
Annapurna-Sikles Trekking (6 days): the hike takes you to 2100meters altitude.Enjoy the diverse landscape, wild animals and meet the Local Gurung people famous for their courage.
For fit and experienced climbers it is possible to arrange a climbing expedition to Mt Everest and for starters the possibility to take a course in mountain climbing.
This Partner facilitates a JoHo Experience Center.
Casa Ana
Casa Ana: JoHostel & International Experience Center in Lima, Peru
Casa Ana is a small bed and breakfast-place for backpackers.The house is strategically located in central Lima, close to the historic centre and with good connections to other parts of the town, such as Barranco and Miraflores
Casa Ana is safe, quiet and clean. Located in a pleasant green street in a typical local non-touristic neighbourhood.
There are many facilities nearby, such as the local market, internetcafé's, banks, exchange offices, restaurants, laundry, supermarket, shops, immigration office
The personell has a helpful spirit, trying to be of assistance in anything that may come up. Such as visiting Lima, obtaining bus- or airtickets for onward travel, finding reasonably priced taxis, shopping, etc.
Blue Frog
Blue Frog: Travel & Volunteer Center in Suriname
BLUE FROG TRAVEL is a young and ambitious organization that is dedicated to making your stay in Suriname, with its beautiful untouched forests and diversity in its people, unforgettable.
Besides tours and trips Blue Frog can organise voluntary work or Internships for you.
Accommodation can be arranged in the most popular hotels of Paramaribo and Nickerie.
Blanche-Apoera-Nickerie adventure tour (5 days):Come and vistit West Suriname, it is a splendid untouched area with various rivers, creeks, rapids and immense waterfalls. This area is thinly populated and rich in flowers, plants and animal species. Various animals literally cross the road.
Discover the Commewijne district by bike in 2 days. We provide a couple of tour-components such as bike rental, tourist information, a conducted tour and accommodations including breakfast on plantation Frederiksdorp. You can fill the rest of the program yourself. Take, for instance, a boat tour to the citrusplantation Alliance or take a swamp tour.
Silk Road
Silk Road: Travel Center & Hostel in Yazd, Iran
Silk Road has two hostels in Iran. They offer comfort and safety on two very special locations: the city of Yazd and the ancient village of Kharanaq, located between two deserts & surrounded by mountains.The friendly staff offers all the assistance you need:
Booking buses, trains and plains
Making hotel reservations
Internet access
Guided tours
Learning Farsi
Night walks
Jobs & Education
China Inside
China Inside: Language & International Experience Center in Beijing
China Inside: language, jobs & travel services offers:
Accommodation. On the picture you see the Hutong hotel where you can stay as a traveller or during your language course Chinese. The hotel used to be the premises of a prinses of the Qing-dynasty.
Learning Chinese.
Jobs as a teacher, internships and volunteer jobs.
China Inside facilitates a JoHo Experience Center.
Manda Centre
Manda Centre: Language & International Experience Center in Yangshuo, China
a wide array of carefully designed learning programs. They include Intensive Chinese, Academic Year, HSK Preparation and Internship programs.
The language school, Mandacentre, is a qualified and specialized language school that teaches both Chinese language and culture. It has a team that consists of experienced and warm-hearted teachers and managers (both Chinese and Western) who believe in the combination of Study & Leisure.
Learn more by doing a course of Mandarin Chinese, Calligraphy, Tai-chi, Kung fu, Yoga, Chinese Massage, Acupuncture, Chinese Cooking, Mahjong, Erhu Violine or Chinese Flute.
Take a traditional fisherman’s boat to sail the Li river at Xing Ping, the most amazing spot of Karst mountainous area around Yangshuo. One of the best experiences most travelers to China have had during their trip.
Immerse yourself in Argentinan culture by having Salsa or Tango lessons, visiting the Patagonia museum, visiting primary and secondary schools or an orphanage. Trekking in the mountains, joining a phototour, go Wine tasting or Cooking typical Argentine food or an asado (BBQ).
Port Blest Tour to"Los Cantaros" Waterfall and Lake Frías.
Sail westwards on Lake Nahuel Huapi trough the Blest arm of the lake towards its end at Puerto Blest. During this trip you can admire special views like the one of Centinela Island.
For the lovers of outdoor activities there's a thousant things to do: Paragliding, Rafting, Rock Climbing, Horseback Riding, Trekking and Skiing(June-September).
La Montaña facilitates a JoHo Experience Center
Ecole
Ecole: Travel, Language & Volunteer Center in Quito, Ecuador
Ecole does not only offer Spaninsh lessons and Voluntary work but also a lot of different tours:
Galapagos Land-based Tours:Go Island hopping while staying overnight at one of the inhabited islands, or take a bit of extra time to really get to know Isabela or Santa Cruz
Galapagos Diving is mentioned as one of the most unique diving experiences. Depending on the site you can encounter whalesharks, hammerhead sharks, rays, reefsharks, galapagos penguins, sea lions, and much more.
Amazon jungle adventure:visit the primary and secondary rainforest in Ecuador, varying from a day tour to an eight day tour in a canoe to the Peruvian border. It is an unforgettable experience! From swimming in the lake of Cuyabeno at sunset, a troop of monkeys jumping from tree to tree or seeing pink Amazon dolphins, you will never forget a moment of it.
Horseback riding OTAVALO: The surroundings of this indigenous village are best explored by horse. Imbabura, also called the green province, offers beautiful far sights from a horse back. Also for people without any experience with horses this is an excursion you should not miss.
Amauta
Amauta: Travel, Language & Volunteer Center in Cusco, Peru
Amauta offers travellers the possibility to study Spanish while immersed in Peruvian Culture
Combine your Spanish Lessons with activities such as Quechua Language Courses, workshops on Latin American and Peruvian Culture and free daily Student Activities such as lectures, Latin American cinema, salsa dance classes.
The Volunteer Program provides the unique opportunity to live and work in Peru. Students will experience first-hand its rich cultural diversity while cultivating a superior level of Spanish proficiency.
Accommodation: Amauta currently offers 3 different options of accommodation: local guest families, Student Houses, and Student Flats.
LARES TREK: This is a spectacular trip through the Andes mountains. You visit a range of different landscapes, such as the high mountains near Lares as well as the warm upper jungle at Santa Maria.
The Inca Trail that heads towards the world famous “Lost City of the Incas”, Machu Picchu, was used by the Incas to communicate with the “Antis” (the jungle people). Now centuries later you can walk thesame paths.
