Backpackers

Welcome to the Gap Year homepage

Ready for a rewarding, enriching year out? Use Season Workers and our partner site igapyear.com to thoroughly research your options. Both are a completely free resource featuring information on destinations and itineraries, as well as a searchable database of paid and voluntary opportunities.

Every year, more than 100,000 of us take a gap year or career break. The gap year and even career breaks have become a British institution and an accepted rite of passage. Whatever you’re stage of life, if you are going to travel don’t simply book a ticket – plan it well, consider all the options, and your gap year could be truly incredible.


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Sports Gap Years





Sports and outdoor education

Featured Gap Year Organisers

  • Yomps
  • PGL Travel Ltd
  • Xtreme Gap
  • Kingswood Group
  • BUNAC
  • USA Summercamp
  • CCUSA

Gap Year Video Channel

Base Camp Group

Why choose Base Camp? Check out our video to find out and visit our youtube channel, www.youtube.com/basecamptv for even more Base Camp footage

Gap Year Diving - Dahab

A promo video from 2008 in Dahab, Egypt. The video gives you an idea of the diving in Dahab.

Paragliding Courses with Yomps

Yomps Paragliding Courses in the Swiss Alps. Paragliding Instructors and Paragliding Pilots Courses.

Work New Zealand - programme introduction

Get an insight into BUNAC's Work New Zealand programme, the ultimate gap year support package!

Work Australia - programme introduction

Get an insight into BUNAC's Work Australia programme, the ultimate gap year support package!