Dates and Costs
Fiji Volunteer Expedition 🌏
We pride ourselves on the delivery of a safe, structured and personally supported experience. Your expedition fee includes your food, accommodation, in-country travel, resort briefings, R&R, weekend activities, emergency support and your expedition leader team living with you 24/7. Expeditions also fund the work of the Think Pacific Foundation (Fijian charity FJ 989) enabling us to support thousands of youths annually to ensure sustainability of the aims.
Since 2009, volunteers have been joining our expeditions from around the globe, supported by our offices in Fiji and the UK. Here’s our prices in some commonly requested currencies;
£195 GBP / $375 AUD / $275 USD
This secures your place in the team. It also provides personal support from your project co-ordinator, full access to our pre-departure resources, live online preparation webinars and your expedition t-shirt. Your registration fee is additional to your project fee.
1 Month – £1500 GBP / $2800 AUD / $2050 USD
2 Months – £3100 GBP / $5600 AUD / $ 4200 USD
16 Day – £1300 / $2470 AUD / $1770 USD
Many students access university funding or fundraise this entire amount, it’s up to you whether you fundraise or not but your project fee is due 60 days before project begins. Over 1/3 of your fee supports the long term charity aims in Fiji and ensures the sustainability of the initiatives we implement.
Our philosophy is to provide a high quality and exceptionally well structured volunteer project. Our expeditions are packed full of adventure and cultural insight, whilst having safety and support at their core. We also ensure that through our charity the communities you support receive long-term financial and physical assistance year-round. Think Pacific is not the cheapest organisation around, but this is for all the right reasons.
See Our Ethical Cost BreakdownAll Our Expeditions Include:
- Airport welcome by Think Pacific Expedition leaders (or resort meet and greet if you arrive early).
- All in-country expedition travel
- All project accommodation
- All-inclusive briefing and orientation from a beautiful beach resort.
- All meals during your briefing, all meals whilst staying with your Fijian village family and breakfast and evening meals during your final days of R&R at glorious beach resorts.
- Guided weekend excursions such as rainforest treks, waterfall visits or snorkelling trips.
- Organised evening Fijian activities including kava ceremonies, lovo feasts, mat weaving,
- Think Pacific Leaders and Fijian Matanivanua guides living with you 24/7.
- Fiji Office & Extensive Fiji based staff team + UK team offering 24/7 back up support
- Highest standard of project planning, safety and risk assessments
- Comprehensive pre-departure information, webinars and access to your private network app
- Fiji expedition de-brief at a selection of beach resorts
- Your project donation towards sustainable development goals in Fiji (which funds scholarships and training for local people, resources and materials to achieve local aims).
1 Month Expedition Dates…
1-Month 2022 Dates
Community Development Expedition
2nd Aug – 30 Aug
Youth Empowerment Expedition
28 July – 25 August
29 July – 26 August
23 September – 21 October
28 October – 25 November
1-Month 2023 Dates
Community Development Expedition
25 May – 22 June
15 June – 13 July
29 June – 27 July
20 July – 17 August
3 August – 31st August
Youth Empowerment Expedition
20 January – 17 February
24 February – 24 March
24 March – 21 April
28 April – 26 May
26 May – 23 June
2 June – 30 June
11 June – 9 July
13 June – 11 July
18 June – 16 July
20 June – 18 July
25 June – 23 July
2 July – 30 July
7 July – 4 August
16 July – 13 August
22 July – 17 August
Mental Health Placement
10 June – 8 July
17 June – 15 July
15 July – 12 August
21st July – 16 August
Sports Development Expedition
9 June – 7 July
23 June – 21 July
14 July – 11 August
1 August – 29 August
2 Month Expedition Dates…
27 September – 22 November 2022
19 January – 16 March 2023
6 April – 1 June 2023
22 June – 17 August 2023
16-Day Projects
Youth Empowerment Expedition
25 June – 10 July 2022
28 November – 14 December 2022
Youth Empowerment Expedition
24 June – 9 July 2023
Remote Internship Program 💻
Mon 1st Aug 2022
Mon 8th Aug 2022
Mon 15th Aug 2022
Mon 12th Sept 2022
Mon 10th Oct 2022
Mon 24th Oct 2022
Mon 7th Nov 2022
Mon 21st Nov 2022
Mon 5th Dec 2022
Crucial to our projects and wider mission, is that your fee funds the year-round work of our registered Fijian charity, Think Pacific Foundation (FJ989). Our charity focuses upon capacity building and training of local people, which leads to sustainable outcomes of the Fiji National Development Plan. This includes providing training, funding internships, supporting local empowerment and job creation for Fijian youths and furthering advocacy surrounding messages of public health, mental health, sports development and enterprise at rural community level. We believe that the most effective and sustainable outcomes can only be achieved by investing in the skills, knowledge and personal development of local people, especially youths, so they may contribute effectively to local decision making processes and be the leaders of change in their communities.
We combine structured projects with unique cultural experience and exploration. Each expedition includes learning about local customs and skills, adventurous activities and time to relax at beautiful island resorts alongside your projects. You will work as a team to achieve a variety of sustainable development aims during the week and you will spend your evenings and weekends immersing in Fijian life and enjoying all excitement and life changing memories of traditional Fijian life.
