UAA0018 - CRIMEAN ADVENTURE CAMP

Dates: 30th July - 12th August.
Type: Renovation / Environment placement.
Location: This year the project will be settled in a tent camp (760 m. above sea level) with the pictorial views near popular sea resort of Alushta on the slope of the m. Chatirdag. (15 min. by regular bus to sea shore in Alushta, 30 min. from the famous tourist-city of Yalta and 2 h. from historical city of Sebastopol with ancient historical ruined town of Khersones).
Work: Group will deal with cleaning hiking paths and outdoor camping places in mountains from rubbish and pieces of fallen trees, renew markers for hiking paths around slopes of m. Chatirdag, m.Demerdgi and in Bahchisaray Historical Preserve on radial hikes basis. For 3-4 days the group will leave the base camp for short hiking to clean some distant camping places on the route.
Accommodation & Food: All volunteers will be accommodated in tents. Simple shower, cooking and washing facilities will be organised in the base camp. Cooking will be organised on basis of kitchen-brigades by volunteers. The Ecological Hiking Group in mountains will cook on a campfire themselves and live in simple hiking conditions.
Free Time: Romantic nights with new friends under starry sky and visiting places with greatest views in Crimea will be open option for each participant of Crimean Adventure Workcamp. Different leisure options for weekends, like sightseeing in Yalta resort, Bahchisaray or some other places of their interest, visiting ancient heruvimes cave's city Chuphut-Kale are available. You will also have a possibility to water-sports, snorkel or to dive in the Black Sea or to make a weekend trip to Sebastopol and to ruins of Khersones ancient town, etc
Project Language: English.
Required Items: Volunteers must have with them their own backpacks, sleeping bags, roll mats, raincoats, strong boots for hiking on rocky surface of mountains, safety gloves to pick up glass, working clothes for painting, caps with peak and sunglasses, sun-protection lotion and mosquito repellent. Drums, guitars and other musical support is very welcome. Bring some pictures, stories, music, national food and drinks etc for the great cultural exchange!
Placement cost in EURO: 20
# Volunteers: 10
Notes: Participants should be ready to live in nature in tents and hike carrying their backpacks food, necessary minimum of private clothes and simple tools during 3-4 days, they should be flexible for changes in the camp schedule, which could be changed because of a weather and the administration of national reserve of Crimea permissions.