5 Top Destinations for Spending Your Gap Years Abroad Learning or Teaching Gap Year Sports.
Gap years are becoming increasingly popular, and more and more people are going abroad to work with good causes. There seems to be an increase in in people taking gap years abroad to learn or teach sports, gap year sports covers quite a diverse scope. How do you fancy hitting the surf in Australia or playing volley ball in South America or learning a martial art in Asia?.
So what are the top destinations and related sports for people spending their Gap years abroad? These are not in any particular order!
1) South America – wonderful weather, friendly people and of course a wealth of natural beauty and history. Particularly popular with those who are spending gap years abroad for it’s fantastic and wide variation in marine life that it holds. Don’t worry if you can’t dive yet there are some of the best diving schools available to learn and maybe even teach others gap year sports.
2) China – Spending your gap years abroad in China would offer you a look at a totally different culture to what we are acustomed to in the western world. The food, the way of life and lets not forget the chance to learn the art of Kung Fu.
3) South Africa – has much to offer you on your gap years abroad especially with Gap Year Sports. Working with and teaching locals can be very fulfilling whether this is for Football, Rugby or perhaps surfing of some of the most fantastic surf you will find anywhere. Once you have honed your skills why not take some time to teach the local kids about the surf while on your gap years abroad learning new gap year sports.
4) Canada – Skiers and Snowboarders flock here as it boast some of the best extreme sports venues anywhere in the world. As with many of the places we talk about, this ideal for people of all skill levels right from beginners through to pro’s. Gap years abroad in Canada has a lot to offer you for your gap year sports.
5) Australia – The diversity of Gap year sports is the main reason why Oz is the most popular gap year destinations, that and the weather of course. The most popular gap year sports are water sports, this is mainly down to the excellent weather Australia is blessed with, the long hot summers, an English speaking language make it a fav amongst us Brits.
If you are considering taking gap years abroad, I hope you have found this list of top places to visit useful. But remember you are not restricted to just doing gap year sports you can volunteer, learn or teach new languages and many many more things. Like we said at the the start the world really is your oyster when taking gap years abroad.
This was a guest post written on behalf or Sport Lived. Specialists in gap years abroad in particular Gap Year Argentina. for more information about gap year sports including Gap Year Football please visit www.sportlived.co.uk.
