North Bali Reef Conservation needs the support from international volunteers to help with its current projects. One main focus is building and deploying artificial reefs onto an area of previously destroyed reef. Volunteers will work alongside other international volunteers and local fishermen to build personalised artificial reef structures, which are regularly deployed into the sea using traditional fishing boats. The next day volunteers will scuba dive and arrange these structures under water, between 6-8m, where they will provide habitats to a wide variety of marine species. An on-site reef monitoring program has shown that the artificial reefs improve marine biodiversity by 7x, compared to the previously destroyed area of reef and it is great for volunteers to see their hard work paying off!
There are a wide variety of other activities offered to volunteers each day:North Bali Reef Conservation was set up in Tianyar village and volunteer accommodation is just a stone’s throw away from the beach with a perfect view out to the ocean. Artificial reefs are constructed on this beach under the shade of tall palm trees. The structures are deployed directly out from the building area. Tianyar is in the region of Karangasem and is three hours from Bali’s capital Denpasar. Visiting the fishing village of Tianyar is a unique cultural experience because unlike the much of South Bali, it is untouched by tourism. It is also a great site to call home as volunteers travel around Bali with good condition road links both north and south. Many volunteers choose to take day trips to feel mentally and culturally enriched at Balinese Hindu temples such as Lempuyang temple, to cool off in waterfalls such as Aling-Aling or to hike to the top of Mt Batur and witness the breathtaking Balinese sunrise.
What can volunteers expect?There are always activities volunteers can do in their free time. These include:
North Bali Reef Conservation is a non-profit organisation. All volunteer costs go towards volunteer activities, accommodation, food, future program development and the salary of local people who help the project. The break down of the fees is as follows:
We provide an airport or hotel pickup each Sunday included in the volunteer fee. Please provide us with flight times and details and our drivers will wait at the airport for the volunteers.
The volunteer’s accommodation is located right on the beach where volunteers can enjoy swimming, snorkelling and watching the fisherman bringing in their catch early in the mornings. It is located 20 mins from world-famous dive site village of Tulamben, 40 mins from diving village Amed and 1.5 hours from Lovina. Ubud is a 2.5hrs hours drive from this location.
The volunteer’s accommodation is a clean and friendly environment, where the volunteers call home for their time with us. There are 12 guesthouses and cabins, which accommodate up to 30 volunteers.
What can the volunteers expect from our volunteer’s accommodation?
*) All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) are provided on working days (Monday to Friday).
*) Vegan and Vegetarian Food provided upon the request
Volunteering starts on the Monday of each week, but volunteers should aim to arrive the Sunday beforehand. Each Sunday we provide airport pick-up to take volunteers to our site in Tianyar, ready to start the program on Monday. If your flight arrives before Sunday, or you are already in Bali, we can pick you up from a your hotel, providing it is in roughly the same area as our airport pick-ups (e.g Kuta, Seminyak, Canggu, Sanur).
NOTE: Please be aware, all volunteers joining any volunteering program in Indonesia requires a B211a Volunteering Visa for their stay. We can provide support to volunteers to process their B211a volunteering visa through a visa agent in Bali. You should begin to process it at least 2 weeks, but no more than 12 weeks before you arrive.
Reef Conservation Supporter
North Bali based NGO working with volunteers and local communities to restore and protect its coral reef ecosystems.
$342/week
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