Gibbon Conservation Internship in Thailand

Start your conservation career by gaining valuable insights into endangered gibbons.

Durations: 4 - 12 weeks
Fieldwork hours40 hrs of fieldwork per week
Participant ratio1:6 staff to participant ratio
GVI experiencesIncludes GVI Experiences
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Program information

Travel to Thailand and spend your days tracking endangered gibbons in the mountains of Chiang Mai. You’ll be involved in recording and analysing valuable data on gibbons’ habitat use, group size and behaviour. On this program you also have the option to work on a unique research project, conduct wildlife research on plants, mammals and reptiles, or get involved in our elephant conservation program.

Included in your program, at no extra cost.

Make the most of our unique programs with these exclusively curated local adventure and wellness experiences.

Offered once a month, expand your adventure with GVI Experiences. These are just some of the activities offered on your program!
Learn traditional Karen cooking
Learn traditional Karen cooking
Connect with the Karen people's culture
Connect with the Karen people's culture
Forage for forest medicine with a village elder
Forage for forest medicine with a village elder
Visit Thailand's highest peak
Visit Thailand's highest peak
Explore Thailand's elegant and mysterious waterfalls
Explore Thailand's elegant and mysterious waterfalls
See amazing biodiversity on a night trek
See amazing biodiversity on a night trek
Take a sunrise hike up Two Tree Hill
Take a sunrise hike up Two Tree Hill
Sleep under the stars alongside Asian elephants
Sleep under the stars alongside Asian elephants
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