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There are just two days left on the Go Overseas Big Apple Giveaway – just leave a review on your time with Quest Overseas and be in with a chance of winning some cool Apple gear. iPads, iPods, iTunes gift cards…all pretty nifty prizes!  Here in the Quest office we’ve been eyeing up a shiny iPad […]

Quest Overseas is recruiting! Are you passionate about inspiring young people to be part of sustainable volunteering projects and pioneering expeditions? Then this could be the role for you! We are looking for a full-time, outgoing Operations Assistant to join our friendly team in Hove, East Sussex. The role is a permanent position, with duties […]

Our latest news from the guys on the Manu project in Peru Hello again, reporting back to you from the local internet café covered in cuts, bruises and dirt, but all in all alive and kicking. With several bio-gardens and a couple of agro-forestry plots completed we feel a sense of achievement. Over the past […]

Our latest news from the guys on the Manu project in Peru Hello again, reporting back to you from the local internet café covered in cuts, bruises and dirt, but all in all alive and kicking. With several bio-gardens and a couple of agro-forestry plots completed we feel a sense of achievement. Over the past […]

Quest will be manning a stand at Rugby School’s annual Higher Education & Gap Year Fair tomorrow morning (Sat 2nd June) from 9:30 – 11:45am. Do come along and have a chat with us about your Gap Year options, to find out a little more about the teams we have headed overseas next year, or […]

  It certainly was an important day for this 72 year old gran who finally celebrated her official 18th birthday in style!    The leap day exists purely for astronomical reasons however many curious myths, traditions and even laws surrounding the 29th of February have been formed. Although this might not be the best way to […]

Who fancies heading out on the East African Expedition next year to spot a cartload of chimpanzees, a bloat of hippos, a crash of rhinos or even a coalition of cheetahs? Or perhaps South America sounds more enticing with its posses of vicuna and shadows of jaguars… A recent google search to find the collective […]

Back by popular demand the much sought after, often fought over Quest Overseas Leader of the month.   Congratulations Alix Odgers.   Not only has Alix been fantastic leading her team through Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, (though having seen her she looks like she spent the entire 3 months Sun bathing!!!!).   She has been […]

Today sees the launch of the first International Day for Street Children, a new campaign to give a louder voice to the millions of street children all around the world so their rights cannot be ignored. Here at Quest, we’re passionate about the rights of all people, and we’re very happy to add our voice […]

Gap-year.com have opened their Travel Photography competition for 2011 – they are looking for a single image which evokes “a sense of what a gap-year is all about.”  Maybe you have some lucky shots from your Quest expedition that panned our just right, or perhaps you spent hours setting up your shots.  Either way, whether you’d like a career as […]