Check out our 26 marine conservation holidays. What better way to spend your gap year than soaking up the sun on a beautiful beach whilst helping with marine conservation. Perfect for marine biology and oceanography graduates, these marine conservation gap year holidays offer the opportunity to gets some hands on experience and a great adventure at the same time! Whether you want to scuba dive over coral reefs, help conserve turtles or collect data, we have a great selection of marine conservation holidays for you to choose from.


These full and frank independent Marine conservation holidays reviews are from travellers who have booked directly through responsibletravel.com. They are not edited by us or any of the companies we work with. Find the real story, from real travellers below.



A real experience and trip of a lifetime. We met friends for life and experienced thing we may never get opportunity to experience again.
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I feel extremely lucky to have experienced everything that I did, I have plenty of memories from this trip that will stay with me forever.
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Flying over San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos then landing on the tiny airstrip right by the sea and seeing unique plants and animals for the first time that I had only seen in books or in documentaries was the most exciting part.
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I'll always remember holding the loggerhead turtle when our scientist tagged him. But when we spotted sperm whales socialising, that was spectacular!
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Excellent! Every aspect was amazing. My partner and I are both deeply grateful to everyone who works for the operator for making such a special and memorable experience. We will almost certainly be booking up again!
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The researchers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about their job. And nothing will ever compare to seeing so many beautiful creatures close up in their natural habitat.
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Excellent holiday, highly recommended. I will definitely be travelling with responsibletravel and I have already told everyone I know about your website. Keep up the good work.
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Beautiful scenery, great conditions for sailing. We had a wonderful and entertaining guide to local customs and cuisine from Sotiris our skipper.
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Most memorable? The diving and marine life, the culture, the beauty of the place, i.e too many memorable parts.
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