BRING YOUR WORK
See South Africa w hile remotely working.
WITH YOU
You don’t have to quit your job to travel to Africa you can have your job and still explore the motherland.
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Remote work Africa is powered by Honest Travel Experience as a subdivision of the companies Durban branch. Remote Year Africa is a concept we have been tasting since 2010 to see how t he internet will impact the jobs of the future. The idea of remote working is something most millennials are about and through studying the numbers of people remote work from 2010 to date, the number as exponentially grown. At Honest Travel Experience we believe in making the world accessible through affordable experiences and currently remote work is the future and our goal is to make it affordable for people to be able to work from anyway in the world. We have built and empowered ourself to be part of the future as a company we pride ourselves in thinking innovatively to be able to fulfill our mission and vision to our customers, Remote work Africa was a 5 year plan but 2020 as move the world remotely faster than we anticipated and we moving straight to the future.
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HOW IT WORKS Why remote-Year in Africa? Remote Year Africa is about working and traveling and Volunteering for professionals and young people looking to make the world a better place while exploring the continents.
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Remote work Africa Join a Program with your current job or Volunteer while traveling. Schedule a call with a Program Consultant and choose from one of our Itinerary programs. They can help you figure out what program and departure date is best for you. If you don’t currently work remotely, don’t worry! We also have a dedicated team that can help you work with your employer to make participating on a program possible.
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RemoteHow work it Africa works WHAT’S INCLUDED ON PROGRAMS For the duration of your program, Remote Year Africa will arrange everything so you can enjoy the experience.
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Travel Booking & Transportation
24/7 Workspace Access
Our travel team covers all the logistics and r eservations
No need to look for wifi. We provide you with workspaces in
including transportation from the airport to your
every city so you can hit the ground running once you land.
apartment every month.
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Private Room Accommodations
Traveling Staff & Local City Teams
Feel at home in every city with a private room in a fully
Whether it’s issues with your apartment or finding a
furnished apartment with fellow travellers .
spot to eat, we have a dedicated team in every city to help you 24/7.
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Community Initiatives
Event & Side Trips
Each program is committed to engaging with local communities through events and positive impact projects.
Waste no time researching activities. The RY Marketplace is a one-stop shop with curated and unique local adventures.
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BRING YOUR WORK
See South Africa w hile remotely working.
WITH YOU
We have programs of various lengths to accommodate your preferences and work limitations. Work and live in multiple cities around Africa by joining an Itinerary program.
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OUR PROGRAMS 1 MONTH PROGRAME THREE CITIES ACCOMODATION 24/7 INTERNET CONNECTION WORKING SPACE ONE ROAD TRIP SAFARI DAILY ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT HOST 24/7 SUPPORT DEPOSIT: $1000 13
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THREE MONTHS IN AFRICA WORK AND VOLUNTEER THREE CITIES
VOLUNTEERING PROGRAM
ACCOMODATION
LANGUAGE
24/7 INTERNET CONNECTION WORKING SPACE THREE ROAD TRIP SAFARI DAILY ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT HOST 24/7 SUPPORT DEPOSIT: $1000
FEE PER MONTH: $2,000
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ONE YEAR IN AFRICA WORK, VOLUNTEER AND EXPLORE SIX CITIES
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ACCOMODATION
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24/7 INTERNET CONNECTION WORKING SPACE SIX ROAD TRIP SAFARI DAILY ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT HOST 24/7 SUPPORT DEPOSIT: $1000
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DOWN PAYMENT: $1,000
Onboarding Support
Paid when you officially sign up for a Remote Year
resources to prepare for your adventure.
program to secure your spot. This down payment will allow us to book your accommodation in the city of your choice.
Our team will answer your questions provide you with the
Airport Pickup
Our team will be at the airport to pick you up and welcome you with open arms.
FEE PER MONTH: $2,000
Accommodations
This monthly payment will be due 30 Days before the
A private, furnished room in each city, usually in an
start of your program. We also offer also offer payment
apartment with fellow participants and option to upgrade.
in each city.
Local Host
plans and insights on you could best spend your money
Every program will be assigned to a local leader
dedicated to each group as well as local staff on the ground in each city.
Local Experiences
Our sister company Honest Travel Experience will provide
you with the best of local experiences in each city to help you really understand each city. 24/7 Workspace
You will have access to a working place working with your accomadtion because that our priority. Who we’re
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WORKSPACE
ACTIVITIES
Our workspace is situated within walking distance to our
Explore the local scene and find out makes every city special
accommodations in some cities even with the building. You will
with its people, every activity is design to provide you with
have an option to choose any other working space if you don’t
a unique experience to connect you to the people. Our
like any of our spaces. it all about you on with us.
sister company Honest Travel Experience are expect in local experiences they got you covered.
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ACCOMMODATION Our accommodations are located in very interesting locations in each city with pretty much everything you will need in walking distance. The accommodation arranges from Dorms to single and double rooms you can upgrade or downgrade from our standard single rooms to save yourself some money :) Who we’re
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NEIGHBOR Neighbor is platform available to the Honest Travel Experience community, the community is private and available only to people we have hosted and who are worthy of being part of our community the platform helps connect you to Honest Travelers from around the world. The platform aims to make Travelling affordable and accessible to people by taking away the biggest cost when travelling which is accommodation. Neighbor is about accomodation swapping to allow everyone the opportunity to Travel while saving money on their rent. We connect you to fellow travellers who have an interest to travelling to your destination and you get a chance to travel to their locations The platform facilitated house swapping between travellers from weekly travelling to Monthly getaways.
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YEARLY MEMBERSHIP
Access to Neighbor
Access to Neighbor
Access to Co-working space
Access to Activities
Access to Network
Access to Co-working space
Discount on Accomation
Access to Network Discount on Accomaton Access to Transport
R1000
Complimentary dinners Nightlife experience Hikes and Free activities Access to language school
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP Access to Neighbor Access to Activities
R5000
Access to Co-working space Access to Network Access to Transport Complimentary dinner Hikes and Free activities
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VOLUNTEERING Volunteering in Africa as been commercialised to a point where helping as became harder and harder for those really wanting to hand a helping hand . A dollar and A Dream is our NGO program that focuses in youth empowerment in South Africa; We have partnered with trustworthy charities in South Africa who could really do with some help. You tell us how much time you have and what charity you interested in and we will arrange everything for you from accommodation to transportation to your prefered cause. Our Travel company will make sure you also get to explore the country while you volunteer.
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VOLUNTEERING Learn the common languages of the continent to help to easily navigate through Africa, The program is designed to help you navigate your travels and work while exploring the different countries on the continent. Africa is big and a thousand languages and we not trying to teach all of them relax we have a few common spoken language you can choose from. We have the best teacher who will be there for you when it matters the most.
“Speak to a man in is a foreign language and it goes to is head, Address him in is language and it goes straight to is heart” Nelson Mandela.
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COME SEE AND
Come share our stories and experineces
MEET OUR PEOPLE
South Africa is home to some of the friendliest people in Africa sharing their history, acclaimed wine region, spirit for adventure, and so much more. You can expect dramatic cliffs diving into the water, creative and delicious food, beautiful cafes, bustling entrepreneurial scene, diverse cultures, wild animals, breathtaking sunsets and...penguins! If you are looking for a burst of inspiration you will find it in South Africa.
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Remote Remote work work Africa Africa Johannesburg, the metropolis with the country’s tallest skyscrapers, was once just veld (bush), dotted with rocky outcrops, scrubby bush and a network of streams. Today it is a cosmopolitan city of more than four million people, one of the few of its size in the world that is not located on a river or at the sea. It is located in Gauteng, the smallest of the country’s nine provinces, which contributes around 40% to South Africa’s GDP. Johannesburg has seen waves of different peoples occupying the area that is now the city: Stone Age ancestors dating back 500 000 years; Bushmen from 1 000 years ago; 500-year-old Iron Age furnaces belonging to Tswana people, and Boer farmhouses dating from the 1860s. But the city really started in 1886 when gold was discovered by Australian gold prospector George Harrison. Soon tents and wagons appeared, to be replaced by wood and iron structures, and again replaced by brick buildings. A town was demarcated, and a large, bustling market square. Buildings got taller and taller, and today the city boasts one of the tallest buildings in Africa - the 50-storey Carlton Centre, built in 1973.
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It’s home to almost half the world’s human ancestor fossils
It’s been rebuilt four times Within one century, Johannesburg has been transformed from a tented camp, a tin shanty town, four-storey Edwardian brick buildings and now, a city of modern skyscrapers.
The Cradle of Humankind is home to 40% of the planet’s human fossils, making it one of the richest archaeological sites in the world. It’s also home to the world’s largest man-made forest Johannesburg is home to 10 million trees, which helps the
It’s earned the title ‘city of gold’ The city of Johannesburg was formed by a gold rush in the 19th century – 4 October 1886 to be exact.
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city cope with greenhouse effects and also lowers the noise levels within the city.
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Remote work Africa If you’re considering visiting one of the world’s best cities that has an interesting history to explore, think no further than Cape Town, situated at the tip of Africa. Popularly known as the “Mother City”, the city has some of South Africa’s most important history and culture. The city’s beauty is complemented by Table Mountain, which sits majestically in the background. Table Mountain and its adjacent areas were home to the original Capetonians, the KhoeSan people, who inhabited the area before the first Europeans set foot in South Africa. A visit to the Slave Lodge Museum in the city will bring you face-to-face with the slave trade history in South Africa. The slave trade started in Cape Town in 1652 after the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck. Slaves from South East Asia were brought to work on the farms after Van Riebeeck set up the supply station of the Dutch East India Company. Away from the grim past of slavery, colonisation and apartheid, there are plenty of other things to discover in the city. The legendary Houses of Parliament has for decades captured everything you wanted to know about
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Remote work Africa South African politics. It has hosted Cecil John Rhodes in
You can’t visit Cape Town and not go to Robben Island in
1890 as prime minister of the Cape Colony, and was a centre
Table Bay, which represents the country’s dark days, and
in the country for debates about the South African Anglo-
is now a World Heritage site. The apartheid government
Boer War, World Wars I and II and
created Robben Island prison, which kept one of the world’s
the ascendancy to power by the National Party, who created
most famous political prisoners, Nelson Mandela, locked
apartheid.
away for 27 years. In 1994, a freed Mandela delivered his first
The Houses of Parliament is also the place where, in 1966,
speech as the first president of the democratic South Africa
the crafter of apartheid, South African prime minister Dr
in Parliament.
Hendrik Verwoerd, was stabbed to death by parliamentary messenger Dimitri Tsafendas. Today the House is still shaping the history of South Africa.
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Remote work Africa Moreover, to experience the dream of Capetonians you have to visit the District Six Museum, which was founded in 1994. Through the memory cloth at the museum, you can find out about the District Six suburb that stood in sharp contrast to the government’s policy of racial segregation. The creation of a racially mixed suburb came to a grinding halt as the area was declared a whites only neighbourhood in 1950. Thousands of people of colour were forcibly moved to the Cape Flats.
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Fun Facts about Cape Town CAPE TOWN’S NICKNAME IS THE MOTHERCITY.
Although some people joke everything in Cape Town goes
Legend has it that in the 1930s a local Cape Town newspaper
at a slower pace compared to Johannesburg – everything
claimed that Cape Town was the only city in South Africa
takes nine months.
that could justly call itself a metropolis. The public took to this description and because the word metropolis is taken from the Greek derivative of meter or metros meaning mother and polis meaning city, the nickname of “Mother City” was born.
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ROMANCE ON TOP OF TABLE MOUNTAIN.
THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE USED TO HAVE A SEA VIEW.
Table Mountain is 1,860 meters high and it is estimated that
Back in the days, the Castle of Good Hope used to be on the
every month at least two couples get engaged on top of
coastline, hence the name ‘Strand Street’ (‘strand’ means
Table Mountain.
‘beach’ in Dutch and Afrikaans). Land reclamation to create Foreshore and the current harbor caused the coastline to move to the west.
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Remote work Africa Sprawling along the coast, Durban is overlooked to the south by the Bluff (hills separating the landlocked bay from the sea) and stretches across the Umgeni River to the heights of Durban North. Its civic and business centre is on flat land, rising gently to the slopes of the white residential district of the Berea, a ridge of hills encircling the harbour and beach. Durban’s numerous parks include the Botanic Gardens with its orchid house, Jameson Park and its rose gardens, and Snake Park with its collection of poisonous reptiles. The city is home to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, formed in 2004 through the merger of the University of Durban-Westville (founded 1961), originally for Indian students (although nonIndians were admitted from 1979), and the University of Natal (founded 1910). There are several museums and black and Indian markets. Cultural and sporting events are held in Moses Mabhida Stadium, part of the larger King’s Park Sporting Precinct, a commercial, retail, and leisure district.
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Remote work Africa Development of Durban’s harbour, one of the world’s
It is the headquarters of South Africa’s sugar industry and a
major commercial ports, began in 1855. Serving
centre of highly diversified manufacturing activity. Tourism
the Witwatersrand industrial region, it is a major container
is important and is based on the city’s proximity to KwaZulu-
port and point of entry for bulk raw materials, capital goods,
Natal’s game and nature reserves and on the beaches and
and industrial equipment. Minerals, coal, sugar, and grain
their facilities, such as an esplanade and an oceanarium.
are exported, and oil is refined and piped to Johannesburg. After World War I Durban changed from a prim Victorian town to a modern metropolis with skyscrapers and multistoried buildings.
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Remote work Africa Durban (with adjacent Pinetown) has a larger Indian population than white; the area contains one of the largest concentrations of Indians in South Africa. Ntuzuma, Umlazi, and Embumbulu districts to the immediate west were developed as black (mostly Zulu) commuter suburbs. Many blacks were moved from Durban to these areas in the late 1970s under apartheid policies.
Durban is administered by the Ethekwini municipality. Pop. (2001) city, 536,644; municipality, 3,090,127; (2007 est.) municipality, 3,468,086.
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Fun Facts about Durban Durban was originally called Rio de Natal by Vasco
2.Durban has the busiest container port in Africa and is
da Gama when he visited in 1497. Natal in Portuguese
the 9th largest harbour in the world.
means “Christmas.” Durban later received its name from a somewhat controversial governor from the Cape colony, Sir Benjamin D’Urban)
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Remote work Africa The Gateway Shopping Centre has more than 350
the ease of being able to eat it while on the move.
stores, 70 restaurants, 18 movie theatres, an IMAX
Durban is warm all year round the lowest it gets in
theatre, an indoor climbing rock and even a skate park
winter in about 10 decrease.
designed by Tony Hawk making it the biggest shopping centre in Africa. The Bunny Chow is typically representative of Durban – a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry – although the name is a mystery it was thought to originate due to
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