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UCB students jetted off to Arona, Tenerife to volunteer as Research Guides on the Atlantic Whale Foundation鈥檚 (AWF) whale watching boats.聽

The students, who ranged from college-level to postgraduate, volunteered at the ports of Los Gigantes, Puerto Colon, Las Galletas and Los Crisitianos, parts of one of the world鈥檚 largest whale watching centres. They worked with the AWF and the Tenerife tourism industry to promote cetacean awareness and conservation leading up to the grand opening of the island鈥檚 first Cetacean Information Centre.聽

As well as being on the boats, students analysed and interpreted data in the research room and worked in the Whale & Dolphin Information Centre, speaking with the island鈥檚 tourists and learning more about the local tourism environment.聽

In their free time, the students had the opportunity to take trips and complete activities that helped them get acquainted with the island and provide them with more local tourism knowledge to share with tourists. This included kayaking, mountain-trekking, horse-riding, camping on the beach, snorkelling and gaining diving qualifications.聽

Robert Goodfellow, BTEC Travel and Tourism student, said: 鈥淚 had such a great time; the views on the island were incredible and I saw so many whales up close whilst working on the boats and learned a lot about tourism in Tenerife.聽

鈥淚鈥檝e been diving and snorkelling and hiked up the island鈥檚 鈥楲unar Landscape鈥� trail, which was a challenge, but I鈥檓 glad I did it. The whole experience was amazing.鈥澛�