About Trang Coastal Conservation Hub
- residential visits for under-18s — multi-day overnight programmes for ages 6–17
- curriculum-focused expeditions — co-designed school trips (CAS, GCSE Biology/Geography field studies, project- and research-based trips)
- Duke of Edinburgh Award support — residential and adventurous-journey sections
- career-readiness intensives — sustainability, social enterprise and conservation career pathways for older students
- gap-year programmes — structured multi-week trips for 18–22 year olds
- higher-education field courses — extended university-level courses with PADI certification for marine fieldwork
Approach
Fieldwork runs Monday to Friday with weekends free. Tide-dependent surveys start early; activities rotate between weeks so nothing repeats.
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 — Mon | Turtle work with university partners | Kayaking and hike in the mangroves | Dinner |
| Tue | Beach clean and microplastics survey | Thai lesson; mangrove nursery; coral reef, mangrove and seagrass presentation | Dinner |
| Wed | Bird survey; national park tour | Cooking class in Sikao; mangrove restoration with university partners | Fun night and dinner |
| Thu | Seagrass monitoring (early start, tide dependent) | Thai lesson; seagrass data input; Muay Thai session | Trang night market for dinner |
| Fri | Coral survey on nearby islands | Coral data input; GIS training | Dinner |
| Week 2 — Mon | Microplastics fieldwork with university partners | Coral data input; batik workshop in Sikao | Sikao market and dinner |
| Tue | Bird survey; mangrove restoration with university partners | Thai lesson; seagrass training; mangrove nursery | Dinner |
| Wed | Seagrass monitoring (early start, tide dependent) | Cooking class on Koh Libong; seagrass data input; mangrove nursery | Fun night and dinner |
| Thu | Mangrove restoration with the resident marine scientist | Thai lesson; conservation-debate presentations; mangrove nursery | Dinner |
| Fri | Beach clean and microplastics survey | Botanical gardens visit | Dinner |
Setting
Trang Province on the southern Andaman coast, between Krabi and the Malaysian border — a coastline of mangrove estuaries, seagrass meadows (Thailand's most important dugong habitat), and offshore islands including Koh Ngai and Koh Libong. Programme sites centre on Sikao and the near islands. Accommodation initially split between Dugong Village on the mainland and Thapwarin on Koh Ngai offshore.
Volunteering
Group bookings
We also host school groups, university groups, under-18 cohorts and Duke of Edinburgh groups.
School group info University group info U18 cohort info DofE group info