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Hands on experience:

Working with cheetah, wild dog, small spotted cats, African wildcats and more.
Preparation of animal food and feeding the animals.
Possibility of working with the wildlife vet (darting, capturing and operating on animals).
Possibility of assisting in the hand-rearing of animals.
Local community involvement (e.g. visiting schools in rural areas).

Informal lectures on a variety of topics, such as:

Conservation
Animal identification
Plants and ecology
Astronomy
Survival
Fire arm handling and safety
Tracks and signs
Reptiles
Birds
South African history and cultural diversity.
Anti-Poaching

The lectures will be followed by practical exercises - for example:

Trip to reptile park
Identification of plants on walking excursions
Tracking in the bush
Trip to local tribal village
A trip to Kruger National Park
Stargazing
Natural and traditional food preparation.
Game drives

Other highlights may include :

Bush walk
Bush sleep-out
Elephant back safari

Sunday’s are “off” days, and are spent at leisure.

Adventurous activities are available in the area. Should volunteers decide to participate in such activities (such as hot air ballooning; paint ball war-games; river rafting in the Blyde River Canyon; horse rides) they can be arranged with the project leader at participants’ own expense.

Click here for the student programme.