Award-winning Wildlife Conservation Volunteering

Itinerary

Sunrise starts on the back of our open 4×4 vehicles to head out on a monitoring session along with your wildlife monitor and the other conservation volunteers.

Your wildlife monitor will have specific animals he or she needs to monitor. Radio telemetry is used to locate the animals with tracking collars. You will be properly trained to use the telemetry equipment and after a few days you’ll be doing the telemetry tracking yourself.

Once you’ve located the animal you will map the sighting using a handheld GPS device and update identity kits if necessary. You’ll also need to document behavioural notes used in our research.

We’re usually back by late morning when there will be time to relax, read, write in your journal, have a nap or watch the abundant bird and animal life which occurs around the camp.

We head out again in the late afternoon and we’re normally back in camp shortly after sunset to start preparing supper. Most meals are enjoyed sitting around the campfire, listening to the sounds of the bush and discussing the day’s activities.

At least once a week we have a day set aside to input the information we’ve gathered into the computer and make an analysis of the data.

Stop At:

• Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal
• iMfolozi Game Reserve, Off the R618, Mtubatuba 3925 South Africa
• Tembe Elephant Park, Tembe Elephant Park, KwaZulu-Natal
• Mkhuze Game Reserve, Mkuze South Africa
• Manyoni Private Game Reserve, Manyoni Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal