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Close encounter with a leopard
Close encounter with a leopard
At Phinda volunteers head out at night to track the elusive leopard. Once located and darted with a sedative, the volunteers help secure a radio collar and collect data on their condition
Monitoring Bottlenose Dolphins
Monitoring Bottlenose Dolphins
In the wild, these sleek swimmers can reach speeds of over 18 miles (30 kilometers) an hour.
Baby Hyena
Baby Hyena
On the Game Ranger Course you never know what surprises you mind find in the bush!
Volunteers assist with a cheetah darting
Volunteers assist with a cheetah darting
Life in the field working alongside an experienced wildlife vet is both unpredictable and challenging
Volunteers assist vets with lion work
Volunteers assist vets with lion work
At Phinda volunteers assist with hormonal contraception methods on lions to help manage populations and maintain the balance
Moving lions is a skilful task
Moving lions is a skilful task
By law only a registered vet can use high scheduled drugs to immobilise animals. Volunteers learn about the drugs involved, darting techniques, and will administer low schedule drugs. Here volunteers are preparing these lions to be moved.
Vet attends a buffalo call out
Vet attends a buffalo call out
Of the four vets we work with, three of them operate 100% in the field. Volunteers often help out with the testing of disease free buffalo.
Thirsty elephant
Thirsty elephant
Elephants don't drink with their trunks, but use them as "tools" to drink with. This is accomplished by filling the trunk with water and then using it as a hose to pour it into the elephant's mouth.
Whale Fluke
Whale Fluke
Humpback whales can dive for up to 30 minutes to a depth of 150-210 m!
Vets working in the field
Vets working in the field
Shimongwe Wildlife Veterinary Experience offers you the chance to work with experienced wildlife vets in the field on a variety of species
Baby Chameleon
Baby Chameleon
The game ranger course not only teaches you about the large African animals, but also the smaller ones, the trees and their uses, birds, insects and reptiles!
Coffee break
Coffee break
The famous Baobab tree makes a great bench for a large group of volunteers!
Bottlenose dolphins play in the waves
Bottlenose dolphins play in the waves
You can find these dolphins in Plettenburg Bay where they are usually in the waves since the noise of the water hides them from predators who use sound to hunt
Porcupine Tracks
Porcupine Tracks
On the wildlife tracking course students use their new tracking skills to locate wild animals in the bush
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