Work with the wildlife

Reserve management on horseback

• Within the large breeding bomas, roan and sable react much calmer to horses enabling monitoring at a much higher level.
• Disease free buffalo habituation from horseback on the greater reserve

White rhino monitoring and tracking

• White rhino were recently introduced on the reserve. Volunteers track rhino on a daily basis as part of the reserve's anti poaching campaign and monitor their movements around the reserve. 
• The white rhino are currently not habituated to a vehicle therefore monitoring from horseback through dense thickets and bush allows for closer monitoring of the species and less stress to the animals. 

Monitor roan and sable antelope populations

• With their young hid singly in the bush, rather than in creches, the populations need to be carefully monitored. You will study population densities, ages and conditions.
• Predator monitoring - young antelope are very vulnerable in bush and the bomas require management to ensure predation levels from cheetah and hyena are minimal.
• Having successfully relocated over 100 endangered roan antelope, this project is of great conservation importance.

Be responsible for equine husbandry and care

• Look after the horses on a daily basis, including feeding, grooming and disease control
• Assist with the ongoing training and exercise of the herd at Hanchi.
• Equine tack and yard maintenance

Learn how to track cheetah on foot, using telemetry equipment

• Joining the Zingela predator conservation project on the greater reserve - use radio telemetry to monitor movements of cheetah, brown hyena and buffalo.
• Uniquely, cheetah are almost exclusively approached on foot - follow in the footsteps of these wonderful and endangered predators; moving when they move, resting when they rest and watching them stalk, hunt and feed.

Study predator movements and behaviour

• Observe hunting and feeding behaviour, including kills, and social interactions. Hyena monitoring can take place during night drives on the reserve.
• Record GPS positions to determine home ranges and movement patterns

Help with reserve management and maintenance

• Contribute to fence line patrols of inner sable and roan camps and the greater reserve, observing tracks and holes from animals that may cause the fence lines to be interrupted.