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African Conservation Experience - Game Ranger Guide Course -
This course is ideally suited to people wanting an introduction to conservation in southern Africa and those wishing to pursue a conservation orientated career, as well as wishing to improve their personal knowledge of wildlife.
A Land of Dust and Magic
"Tuli is a word meaning dust, depicting the conditions in the Tuli block during the dry season. I was fortunate enough to visit the property ';Tuli Wilderness' in the season change over through Nov...
A walk in the bush with mum
Tuli has the last wild roaming population of elephants in southern Africa
Porcupine Tracks
On the wildlife tracking course students use their new tracking skills to locate wild animals in the bush
The Baobab Tree
Nights on the projects are often spent watching beautiful sunsets. At around 20 meters tall, the Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) towers majestically over its neighbours on the African savannas
Tracking cheetah on foot!
Running at speeds between 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph) puts a great deal of strain on the cheetah's body. When sprinting, the cheetah's body temperature becomes so high that it would be deadly to continue; this is why the cheetah is often seen resting after it has caught its prey.
Two warthogs stop for a drink
They are the only pigs able to live in areas without water for several months of the year. By tolerating a higher than normal body temperature, the warthog is able to conserve moisture inside its body that might otherwise be used for cooling. When water is available warthogs drink regularly and enjoy wallowing in muddy places.
Roan antelope
Between 1986 and 1993, the roan antelope population in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, declined from about 450 to 45 animals. At Hanchi and Zingela these animals are being bred. Volunteers monitor their densities, age and condition on horseback.
Tracking cheetah using telemetry
Tracking cheetah and leopard using telemetry equipment and traditional tracking techniques is the main focus at Zingela Predator Conservation Project
Chameleon
A chameleon's tongue extends faster than the human eye can follow, at around 26 body lengths per second
The Male Waterbuck -a classic African antelope
As its name would indicate, the waterbuck inhabits areas that are close to water in savanna grasslands, gallery forests and riverine woodlands south of the Sahara. Such habitats not only provide sustenance but long grasses and watery places in which to hide from predators.
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- phinda
- animal care
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- tuli
- veterinary
- mauritius
- shimongwe
- study trips
- wildlife care
- gap year
- south africa
- bush walks
- moholoholo
- botswana
- hanchi
- predators
- park management
- cheetah
- wildlife rehabilitation
- wildlife research
- projects
- breeding programmes
- game capture
- game drives
- volunteer diaries
- khulula
- rhino
- veterinary work
- tracking
- wildlife capture