Description
This exciting conservation trail is a hands-on adventure which offers you genuine work towards protecting the local wildlife. Located in the Waterberg region of South Africa, this ride is for those who love nature and would like to learn more about African wildlife. You will sleep out in the bush most nights and must be ready to pitch your own tent, hike on foot where needed and with an easy-going attitude - the nature of this programme requires flexibility! Some days you may need to ride at speed to cover the ground whilst other times you may need to walk over difficult terrain with your horse. Sometimes you might even need to make a night ride (assuming there is enough moonlight), depending on the work that needs doing.
Activities during this ride may include tracking and counting game, mapping game locations, sweeping for snares, patrolling fences, informing on human and animal activity in the area, night patrols and herding cattle. The programme also includes some classroom learning, although your 'classroom' is likely to be under a tree or around a fire, perhaps discussing conservation methods or bush first aid for example. This is really a hands-on adventure for those ready to learn and participate - at the end of the trip there is a short exam, to recap all you have learnt, and participants will be awarded a certificate.
