After many years of study you have already proved that you are a hardworking, appealing and resourceful person. Now it's time to break away and originate new skills in an appealing unknown environment!
Practical work with animal projects
A gap year is the time to take up a new challenge and sense the reality of life as an independent adult. Gap year students who volunteer to work with animal projects that contain cheetahs and other predators do important practical work that makes a huge incompatibility to global wildlife conservation.
Limpopo Game Reserve
In South Africa, you can live and work on an 18,000 acre Game maintain in the Limpopo province, South Africa. sense life in a bush camp and of course make a incompatibility in the conservation of endangered species. Learn new and appealing skills such as:
• maintain Management
• Anti-poaching initiatives
• Animal tracking on foot
• Game capture (seasonal)
• Relocation projects
• Wildlife habituation
Wide collection of species
This vast maintain will allow you to see and work with animal conservation exterior a wide collection of species including:
Aardwolf
Serval
Blue wildebeest
Kudu
Caracal
Bat-eared fox
Duiker
Hyena
Gemsbok
Cheetah
Impala
Black-backed jackal
Steenbok
Giraffe
Zebra
Wild dog
Conflict resolution techniques
The specific aim of this task is to settle the issues between local farmers and cheetah who prey on their livestock. You will be directly involved in this important initiative to demonstrate the inestimable value of cheetah to the local economy. The task seeks to stop farmers hunting and killing cheetah and view them instead as the basis of a sustainable tourism industry. Wildlife tourism can enhance the life of a whole society by providing sustainable jobs, educational opportunities and good health care.
Free-time fun
The opportunities for free-time activities are amazing. For example, you can train as a paraglider and receive an internationally recognised solo licence. In addition, there are surfing courses on the white beaches of Durban. Furthermore, you can spend an unforgettable seven days on a whale, shark and dolphin task in the ocean habitats colse to Cape Town.
Transferable skills
Gap year students who choose to work with animal projects on the Limpopo Game maintain receive invaluable training in many key areas such as: game maintain management, conflict resolution, tracking predators, research and data collection and support on the roan/sable breeding project. In addition, your place is assured on the improbable night safaris! Working intimately with expert game managers and rangers and being completely involved in this indispensable work with animal conservation will originate specific skills you can replacement into your time to come working life.
Earn respect
Your superior Cv will feature your capability to face up to a real challenge in a tough environment and earn you the respect and admiration of inherent employers. Time spent as a volunteer in wildlife conservation will give you the indispensable personal and expert development that could completely turn your life!
