We
are happy to report that our conservation volunteers at Kariega Game Reserve were
amongst the first to view our newest little addition on the reserve…a white
rhino calf. The rhino calf is only a week old in the photo! Rhino calves can stand
within an hour but remain wobbly for a couple of days. Read
more
Jennifer
O’Brien’s fourth and final week at Shamwari Game Reserve
I've
had a really good last week at Shamwari Game Reserve. We went on a night drive
on the Monday and saw lots of interesting nocturnal animals, as well as some cheetah,
which was a bonus. We also worked throughout the week, cleaning water points,
chopping down trees and removing cactus and prickly pears. During the week we
went on a drive around the reserve and saw a black rhino for the first time, as
they are really hard to find, so that was a good way to end my placement. Read
more
Jennifer
O’Brien’s third week at Shamwari Game Reserve
I
have had another great week here at Shamwari Game Reserve this week. The week
started with us helping to dart the sick lioness, once she had been darted we
had to move her into a crate to be taken back to the veterinary surgery to be
examined. We spent the rest of the day poisoning invasive plants on the reserve. Read
more
Jennifer
O’Brien’s second week at Shamwari Game Reserve
I
have had a great second week at Shamwari and cannot wait for my next! We went
to Jeffrey’s Bay on our first weekend here and stayed at a hostel called
'Island Vibe' which was right by the beach and had a great bar. It was definitely
a place for surfers!! We spent most of the weekend on the beach, soaking up the
sun and relaxing. Read
more
Shamwari
Game Reserve Diary by Jennifer O’Brien
I
thought I would send a quick update to let you all know how my first week at Shamwari
Game Reserve has gone. I am having an awesome time here as we have done and seen
a lot in the first week. I arrived here on Monday and we were welcomed by the
lead coordinator. As we were all tired after our flights we didn't do much on
the first day, but got the chance to relax and explore the student house. Read
more
Veterinary
Nurse Needed at Shamwari Game Reserve
Worldwide
Experience are on a nationwide search for a qualified Veterinary Nurse
to assist with the conservation department at Shamwari Game Reserve for 3 months.
This fantastic, once in a life time opportunity has arisen from the needs and
requirements of the ever busy, and growing conservation team on the reserve. Read
more
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The 2010 Shamwari Game Auction date has been set
Date:
Saturday, 08 May 2010 Venue: The Wildlife Centre, Shamwari Game Reserve Game
to be auctioned includes: Buffalo; Hippo; White Rhino; Black Rhino General
game in breeding herds as well as individual adult bulls including: Nyala;
Eland; Waterbuck
To volunteer with Worldwide Experience at Shamwari Game
Reserve and get involved in the game captures and auction please email info@worldwideexperience.com
or enquire here.
Shamwari
Game Reserve - Alun Goodwin
"I
was about to go to one of the world’s best Game Reserve’s, Shamwari,
where I would be fortunate enough to spend four weeks. I was gifted with an unforgettable
first day there. At Shamwari, one of our many responsibilities was to monitor
the Black and White Rhino. Throughout the course of the morning we encountered
many animals including, Giraffe, Zebra and Elephant as well as many other species
when, finally, at the top of one of Shamwari’s many hills we spotted an adult
White Rhino with her baby. Read
more
Shamwari
Game Reserve Conservation Month end report – November 2009
The
students were involved in many conservation activities, namely: Game Capture;
Rehabilitation Centre; Veterinary; Born Free; Burning; Jackal Research; Nursery;Fencing
and Vegetation Plots; Alien Vegetation; Brush Packing; Water Points; Monitoring
... and many more!
There
was much excitement at the volunteer house on Kariega Game Reserve as the volunteers
embarked in the early morning to help catch a large white rhino bull. The rhino
was sold in an exchange program for the purchase of two young rhino cows. This
was done as part of a controlled conservation management plan of the rhino population
on Kariega. Read
more
Moholoholo has more babies!
Moholoholo
Rehabilitation Centre is now the new home for, four baby warthogs who lost their
mother to poachers.
They have been brought to the centre to be looked
after and the volunteers are getting hands on with these little week old bundles
of joy and keeping busy feeding them every two hours, but no one minds as they
are so cute!!
Shamwari Game Reserve - Conservation Month end report – October 2009
The
students were involved in many conservation activities, namely: Game Capture;
Rehabilitation Centre; Burning; Nursery; Fencing and Vegetation Plots; Alien Vegetation;
Brush Packing;Water Points as well as participating in the following activities:
Community Project: Students helped out at the SPCA Spay Day, which took place
in Paterson ... and many more! Read
more
The
Wildlife Film Academy course has just found a great new reserve!
We
are very pleased to announce that the Wildlife Film Academy has a new venue. The
month long course will take place in the Entabeni (the place of the mountain,
in the local language) Private Game Reserve, 23 000 Ha of bushveld, ravines, savanna,
sandy wetlands and wooded hills, on the eastern end of the Waterberg Escarpment,
a 3 hour drive from JHB airport. Read
more
A
week in the life of an Amakhala volunteer - By
Marie May
Monday,
28 Sep 09: Normal Wakeup & Departure on a bright and sunny morning (or
not… where has the lovely weather gone?!). But disaster strikes on route
to find our friendly lions – smoke starts coming out of the vehicle, so we
must turn around and return home until we find out what’s up!! ...
Worldwide Experience - Shamwari Game Reserve Conservation
Month end report - Aug 2009
The students were involved in Game Capture as on of their activities in
August. They got to watch Johan dart lions in a boma, so that they could introduce
a new female in order to form a new pride. They also got to watch the loading
of animals from the antelope bomas, and two students got to travel with Joseph
to Sanbona in the Game capture truck, and so much more! Read
more
Laura Christie on the Moholoholo Rehabilitation
Centre (Testimonial)
"After
deciding I wanted to get away and do something completely different to what I’m
used to, I spent four weeks at Moholoholo Rehab Centre from 16th June 2009. As
soon as I got picked up from the airport by Lynn (student co-ordinator) I felt
relaxed and welcome. All the students that we picked up from town on the journey
back to Moholoholo were lovely, I couldn’t have asked for a better group
of people to settle me in." Read
more
Whale Dis-Entanglement Program
Ocean Blue and the ORCA foundation recently participated in a course presented
by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism on Whale Dis-entanglement.
Along with the NSRI and Cape Nature, the participants were put through their paces
in the attempts to free a trapped whale. The training consisted in theory and
practical was very interesting. Read
more
The
Wildlife Film Academy has some amazing sightings
During the practical part of the course, students are accompanied by an
experienced filmmaker, who gives students invaluable advice in the field. On the
June course, students were blown away with an incredible sighting, and filmmaker
Tim Chevallier reports: ”On this latest field trip to the southern Kruger
we were blessed with an amazing experience. Read
more
New
component added to the Wildlife Film Academy course
An exciting new lecture on Animal Communication has been added to the course
content. Anna Breytenbach, a professional Animal Communicator has been practicing
for 9 years in Canada, USA and South Africa, and will spend a full day and evening
with the Wildlife Film Academy students. Read
more
Diary
from Gareth John, Shamwari Game Reserve
Since
I have been here in South Africa I have seen some amazing wildlife and the work
we do is actually quite fun as well, I am actually enjoying cutting down trees
and there is something very satisfying about doing it. We were lucky enough to
experience the relocation of five elephants a couple of weeks ago, which apparently
only happens every other year. Read
more
The
Born Free challenge
The
Born Free challenge comes by once a year and is gone again in the blink of an
eye, so Born Free and WWE have been busy setting up this year’s Born Free Challenge
on Shamwari Game Reserve. Born Free Foundation is a UK based charity that work
towards the protection and preservation of all kinds of animals from mistreat
and misery. Read
more
Our
new accommodation Potes
Potes
is our new accommodation for our Shamwari volunteers and we think it is a vast
improvement. It is located on the southern border of the reserve, so in a completely
different area from Madolos our old house and is just minutes from the conservation
department on Shamwari. Read
more
Born
free at Shamwari have just opened their hearts to 3 Leopards
Born
free have just opened their hearts to three Leopards and given them a home on
Shamwari Game Reserve. On arrival at Shamwari, Eastern Cape, South Africa, a 25,000
hectare wildlife reserve, three leopards from Limassol Zoo, Cyprus...
Shamwari
has opened their own animal hospital and volunteers have been busy getting involved
in helping to rehabilitate the patients. The hospital was opened at the conservation
department after we took in Temba the orphaned baby elephant from our sister reserve
Sanbona.
Moholoholo
Rehabilitation Centre has been busy looking after more animals with a success
story at the end. Moholoholo took in two baby porcupines to the centre and hand
reared them, but recently Sonic and Rover got bigger and harder to handle, so
after much research they found a small reserve near Letsitele ... Read
more
Sadly
missed ...
Moholoholo
have sadly lost the last one of their three lions they took on after they were
abandoned by an Egyptian circus. 13 years ago Goldie, Shortie and Blondie arrived
at the centre and have lived there ever since as they were too badly treated before
to fend for themselves.
We
had a busy weekend at the Trust; our hotline was as hot as the sun that finally
came out through the clouds. On Friday around dusk, we received a call about a
Colobus that was hurt, crawling on the ground with its troop nervously encircling
it in the nearby trees.
"At
the beginning of May I had a little jaunt around South Africa and needless to
say I had a great time! What follows is a brief little summary of my time there
(I say brief, as if I had the time I could easily write pages as each project
was that much fun and I experienced so much).." Read
more
Experiencing
Tiger Sharks firsthand
Our
UK Team Coordinator, Melissa Alvarez recently returned from a 10 day trip to South
Africa where she visited many of our projects and also set out on a mission to
set up some new and exciting projects. Read
more
Moholoholo
has two baby rhinos
Moholoholo
are now looking after two baby rhino that were rescued in the Kruger Park in September
and October and they are doing really well...
Kariega
knew that one of the lionesses were pregnant, but when her gestation period of
110 days were over, no one on the reserve saw any sign of her...
Shamwari
Game Reserve As a part of your volunteer work with animals you
will assist in the ongoing conservation projects which take place at the reserve
including: • Game monitoring • Game
counts • Predator ID • Elephant ID •
Rhino ID • Tracking using telemetry •
Anti-poaching patrols ... and so much more! Read
more about Shamwari
Hoedspruit
Endangered Species Centre This versatile project will enable you to
get involved in conservation work with animals at the Endangered Species
Sanctuary and the Big Five Game Reserve including: • Working
with cheetah • Working with wild dog •
Feeding of animals • Working with the vet •
Darting & capturing animals • Visiting local rural schools •
Monitoring of antelope • Elephant back safari ... and
so much more! Read
more about Hoedspruit
Moholoholo
Rehab Centre Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre is nestled in a picturesque
setting at the base of the Drakensberg escarpment in the Limpopo Province Lowveld.
A haven for vulnerable wildlife, the centre performs rehabilitation work with
animals that have been abandoned, injured and poisoned wildlife - as well
as being a specialist breeding centre. Read
more about Moholoholo
Become
a Game Ranger Your six week Level One training will cover the following
elements: • Field guiding as a profession •
Creating a nature experience • Geology and astronomy •
Arthropods and amphibians • Reptiles and fish •
Birds and mammals • Animal behaviour •
Hospitality - incl. wine tasting • Weapon handling ...
and so much more! Read
about Ranger Training
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