Archives: October2010

• Veronica Baas – Canada…..click here

  You leave Askari knowing that the time you spent as a volunteer did make a difference to the running of this benchmark reserve. The experience will change your life and leave you wanting to return again and again

• Sue Fletcher – UK…..click here

  Accommodation was fabulous, food delicious and nutritious, and organisation faultless.

• Cheetah vs Leopard

  Which of these 2 cats comes out on top when they meet over a kill?

• A young Serval kitten on its daily hunt

  What a privelege, to watch a young serval go about its daily duties catching birds

• Pangolin – The rarest creature in the African bush

  An odd looking, armoured ant eater, the pangolin is an extremely rare treat to see

• Monitoring of the hyaena in the boma

  A digital camera trap has proved very useful in recording the interactions and activities of our hyena

• Elephant darting & contraception – October 2010

  Up close & personal with the largest land mammal on earth

• Rhino Darting – September 2010

  At a time when the species is being persecuted so much by poachers it was time to re-locate some males and bring in some females in the hopes of adding some indivduals to the population

• Cheetah CSI – September 2010

  What happens when the territories of 2 cheetah coalitions collide?

• Mass game capture – August 2010

  Running the curtains, helicopter flights, off-loading game. All in a days work

• Nyala darting – June 2010

  20 nyala moved to a new home

• Ostrich release – May 2010

  Crazy ostrich raleigh

• Impala rutting season – April 2010

  The impala have gone crazy!

• Mountain reedbuck release – March 2010

  38 new Mountain reedbuck released

• Reptile deliveries – February 2010

  Leopard tortoise and Puff adder released at Askari

• New Askari pride member – January 2010

  A tiny new lion cub has been spotted

• Rates

  Rates inclusive of all accommodation, food, activities and transfers to/from Phalaborwa airport.

• Accommodation

  Set in the heart of the reserve, the Askari house is surrounded by the wilderness of the African bush

• Reserve records & Identification kits – Read more here

  Records are kept of all sightings that the team enjoy of elephant, rhino, lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena and more

• Predator & Prey dynamics research – Read more here

  The predators provide us with some great sightings, especially if we’re lucky enough to find them feeding on a kill. This information is valuable to the management of the reserve

• Nyala, Reedbuck & Sable breeding programme – Read more here

  Askari volunteers help look after the breeding camps for rare antelope species

• Nocturnal mammal monitoring – Read more here

  A chance to see some of the rare, weird and elusive nocturnal creatures!

• New game introductions – Read more here

  Be a part of releasing new game onto our wilderness area

• Lion contraception programme – Read more here

  Volunteers may have the chance to get up close and personal with Africa’s largest carnivore

• Sleep outs in the bush – Read more here

  Nothing beats the sight of a shooting star across the milky way of the African sky

• Marcel van Hussen – Costa Rica…..click here

  “It is so great I cant stop thinking when I’m going to come back. 10 out of 10 rating”

• Kelly Blakeley – UK…..click here

  It really has been a lifetime experience.

• Heather Wiles – USA…..click here

  “It isn’t one of those volunteer programs where the project is running and the volunteers are extras. Here the volunteers are vital for the functioning of the program. We were always doing something important and were always aware of the rationale behind every activity.”

• Andy Burnett – UK…..click here

  “Everyday is guaranteed to bring plenty of laughs and you will learn new and exciting experiences while working with professionals.”

• Jade Price – UK…..click here

  “This month has been one of the best of my life! If you want to do something worthwhile then I’d highly recommend you come here!”

• Rebecca Dicks – UK…..click here

  “I have been on a few volunteer projects around the world but especially in Africa and I can honestly say Askari is by far the best value and the most amazing project. I highly recommend it anyone and think you are crackers if you don’t consider spend some time there.”

• Jennifer Smith – UK…..click here

  “In two weeks I took part in herbivore research drives, bush walks, checking perimeter fences, tracking cheetahs (five times), alien plant spraying, drives to look for rhino, installing a ground hornbill box 5 metres up in a tree, protecting an umbrella thorn from elephants by putting rocks around its base, drives to do game counts, a sleep out, monitoring sable, nyala and reedbuck projects and night drives.”

• Steve Parker – USA…..click here

  “I especially liked the focus on creating a wilderness area, as large as possible, to house endangered animals while developing the native habitats those animals need, rather than creating a maximally stocked reserve built for taking tourists on safari.”

• Ben Peck – UK…..click here

  “Plus, I now have the best stories to tell in the pub about holding scorpions, camping next to rhinos, hearing a wild lion roar, watching cheetahs hunt.”

• Maja Ramlose – Denmark…..click here

  “Every day means new tasks, and you will get to participate in and contribute to many of the various challenges and tasks that managing a game reserve is.”

• Dennis De Paolo – USA…..click here

  “You can volunteer part of your life towards making a difference in the right direction and when it is time to leave you know you did the right thing.”

• Luke Matthews – UK…..click here

  “Make one smart move….. go to Askari! You won’t be disappointed.”