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Working with wild animals is always a challenge and it was a great relief to have all hyaenas collared
These are in fact the only elephants being moved in South Africa this year and Askari was there to see it!
Just a few minutes later a tiny little head popped out of the hole behind her
Burning continued into the early evening and the flames emitted an amazing orange glow over the night sky.
I would recommend this trip to anyone and have loved every minute of it.
Today the volunteers helped place a new nesting box into a tree in the area where the ground hornbill has recently been sighted
On the way home we came across another herd of zebra and while watching them we heard some crashing through the bush. Soon, 4 rhinos appeared!
I have loved my time here – highlights including cheetah monitoring, sleep out, visiting Kruger national park and everyday driving around never knowing what you might see around the next corner!
Interns are not required to pay for their stay but become an unpaid staff member assisting with a variety of jobs.
Are you studying an environmentally based degree? Why not use your time as Askari to gain credits for your course?
The vet sedated Hwaqile and carried out some repairs and cleaning of the wounds. For now Hwaqile will be left in a boma to recover and we are hopeful for his return to health.
Every day here is an adventure as you never know what you’ll see! Thanks for such an amazing few weeks.
The afternoon led us back to Buffalo camp to see if we could find the poachers camp, with Joes detective skills and Rachels keen eye we uncovered the camp and bagged up all the rubbish left over.
We walked into the bush and she jumped from the grass and ran away, but soon slowed down and actually back tracked slightly.
Fatalities vary from species of birds which land or collide in flight to giraffes hitting low lines.
On collection of the camera we found a fascinating collection of visitors, including; leopard, civet, laruge-spotted genet, honey badger, black-backed jackal and amazingly the rare side-striped jackal also!
This river giant proved just how impressive and capable it is was on land too!
A massive thank you to ‘The Regulators’ for their hard work which has been much appreciated and has produced a new home for Eddie firmly cemented in the landscape of the Askari house sunrise.
A camera trap was quickly set in the afternoon and we are very pleased to report that on checking it yesterday morning we have atleast two cubs at the den.
Today was quite adventurous…possibly more for Joe and Katie than for the volunteers as they happily taught us how to drive the game viewer up and down a steep hill through the Selati River. We all did amazingly well…even if there were a few stalls initially.
In our time here we helped to dart and release Nyala, took part in a mass capture of over 100 impala and build an aviary for Eddie the Eagle.
My four weeks at Askari have been at times exhausting, at other times breathtaking, but always inspiring and rewarding. The dedication and enthusiasm the team here is very contagious.
The programme is very good and things are done the right way.
It’s a very hands on programme and you actually feel that you have helped and are making a difference to conservation
It’s a great programme and the fact that we are able to stop and enjoy all the animals around us from the smallest spider to the huge elephants.
‘Cooper’ settles into his new home at Askari
This is a great success story and the first of what we hope will be many sable, successfully bred on Pidwa.
Take part in what Askari has to offer, it will change your lives
My time at Askari has been nothing short of inspirational
Working at and with Askari was a phenomenal experience
Askari is a program that provides and exceptional environmental setting in which to learn about and participate in practical conservation and restoration work
If you want an amazing experience that gives you perfect environmental background knowledge, then pursue Askari!
I am returning to Canada with great hope that there are other people in the world that care as much I do about ecological conservation
Protection of giant Weeping boerbean tree completed by ‘The Magnificent 7′
Slender mongoose vs Snouted cobra…..who wins?!
105 new Blue wildebeest added to the Pidwa population
‘Project Impisi’ is a new and important study being carried out by the staff and volunteers at Askari Wilderness Conservation Programme.
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