Elephant Monitoring at Shamwari

Join us at Shamwari Conservation Experience and help the conservation team monitor Africa’s largest land mammal!  Elephant monitoring plays an important role in any game reserve and the volunteers at SCE get involved on a weekly basis.  We start by tracking and identifying the elephant herd. We then log their position on a GPS, which will be used to map. . .

Kariega Conservation Project – September Update

September had so many wonderful highlights and numerous national significant days were celebrated by volunteers on Kariega Game Reserve. Volunteers got to meet one of Africa’s most travelled. . .

Kariega Conservation Volunteer Program – June 2013 Update

How do you fit all of the June action into one newsletter? All I can say is…darting, captures, releases. In only the month of June, volunteers were part. . .

Conservation volunteers help to remove Rhino Snare

Yesterday Anja (Shamwari’s animal monitoring lady) found a white rhino calf with a wire wrapped around its back ankle. We darted the mother first because she would attack. . .

Kariega Conservation Experience – May Update

Another month has flown by here at Kariega Game Reserve and as always, it was filled with incredible adventures! We never prepare ourselves for a ‘normal’/’planned’ day here,. . .