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EcoTraining Field Guide (FGASA & CATHSSETA)

Every minute of your 55 days on this course will be a learning experience, as you are constantly exposed to the bush. It covers a broad spectrum of subjects, using a mix of formal lectures as well as time out in the field.
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EcoTraining Trails Guide (FGASA)

Explore the wilderness of the majestic Makuleke Concession in the famed Kruger National Park or Mashatu in the Northern Tuli Reserve in Botswana on foot, on a 28-day Trails Guide course (FGASA-accredited), where the majority of your time will be spent conducting bush walks in big game country.
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EcoTraining Professional Field Guide

If you love the idea of taking safari lodge guests from all over the world out on walking and game drive safaris into Africaโ€™s wild places, finding wildlife for them, and teaching them fascinating facts about the animals and ecosystems, then EcoTrainingโ€™s Professional Field Guide course is for you.
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How to prepare for the FGASA Practical

Do you want to become a Field Guide? Are you maybe unsure of what the FGASA Apprentice Field Guide Practical exam entails? Here EcoTraining gives you a few tips and tricks when it comes to your Practical Exam.
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Sustainable Travel and Ecotourism in Kenya

Ecotourism is becoming an increasingly growing trend and should be rightfully so. After all, certain aspects of tourism are a large contributor to environmental degradation. Beyond that, tourism can also be a cruel industry where its profit falls into the hands of the few and not necessarily the local community. Such was the problem of Kenya...that is, until the dawn of sustainable travel and ecotourism - By Richards Cole
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Eco-Isolation with EcoTraining

Jennifer Palmer is an impassioned wildlife biologist, a global educator, public speaker, and an intrepid lover of nature. She is one of the founders of Women for Wildlife, and through her work, she has become a trusted advisor to nonprofits, governments, foundations, film producers and business leaders around the world. We were very happy to host her at one of our EcoTraining Camps during the lock-down and help her 'eco-isolate' in a safe place that brought her so much joy.
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How to prepare for the FGASA level 1 Theory Exam

Do you want to become a Field Guide? Are you maybe unsure of what the FGASA Apprentice Field Guide theory exam entails? Here EcoTraining gives you a few tips and tricks when it comes to studying for the exam.
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Episode 2 of #Tracking 101 with #NormanChauke, we discuss the first things to consider when finding tracks. We learn about lion tracks, impala tracks and what the identifying factors are to look out for and what makes these tracks unique to these animals. https://youtu.be/iQkLnk-or50

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Did you miss our ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ lecture yesterday? Don't worry, we recorded it! Big thanks again go out to @LatestKruger & @PainteddogT for the brilliant lecture and we hope to see some of your faces on our Course starting next week Monday

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