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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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February 8, 2022Makuleke, Karongwe & Botswana

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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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April 14, 2022Pridelands & Greater Kuduland

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EcoTraining Professional Field Guide Course

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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February 1, 2022All Camps

Blog: From The Field

Summertime and the living isโ€ฆnot always easy

When I think about summer the text line โ€œSummertime and the living is easyโ€ from Ella Fitzgeralds immediately pops up in my head. We all know the feeling a beautiful summer can give us. Long sunny days, a relaxing vacation, good vibes, food, and music. You might get it already, a summer in the African bush looks a little bit different. Nevertheless, it is very special but also challenging in many ways.
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Sleepout by Victoria Craddock

Have you ever wondered what activities become the stories you share for years to come? We cannot speak to all of them but we can share some insights into an epic EcoTraining right of passage, the sleepout event.
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Waking up to a Giraffe

The sun has just started to rise, peeping its head above the horizon, and with it, the dawn chorus starts to sing. This sound gently stirs me from my sleep.
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71 Year Old Apprentice Field Guide Shares Her Journey in the Bush with EcoTraining

At the age of 71, Clare Wilson enrolled in an EcoTraining Career Course, packed her bags, and headed north for the bush.
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January 18, 2022

In today's video, EcoTraining Instructor Richard Davis shows us what you can expect when doing the Advanced Rifle Handling and what the different exercises are about.

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January 17, 2022

Ezulwini - one of our favourite gentle giants to come across, and very much part of the landscape here. Video captured JP Le Roux.

Read more about this well-known and relaxed elephant bull? Catch our blog 'Sharing Air with Ezulwini' here: http://ow.ly/Ymyb50HvHmt

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