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America to Africa. Kate Ochsman a previous EcoTraining Student on the one-year Professional Guide Course tells us that the ‘guiding’ world is not a man’s world after all.
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America to Africa. Kate Ochsman a previous EcoTraining Student on the one-year Professional Guide Course tells us that the ‘guiding’ world is not a man’s world after all.
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty Orb spider your wife…
“Travel has the ability to show us what we’re really made of, to expand our minds, hearts and spirits, and to transform us, among so much more. “
Matt finished his studies in Wildlife Rehabilitation, but never had the opportunity to do what he loves, until now. It took him six years, working in construction, to realise what he has been missing. Here he is now, living his dream in wild Africa as a Professional Field Guide.
People come to EcoTraining for a variety of reasons. Some want to become safari guides. Some want a gap year of adventure. Some just want to learn. Then you get some who want to be better photographers.
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