Higher Certificate: Ecotourism Field Guide
This NQF5 course is designed to equip you with the skills to pursue a successful career as a wildlife guide.
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Accredited by leading associations such as FGASA and official training entities such as CATHSSETA, our career courses and programmes offer individuals an opportunity to turn a passion for wildlife and nature into a career.
This NQF5 course is designed to equip you with the skills to pursue a successful career as a wildlife guide.
The EcoTraining Field Guide ONE course is industry-tailored, mainly aimed at giving South Africans their first steps towards their field guide career. It is the number ONE course to consider when becoming a qualified Field Guide.
The all-inclusive course for adventurers who want to turn their love of wildlife and animals into a career educating others.
The course covers a wide variety of topics and combines formal lectures with time spent out in the field for a fully immersive learning experience.
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.
This course is for you if you have already completed the theory component of the Nature Site Guide NQF2 qualification, covering the same modules but in a hands-on, practical manner.
An adventure-packed course learning about nature and wildlife at our wilderness camp in Kenya.
Participate in various learning activities such as interpreting ecology and animal behaviour, identifying animal tracks and signs, and enjoying a wildlife experience.
The course is a comprehensive 28-day, animal tracking course that thoroughly introduces animal tracking and its conservation management applications, immersing participants in actual animal tracking projects.
Many of EcoTraining’s wildlife guide and guardian programmes and courses are accredited by leading associations such as FGASA (the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) and official training entities such as CATHSSETA (Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sports Sector Education and Training Authority of South Africa) and CHE (Council of Higher Education).
Located across three countries, our six camps each offer unique experiences for EcoTraining guides and wildlife guardians.
Located on the banks of the Mara river,
the camp is nestled between communities
and wildlife conservancies.
Explore the untamed wilderness of Kruger
National Park’s Makuleke Concession
with EcoTraining.
Located at the confluence of the Limpopo
and Shashe Rivers, in the eastern
corner of Botswana.
A natural wonderland with free-roaming
elephants located in the Limpopo
Province of South Africa.
A sanctuary for wildlife, providing visitors
an opportunity to witness Africa’s
animals in their natural habitat.
A unique safari destination that offers
visitors an immersive and unforgettable
experience.
Want to become a field or nature guide? Explore our immersive courses and training programmes for professional safari guides and guardians of nature, taught and led by experts in the industry.
EcoTraining offers career and accredited courses, wildlife enthusiast courses, gap year programmes and customised group travel courses.
Join our nature-loving community.