Programme

For stays of 4 weeks or longer, your first week will be an orientation period during which you will learn the principles and goals of the reserve and gain a general knowledge of conservation and its importance in South Africa.
You are then immersed into a huge variety of reserve and conservation activities such as anti-poaching patrols, brown hyaena research, cheetah monitoring and habitat improvement to name a few. You will also spend a night under the African stars during sleep-out. Each day brings a new variety of things to see and do, and at any moment Askari volunteers can be called upon to assist with certain situations and emergencies that arise. The work at Askari is divided into 2 main categories – Reserve management, and Wildlife conservation & research.

“Would you like to witness the release of an endangered species into the wild area in which it belongs?”

Activities vary seasonally but may include:
* Veterinary dartings
* Prescribed burns
* Game capture & release

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