Amakhala Game Reserve also offers a programme suitable for persons of all ages looking for that something different as part of a gap year or following a life change. This is your chance to contribute to conservation, to make a difference and to return to nature.
PROGRAMME CONTENT
The programme could include:
Game drives [animal identification and tracking]
Lectures on conservation, reserve management and maintenance.
General reserve maintenance.
Game capture
Birding orientation and classification
Canoeing, boating
Xhosa culture
Sustainable Food production
Social Development(at Aids Orphanage and our conservation centre]
Assisting Veterinary work
Game management [culling, re-introducing, counts, bomas]
Land management [burning, grazing patterns, roads, water, and fencing]
Veterinary work with our resident vet [darting and post-mortems]
Guided walks
Medicinal use of plants
Vegetation biomes
Bush camping and Night Drives
Five Star lodge experience
Vehicle repairs
Target shooting
Anti-poaching control
Craft Centre Development
Beach clean-ups
Born Free Foundation visists
Giraffe identification and Habitat monitoring
Predator Monitoring
Waterhole Surveys
Fishing in the Bushmans' River
Geology and paleontology
Stargazing and basic astronomy
Entomology collection
Alien vegetation management
A TYPICAL WORKING DAY:
Volunteers are busy from Monday to Friday, the average working day being 8 hours. Weekends are free for volunteers to either relax at their house or to go sightseeing. Exciting and interesting things frequently happen on a game reserve and these dynamics will as far as possible be included in the programme. Volunteers are allocated a qualified game ranger as facilitator and Land Rover game viewer for their sole use for the duration of the programme. The programme is therefore flexible but an average day might include the following:
Breakfast at 7:00am
Leave Volunteer house for duties on the reserve 7.30 am
Tracking of Lions with telemetry and monitor activities.
Move through to the game reserve identifying antelope and to area allocated for vegetation survey.
Lunch on the reserve around 1.00 til 2.00pm
Canoe on the river until 3.00pm to survey bird behaviour
4.00pm Fence patrol on way back to volunteer house
GENERAL INFORMATION
Volunteers have the opportunity to stay between 2 weeks and 2 months.
Accommodation is in the renovated Old Railway Station in Paterson.
The house offers comfortable living with DSTV, Internet and outdoor braai area.
Laundry service is offered at the house, with rooms are serviced daily.
A sociable pub is located next door, providing a popular place for local game rangers and volunteers.
Costs: Jan - Dec 2010 R 3850 per week Jan - Dec 2011 R 3850 per week
Reservations & Contacts: Tel: +27 (0)46 636 2750
Fax: +27 (0)86 694 6895
Email:centralres@amakhala.co.za
Amakahala Game Reserve is a Member of: Indalo - Association of Eastern
Cape Private Nature Reserves & Frontier Country
