Going on an African Safari is a standard bucket list item for most travellers. But do you want to go to a National Park with there are hundreds of other tourists clicking away trying to capture a picture of the same Leopard? Or do you want to experience a private game reserve with close encounters with wildlife and learn how conservation and research works?
Get stuck into this project and experience a different African Safari by volunteering at Siyafunda Wildlife & Conservation in Limpopo, South Africa.
This Wildlife Conservation project provides a unique and professional experience for volunteers in the African Bush and gives you the opportunity to observe and be a part of the research and monitoring teams on the reserve.
The focus of the Siyafunda project revolves around some of our key species; elephants, lions, hyenas and leopards. You will also be involved with monitoring our breeding initiatives comprising buffalo, Livingston eland and nyala. Habitat work also plays an important part of the monitoring process.
Activities
Monitoring forms the basis for the majority of our research assistance on this reserve. The project conducts monitoring drives in the mornings and afternoons to see the animals when they are most active. Time is also spent on foot to track the more elusive animals, which is an amazing way to experience the bush. Volunteer involvement is based around several key focus points;
- Elephant monitoring
- Lion monitoring
- Breeding of Buffalo, Eland and Nyala monitoring
- Hyena monitoring
- Leopard monitoring
- Small mammals surveys
- Birds and Raptor monitoring
- Habitat conservation
- Local community involvement
Other volunteers
This project is specifically selected to give you a unique and personal experience. Khaya believes in smaller projects with a limited number of volunteers to guarantee this uniqueness. Volunteer numbers therefore differ from 1-10 and as volunteers come and go numbers can differ. Most volunteers are from the UK, USA and Western Europe.
