Additional Information

Location

Bushwise Field Guide Courses are run from two campuses in the Limpopo province, in the north-eastern region of South Africa, an hours drive from the quaint town of Hoedspruit. Both are located in areas renowned for its biodiversity, dangerous game reserves and dramatic scenery of beautiful African bush, and have the mysterious Drakensberg Mountains as a stunning backdrop. Students spend six months having practical and academic training on campus, and then if completing the one year course you spend your final six months doing work experience at one of a number of lodges or predator research placements located in the Lowveld of South Africa. Both camps traverse and operate on Big Five reserves for practicals and selected lectures.

Group Size

16 students with approximately 1 staff member to every 5-8 students.

Course requirements

If interested in the one year course, all students must be between the ages of 21 and 39 years old when they start the course and hold a full manual driving license. Older and younger applicants are welcome on the six month course, however placements cannot be guaranteed for the one year course.

Temperatures

The Limpopo province has hot wet summers, often reaching temperatures above 36oC and cold dry winters, dropping to as low as 3oC.