Jul 17, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
After months of waiting, we finally arrived last Saturday at the Bushwise camps to start the 23 week Professional Field Guide Course. Full of excitement we all met on the bus from Johannesburg to Bushwise Mahlahla campus, and 6 hours later we arrived at last in our... read more
Jun 19, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
Before embarking on this topic, let the reader first be made aware of what the Aim of Field Guiding is and what is meant by a Guided Experience. This to dispel any false expectancies and/or impressions of what Field Guiding is all about! “The aims of guiding are to... read more
Jun 15, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
What is considered as the Main Objectives of conservation? To Conserve essential ecological processes and life support.( e.g. forests for O² and CO2) The Sustainable use of species and ecosystems, To Ensure genetic and bio-diversity. What is the current status of... read more
May 29, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
After completing the final FGASA theory and practical assessments, the focus for the last week of this semester has been on Trails Guide training and VDPA (Viewing Potentially Dangerous Game) – normally classed as the Big 5 and the famously belligerent hippo.... read more
May 18, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
After finding out that we had all successfully passed our FGASA Level 1 theory exam, tension levels were high again this week as we prepared for our assessment drives. The aim of the “game”: take our guests on an informative, entertaining and enjoyable game... read more
May 15, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
Most people think us ‘bush people’ are quite strange, choosing to spend our off time on other game reserves or wilderness areas. This includes lodge staff, guides, managers and land owners already spending their working days on game reserves. You will never hear this... read more
May 10, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
It’s finally exam time here at Bushwise. The last week has been pretty much transferring all we have learnt in the bush over the last few months onto paper for our FGASA level 1 theory exam. Monday began with the botany practical assessment on Makalali. If... read more
May 2, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
Semester four has arrived after a well-deserved week off for the students at Bushwise. Some traveled to the far corners of our beautiful country. From the coastal areas of Kosi Bay to Kimberley and even the mighty Kruger National Park itself. With everyone back safely... read more
Apr 24, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
The area known as the Lowveld is the lowland area, below 500 metres in altitude along South Africa’s’ northern border with Botswana and Zimbabwe with the famed Kruger National Park comprising half of it. It also comprises sections of Limpopo Province that extend down... read more
Apr 19, 2017 | FGASA Field Guide Course
As we hurtled at full steam towards the end of our third semester at Bushwise, this week has been a manic mix of getting in enough rifle practice for the impending ARH assessments and our final chance at perfecting guiding techniques during mock assessment drives.... read more
