This campus hosts our IFGA Professional Safari Guide Short Course – 2 months, IFGA Professional Safari & Trails Guide Course (3 months) and IFGA Trails Guide Course (27 days) and Primitive Trails Course (6 days) students.

The Selati campus is located inside the Selati Game Reserve, a vast, protected wilderness in South Africa’s Limpopo province. This Big Five reserve spans nearly 28,000 hectares and is home to over 50 species of mammals, including elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, and cheetahs.

Here, you’ll experience true immersion in the bush. The camp is unfenced and off-grid, set along the banks of the Selati River and surrounded by the sounds, sights, and smells of the wild. It’s a setting designed for practical learning, deep focus, and an authentic guiding lifestyle.

This is where classroom theory meets real-life application. From the moment you arrive, you’ll be living and learning in the same landscape you’re being trained to interpret, gaining firsthand experience in tracking, wildlife behaviour, terrain navigation, and more.

The Selati Game Reserve itself is rich in biodiversity and natural beauty, with sweeping plains, granite outcrops, and a wide range of habitats that mirror many of the top reserves across southern Africa. You’ll also be exposed to complex conservation work and the daily realities of life in a working reserve.

Outside your training, there are plenty of adventure opportunities nearby. With Kruger National Park just over an hour away, and destinations like Blyde River Canyon, Dullstroom, and Magoebaskloof Forest within reach, there’s no shortage of inspiration for future explorations.