Geographic Information Systems internships in Gondwana Game Reserve

 

Gondwana Game Reserve is a private reserve which is funded by tourism activity. We use sound science to inform the decisions which the management team makes to conserve this highly biodiverse...

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Conservation Safari Experience

 

This is a short video by Lea Koller, one of our students from Germany, about her two week stay in July '21 on the WEI Conservation Safari in Greater Kruger National Park.

These Conservation Safaris...

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Wild dog den site near our camp in Greater Kruger Park

 

In this rare footage from June 2019, we are able to see some interesting wild dog behavior.  Not only were we lucky enough to see wild dogs but in this case the dogs chose to den in a hole...

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Wild Dogs and Hyenas interaction from camera traps - kleptoparasitism

 

This interaction could seem playful and friendly from the limited perspective of the photos which were captured but it is well known that these two carnivores are direct competitors.  It does...

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Marine Scuba Experience - Sodwana Bay Sightings

 

These are some recent sightings and scenery from our Sodwana Bay Marine Scuba Experience.  

There are amazing video clips of dolphins accompanying our boat to the reef, as well as a white...

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Relationship between leopard and spotted hyena on a WEI Internship

 

As part of her recent reserve management internship, WEI intern Milenka Sloots delved into our camera trap database and investigated the relationships between the Leopards (Panthera pardus) and...

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Lion monitoring on a WEI internship

Lion populations are in decline globally and the African continent is the only region which has enough remnant habitat to sustain them.  This makes conservation of lions in an African context...

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Why pay to volunteer?

 

This is a very common question and asked by most volunteers joining our wildlife conservation internships and volunteer programmes.

This video explains some of the reasons why volunteers are...

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