Amakhala Volunteers represented by Safari Lodge

PROJECT DETAILS

As a conservation ‘Pride’ volunteer at Amakhala our primary responsibility is managing the lions. You will also have the chance to assist with many ongoing short and long-term projects on the reserve. Reserve priorities at any one time may continuously change dependent on many external influences, your involvement in certain projects thus may be affected. Therefore the longer your placement the more in depth your involvement across many facets of conservation and reserve maintenance.

CURRENT LONG TERM PROJECTS:
Game counts
Predator ID/Monitoring
Elephant ID/Monitoring
Rhino ID/Monitoring
Animal Tracking using Telemetry
Territorial Ranges and Feeding Ranges(Behaviour monitoring)
Lion Health and Breeding Monitoring
Service to the Children Aids Foundation and venerable children
Local School Conservation Education

GENERAL RESERVE MAINTENANCE:
Erosion Control
Fence Patrol and Maintenance
Vehicle Maintenance
Indigenous and vegetable Nurseries
Herbarium
Alien Plant Control
Bush Clean and Clear ups
Road Maintenance
Boma Maintenance
Fence Maintenance
Educational and Biological Museum
Birding List of Amakhala Reserve

CURRENT SHORT TERM PROJECTS:
Game Capture, counts and monitoring
Giraffe and Elephant ID and competition assessment
Medicinal use of plants and vegetation biomes
Guided walks, tracking and trails through the Reserve

PIPELINE PROJECTS:
Nocturnal Predator Activities
Entomology Collection
Hyena Den sites
Plains game impact assessments
Cheetah coalition and behaviour
Monitoring the release and impacts of lion
Instinct or habituation of antelope to lion release

OTHER 'FUN' PROJECTS THAT THE VOLUNTEERS MAY BE INVOLVED IN:
Bush Survival – Camping out under the stars and survival (Weather dependent)
First Aid Training
Navigation and Compass orientation
Target Shooting
Taxidermy – hunting discussion “Conservation or Not”
Updating Project information onto the computer
Report writing
Canoeing
Boating
Fishing
4 star **** Lodge Experience
Marine day
Crocodile catching
Post mortems
Darting and rehabilitation

Because Amakhala is a fully operational reserve, there may also be the need to assist with work involving both the veterinarian and ecologist from time to time. Please note that it is not guaranteed that you will do game capture or rehabilitation during your stay. Only when the vet need assistance.