Every day is different as animals rarely operate to our schedule. We ask that you remain flexible so that we can provide the very best for our wildlife, but here is an outline of a typical day on any of the projects, as a guideline only:
Time Slots Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday (Relaxation Day)
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
08:00 - 10:30 Activity 1 Activity 1 Food prep (small group)
10:30 - 13:00 Activity 2 Activity 2 Free Time
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:30 - 17:00 Activity 3 Saturday Activity 15:00 - 16:00 Food prep
(different small group)
18:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner
There are a wide range of activities available for each project, below are some examples of what to expect:
Wildlife Volunteer
- Food preperation and feeding of the animals
- Enclosure cleaning
- Construction work on the farm
- Baboon or Cheetah walks
- Carnivore Feeding
- Helping out in the onsite school
- Acting as surrgoate mother to a baby baboon overnight
- 2-person accommodation provided in either a room or a static tent, beds and bedding provided
- Communal bathroom facilities
Carnivore Research Volunteer
- Mapping terrain
- Camera trap monitoring
- Game Counts
- GPS tracking
- Exploratory hikes to find carnivore dens, kill sites and activity
- Accommodation in static tents with beds and bedding provided
- Communal bathroom facilities
Medical Volunteer
- Assisting the resident doctor and nurse in providing primary healthcare
- Reception cover
- Working in the dispensary
- Educating local communities as to lifestyle choices and disease prevention
- Accommodation in volunteer house with resident doctor and nurse. Inclusive of bed, bedding, kitchen facilities, TV and communal bathrooms.
Equine Experience Volunteer
- Feeding and mucking out the horses
- Training new or young horses using Natural Horsemanship Parelli tactics
- Raising and taming foals
- Herding on horseback
- Training rides through the bush
- Construction and maintenance of horses camps
- Accommodation as per wildlife volunteers
Teaching Placement
The onsite preschool teaches local San Bushmen children a full curriculum including English, Maths, Arts & Crafts, Sports and Environmental studies. You are more than welcome to help out as a teaching assistant during a placement based at the farm, or if you would like to solely be based at the school please just ask us for more details.
All volunteers other than medical are advised to arrive into Windhoek on either a Monday or Thursday as there are set induction/orientation days on Tuesdays and Fridays. Arrivals outside of these days will incur a charge of N$500 per person.
Medical volunteer projects begin on a Sunday, with transfers from the farm departing every second Sunday. You are advised to arrive no later than the Saturday prior to your Sunday departure and will be based at the farm until your transfer to the clinic. There are no charges for off-day arrivals.
