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Nature never dissapoints

Ulovane Update- 13 May 2012 After ending the fourth week, we have really started to get to grips with the program, Amakhala, and the never-ending surprises found in the bush. The week consisted of studying reptiles, birds, and fish. A bit of a pity though that most of the reptiles have started to disappear as [...]

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Update from Ulovane: Week 3 of the April 10 week course

Three weeks has flown by incredibly quickly and already there have been some very memorable experiences out on Amakhala. The highlight of the week was doing the annual game count, where we all split up to different vehicles and then proceeded to different zones that split up the reserve. It was a very good experience [...]

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Real guests and a Cosmic Safari

We are almost done now; wrote our last “normal” exams and looking more or less forward to our FGASA exam and our mock and assessment drives. It’s a strange feeling that it is nearly over by know and we had great time with a lot of fun and a lot of work and hopefully we [...]

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Expect the unexpected….

We often sleep out on Amakhala Game reserve and when we do, we always know to expect the unexpected and this sleep out was no exception. We packed our dinner and breakfast, water, blankets, sleeping bags, maps, books and so on and off we went…. Within 10 minutes of leaving Ulovane, we came across our [...]

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Ulovane Mail February 2012

Good Morning! Welcome to the February 2012 Newsletter! In this months newsletter: Student Space – Darts & Tears Welcome to Cobus Spies our new trainer Fast Fact section Course details for the rest of 2012 And of course great photos…. CLICK HERE   ENJOY! Kind Regards, Candice and the Ulovane Team

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Changes…I will always be an English woman by heart but Africa has definitely taken my soul

It is with a heavy heart that I post this blog today! Sarah and Jandre are enjoying their last day at Ulovane and on Amakhala Game Reserve, tonight we will throw a huge farewell for them, in true Eastern Cape style – with plenty of tears and speeches and tommorrow they will head of to [...]

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Rhinos mating, Addo Elephant Park, Cheetah darting – yes all in one week….

Cheetah family Thinking back about this last week, I suddenly realized that we have already (!!) reached the middle of the course… and how, like during all good things, time flies here! But this isn’t very surprising, seeing how interesting and intense our program is. We all had a really good week last week, because this week [...]

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Rain or shine…we were going on that sleepout

It’s the end of our third week during our level one nature guide course.  The week started off bright and early with Sarah keeping us on the edge of our seats during the mammals, taxonomy and ethology lectures well most of us anyway. After the lectures we went on a game drive in Amakhala game [...]

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Ulovane Mail November/December 2011

Festive Greetings from all at Ulovane! To view our final newsletter for 2011 CLICK HERE. Wishing you and your families a MAGICAL MERRY CHRISTMAS and may 2012 be filled with Success! Until Next Time, Candice and The Ulovane Team

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Our time at Ulovane is almost over….

Today is the 29. November 2011. That means that there are only eleven days left of our time here with Ulovane. We all finished the Field Nature Guide course one week ago. Unfortunately is that we only get our results of the last final exam in January. However the time at Amakhala Game Reserve & Ulovane was [...]

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