Week 3 – Human Historial Habitation, Game Count and Tracker duty adventures Last week Monday and Tuesday we were accompanied by Simon Allen who took us through Human Historical Habitation and Conservation Management. We looked at the Rooi Walle and Bushmans gave historical sites on the Amakhala Game Reserve, where Simon gave us insight into [...]
Ulovane Update – Week 1 of 2013
Awakening the senses…. Week 1 of the 10 week FGASA level one course. We all arrived on Sunday 13th January and what a week we have all had, already! Meeting everyone was an experience in itself, I have never been in a situation where I don’t know anyone yet everyone made it so easy. In [...]
Ulovane Update – Week 9
Incredible: Week 9 Ulovane update These past 9 weeks have been incredible. I have learnt so much and not only academics, I will take away some incredible stories and life lessons also. It was tough in the first few days, trying to fit into the routine of how things were done around here. But once settled i [...]
Trails Guide – stuff dreams are made of!
Trails guide has been very interesting and fun the past week. We still continued to walk with the elephants on Amakhala from Monday to Tuesday and each time we spend with them we get to learn so much more about their internal relationship with each other and how they behave when we are close to [...]
October 2012 Ulovane Mail
We know the difference between Fynbos and Albany Thicket biomes, organic sedimentary and extrusive igneous rocks. And when we’re out in the field, on the reserve, these things start to make sense. We’ve started to look at this incredible African environment around us differently and with more respect. When a great bull elephant ambles within [...]
