Everyday A Lesson Is Learnt Monday we began geology lectures with Schalk, was very interesting but we definitely had an a million times better understanding when we got to explore the incredible rock formations on the beautiful Amakhala game reserve. That Tuesday morning my game drive partner Kane and I got the vehicle ready for [...]
Week 2 and it just keeps getting better….
Week two at Ulovane Environmental Training and it just keeps getting better. After the amazing first week sighting of Norman and Bulletjie facing off, I was left thinking that it was a sighting that would be very hard to top over the next 10 weeks. But not 2 days into the week and, whilst I [...]
Living the dream…
Week 5 a busy and successful week, definitely not boring! We spent the first couple of days at the camp with lectures about biomes, trees, flowers and grasses all new subjects to study about the African continent! Coming from Italy, it is very challenging especially with the language barrier – but I am enjoying every [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
