Ulovane | Environmental Training

1st Update April 10 Week Students This first week has been particularly hectic, getting used to our new home whilst studying for our first exam has been a challenge but one accepted by all of us new recruits. The view from the camp is enough to distract anyone but the most hardened soul from study. [...]

The first two days of this week were fun, tiring and dirty… Conservation Management… (when we go out and mend roads, help with bush encroachment control, prevent erosion)… In short, it is a time where we get our hands… and sometimes more… dirty! On Monday, while Annie was taking our poor Asher who had tick [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Me-time, at last. End of week four. I was really looking forward to be alone, time to think, enjoy nature and just be….Alone.. I was dropped off at a spot called Klipgat, proberly the most beautiful spot on Amakhala Game Reserve! It is difficult to describe this paradise spot, it has a waterfall, a pan [...]

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 [...]

A warm Ulovane Welcome to our January intake! The students have hit the ground running – there is so much to do, see, learn, experience, enjoy – I think the first couple of weeks are always overwhelming! Once you have settled though, Ulovane does become your home away from home and the last thing on [...]

With the terrestrial part of the course now over we are delving into South Africa’s coastal and marine environment. New books and a new set of ecosystems and organisms to learn about, from the small ones you can’t see to the biggest mammals on the planet. Outside the lecture room and when the wind and [...]

Masked Weavers making a nest Week 8 @Ulovane This week has seen the start of everyone’s practical assessments. I undertook my first solo guided walk on Ulovane Reserve. On my walk we saw a small antelope called a Duiker We got within 5m of him, which was awesome. We also came across a massive leopard [...]

Exam stress has begun!  We wrote our last exam on Monday morning and are now preparing for our assessment drives and interviews with Schalk.  So far, the ”trial run” assessment drives have gone well…all guests arrived back at camp in good spirits and with great stories on what they saw and experienced. In preparation for [...]