Learn To Be A Safari Guide In Kruger National Park | 2025 - From £2,085

Africa South Africa
OVERVIEW
Ever dreamed of being a safari ranger? This is the trip for you. Set in the heart of Kruger National Park, you'll get up close with the Big 5 and even closer to what life’s like for the Game Rangers who protect them. With expert Game Ranger guides leading the way, you’ll learn to navigate, track, and survive in one of the world’s most iconic wildernesses. Your days will be filled with learning, game drives, tranquil trails and unforgettable wildlife encounters. Get ready to discover what it's like to live life on the wild side.
EXPERIENCES
Kruger National Park: During this trip, you'll take take 10 guided ‘Game Drives’ or walks throughout Kruger National Park on a quest to spot the ‘Big Five’ and more. #bucketlist

Kruger National Park: Keep watch for 'The Big Five' on a full day game drive in the Kruger National Park.

Kruger National Park: Learn all about their experiences and daily activities in this tour, which is designed to mirror actual Safari Guides training.

Kruger National Park: Ready for a sleep-out you'll never forget? Tonight, we'll delve into the Southern Hemisphere's starry skies, spot constellations, and soak up the silence. What's more? You & your crew can even take on optional night watch responsibilities for the full safari guide experience.

Kruger: Welcome to Makuleke Concession – the ancestral land of the Makuleke people (and one of the best birding spots in Kruger!). Here, you’ll stay in permanent glamping tents with proper beds, en suite bathrooms, and chef-cooked meals. Best part? By staying at this camp, you're directly contributing to wildlife conservation and helping preserve this beautiful and vital land for future generations.
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ITINERARY

Welcome to South Africa! An included transfer will take you to your hotel close to the airport. You have today to explore Johannesburg - head to the Apartheid museum for a dose of history, check out sprawling Soweto, or take the Gautrain to the shopping destinations of Rosebank or Sandton.

Departing Johannesburg today, we'll drive to Pafuri Gate, the entrance to Kruger National Park.After meeting our guides and taking the safety briefing, we'll get acquainted with Makuleke Camp. The agenda for tonight? Set up a crackling bonfire, chill with your crew and get ready for all the magic that awaits us tomorrow.

Rise and shine! Today is all about Ecology & Conservation, so after a cooked breakfast we'll head out on a game drive or bush walk. Along the way our Game Ranger guide will teach us about the area's ecology and geology, as well as how the wildlife interact with the land. Back at camp we'll enjoy an interactive discussion by our instructor about the inter-relatedness of geology and soils, weather and atmosphere, food webs and energy flows, and habitats and conservation. Clued up on all things ecology, we'll then head out on another game drive, incorporating game viewing with an emphasis on ecology and the topics covered during the lecture.

Today's topic is tracking, an essential skill if you want to be a safari ranger! We'll take a morning bush walk and learn all about how to identify animal tracks. After living our best Aragorn lives, it's back to camp for our daily lesson, focussing on track identification and trailing skills. Then it's time to put it into practice, as we take a bush walk and try and trail some animals.

Good morning! Today's topic is bird identification and behaviour, so we'll take a morning walk and learn how to spot different types of birds using reference guides. Back at camp we'll enjoy another interactive discussion, this time on Kruger's magnificent birdlife. Then it's time for our game drive, as we try to spot hornbills, storks, kingfishers, starlings and more, learning about their behaviour and conservation status.

Another day, another fascinating topic - this time Navigation & Orientation. We'll take a trail from camp and learn how to use nature as a tool to navigate and orientate ourselves in the bush. Making our way to the midday picnic spot, we'll enjoy lunch in the bush, discussing everything we've learned, before heading back to camp. Here we'll take our interactive discussion around bush skills and navigation, including how to use landmarks, the sun, a compass and maps to make our way in the wild. Tonight, we'll spend a night under the stars! So, settle down into your camps and snooze to the view of the star-studded sky of the Southern Hemisphere. Oh, and if you're up for it - you can even take turns on night watch!

One more day of lessons, and today's topic is animal identification and behaviour. We'll take our customary morning bush walk, trailing from camp and learning about the behaviour of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and arthropods. Then we'll enjoy another interactive discussion on how to identify and study wildlife, before another afternoon game drive, with a focus on spotting Big Game animals.

It's our final day! But don't feel blue: we've still got time for one more unforgettable game drive to end the trip on the high...  Then it's back to Johannesburg where our adventure comes to an end. But having lived life on the wild side, it's hard not to start planning our next safari...Botswana, anyone?
WHAT'S INCLUDED
  • Love wildlife? Always wanted to be a safari ranger? This adventure puts you in the heart of Kruger National Park, where you'll get up close and personal with the Big 5 whilst experiencing what life is like for Game Rangers. With your expert Game Ranger guides, you'll participate in game drives and walks, discovering what it's like to live life on the wild side.
ACCOMMODATION
DAY 1: A conveniently located hotel - Meals:
DAY 2: Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar) - Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 3: Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar) - Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 4: Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar) - Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 5: Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar) - Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 6: Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar) - Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 7: Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar) - Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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