Game Ranger Guide Course

Africa Conservation Experience

Vacancy: Game Ranger Guide Course
Company: Africa Conservation Experience
Category: Sports & Outdoor Courses (Outdoor sports, Guiding and trekking)
Dates: Various throughout the year
Cost: £995 (excl flights and transfers)

This course is ideally suited to people wanting an introduction to conservation in Southern Africa and those wishing to pursue a conservation orientated career, as well as wishing to improve their personal knowledge of wildlife. The Course is also a perfect way to start or end your ACE placement, or is ideal as an unusual 2-week break from the 9-5 routine. Set in a stunning Big 5 Game Reserve, lectures are held in the open air and practicals are carried out in the bushveld. The course is extensive and intensive and covers aspects of ecology such as animal identification, botany, animal behaviour and geology as well as rangering skills like 4×4 driving, dealing with dangerous game, snake identification and tracking. The course includes a sleep out in the African bush, aims to give students as much field exposure as possible and teaches a holistic view of the wilderness. It is conducted by a fully qualified and registered Field Guide, with specialist subjects and lectures presented by experts in their fields. There is no entry level required for the course.

SUBJECTS COVERED

• Bird, insect and tree identification
• Introduction to mammals
• Bushveld ecology
• Geology of Southern Africa
• Practical tracking down of "Big 5"
• Dangerous game and their behaviour
• Sleep-out in the bushveld
• Interpreting wildlife sounds
• Habits of animals
• Handling firearms
• Basic 4 × 4 Driving skills
• Conducting safaris and communication
• Basic snake identification