Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Gap Year

Term:

Year Round

Program Overview

Program Description:

Become a Qualified Big 5 African Safari Field Guide

You will study on site in a Big 5 game reserve and obtain a FGASA 1 qualification that allows you to be a Field Guide. Working with Africa's Big 5 and and many other wildlife. You will also do work in the bush on foot and in open game viewers. You will have to attend lectures etc. Mondays to Friday and have week ends for your own time to discover South Africa

Setting Description:

You will be accommodated in a luxury tented lodge in the reserve where all lectures and practical work will take place. The main lecture room is a tree house overlooking the reserve. You will be accommodated 3 to a tent and each tent has its own full on suite bathrooms. There is a swimming pool and the camp in electrically fenced. The camp is close to Pretoria and other big town and cities centers.

Cost:

The cost of the program is $ 15000 for the 6 months and this includes accommodation, all meals on site, course material, uniforms, exam fees, transfers from OR Tambo airport to the and fro from the lodge and rooms and camp is fully serviced daily