About the Program
Your program is situated at the base of the Waterberg Mountain range on a beautiful 1000Ha farm that boasts a variety of fauna and flora.
Our main focus is on conserving the
cheetah species and this with our breeding program. Our breeding is a precise
science as we pride ourselves on the breeding of the valuable bloodlines needed
for the species to continue.
The volunteers are an extremely
important part of our program as education is key for conservation. Our program
includes many activities like feeding of all the animals on the farm which includes
the preparation of the food, cleaning of enclosures, assist in the
training and care of boith hand and parent reared cheetahs, daily maintenance of
the farm such as enclosure maintenance, relocating animals to new
enclosures, revamping enclosures, ongoing enrichment for all our animals. This
is not limited to these tasks as we are a working farm and up keep is endless.
Game counts (on the 1000ha farm we have free roaming giraffe, zebra, kudu, impala, blesbok, waterbok, sable, wildebeest and warthogs), are
also an important part of volunteer work and is coupled with animal identification and part of the learning process for them. We have introduced
giraffe identification as part of the program which involves the volunteers
photographing the giraffes and identifying them via special marks they can see.
This data will then be captured for each giraffe. When we do supplement feed, the volunteers are the ones to put out the feed for our
free roaming game with a feeding spot right in front of our volunteer house.
We pride ourselves that our volunteers are hands
on with everything and are educated in conservation matters facing these
endangered species. We find the hands-on, ethical approach to be the most
rewarding for our volunteers and they go away with a sense of accomplishment
and an eagerness to conserve.
As our environment is under huge pressure, we have decided to switch our farm to solar energy-this lessens
the carbon footprint and immerses everyone on the farm into nature.
In addition to the program, there are
optional additional activities in the area that they can do in their free time.
these are also frequently reviewed and new additions are always in the pipeline.
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