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Afreco Tours Home Game drives in Southern Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is a 2,000 hectar concession area used for the safari guide training students.

Safari Field Guide Training, FGASA Level 1 28 days

 
Mdluli concession, Kruger National Park (click here for alternative camps)

About the course | Course activities | Accommodation & location | Photo gallery

Course dates and Prices

 Cost per person 2010 £1,380

Cost per person 2011 £1,400 (includes FGASA registration & transfer to camp)

 
2010 (Monday start dates)

Jul 5th - Aug 2nd
Aug 2nd - Aug 30th
Sep 6th -  Oct 4th
Oct 4th - Nov 1st
Nov 1st - Nov 29th

2011  (Monday start dates)

Jan 3rd - Jan 31st
7th Feb - Mar 7th
Mar 7th - Apr 4th
Apr 4th - May 2nd
May 2nd - May 30th
Jun 6th - Jul 4th
Jul 4th - Aug 1st
Aug 1st -  Aug 29th
Sep 5th - Oct 3rd
Oct 3rd - Oct 31st
Nov 7th - Dec 5th
 
 

See impressive bull elephants like this whilst training to be a guide. You'll likely get to see most of the big 5 game species and lots of other African wildlife whilst on this course!

About the course                  Experience the African bush and its wildlife and landscapes first hand whilst training to be a Safari Field Guide! This is a different course to our Karongwe and Selati camps, but is a good alternative and also a FGASA accredited course qualifying you to FGASA level 1.

You will live and learn and experience the bush on a safari camp set in pristine bush within a private concession of the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

This four week course will commences on the first Monday of each month. Students cover the FGASA level one syllabus during which the theory is covered in lectures in the classroom and practical time is spent in the bush on our private Mdluli concession in Kruger National Park. Hazyview is the nearest town (18km away) while Nelspruit is just 73 km s away.

All meals are catered for by a chef. The camp has an electric fence around the perimeter, however there is no electricity. Lanterns light the pathways at night and there is a generator that runs for a few hours during the day. We encourage you to please bring any extra torches and lamps you feel you might need. Drinks from the bar are paid by students.

Course activities

The Level 1 Field Guide Qualification involves the following subjects:

  • Introduction to Guiding
  • Ecology
  • Taxonomy
  • Geology
  • Botany
  • Introduction to the Biomes of SA
  • Insects
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Birds
  • Fish
  • Mammals
  • Ethology (Animal Behaviour)
  • Weather and Climate
  • Astronomy
  • Conservation management and historical human habitation
  • Grass and tree Identification
  • Track identification

Additional:

  • Wilderness Level 1 First Aid Qualification
  • Basic 4x4 driving skills (not driving lessons but and opportunity to drive the game viewer)
  • 3 sets of written tests
  • 1 theoretical assessment
  • 1 practical assessment
  • Sleep out (weather dependent)

                      Students learn bush skills, tracking and learn about the smaller animals too. As well as grasses, trees and plants.

 

                     

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Accommodation & location

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The camp you will be staying in is called Nzikazi Wilderness Camp. It is situated within the South of Kruger National Park on a  private concession area. The camp is made up of 25 dome canvas tents. The tents contain 2 beds and a table. There are communal bathroom facilities with hot and cold running water. There is also a bar and lounge area.
The safari dome tents where the students stay whilst on this safari guide course in South Africa. Bush views from the safari guide training camp looking into the Kruger National Park.
The lounge area on the training camp. The bar is also here and some of the course lectures will be held here too. Afreco Tours Ltd. The ablutions block on the safari guide training course. Although rustic, you'll have hot water and they are clean and tidy too.Afreco Tours Ltd
 

Photo Gallery
Students posing for a photograph on the game drive vehicle.Field guide students in the stunning Mdluli concession area of Kruger Park. Field guide students in Kruger National ParkA typical private concession area dirt road in Kruger National Park. Field guide training students on a Kruger dirt road whilst on game drive. Students get a lesson on snakes whilst at the training camp. Tracking - identiying wildlife tracks on the safari guide course. Vehicle maintenance and 4x4 maintenance is part of the safari guide training course and knowledge of diesel and petrol engines is an essential part of being a field guide.

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Please click here if interested in doing the Trails Guiding afterwards. Not for you? Then why not try one of these… For those people passionate about wildlife, requiring specific learning topics and shorter course durations than the 28 day Field Guide courses, we offer the following  additional adventures and courses:

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