Overview
Vacancy: South Africa: Work on a Horse Safari + in local Orphanage.
Company: The Leap Overseas Ltd
Category: Sports Gap Years (Equestrian )
Dates: Jan, April, July & Sept (for 6 or 8 wks)
Cost : From £2231 - £3480
Description
You’ll be based at Kwa Madwala, a private ‘Big 4’ (leopard, lion, elephant and rhino) 4000 hectare game reserve, situated just South of the Kruger National Park between Swaziland and Mozambique.
Kwa have now taken on a selection of hardy bush horses to offer the unique opportunity to explore, track and conserve wildlife on horseback through this stunning African bush environment. As a result we can now offer our volunteers the chance to help and work with their horse related activities (approximately 50% of the time) and contribute to their conservation and community projects (approximately 25% of the remaining time respectively), while enjoying all the adventure that this location has to offer.
Horse Related Activities:
- Your time will be split between riding out around the private game reserve in search of game, horse welfare, setting up coffee stands for morning and sundowner rides.
Conservation and Community Projects
- If not on horseback then join the morning or evening vehicle or walking game drives (helping with the spotlight at night).
- Reserve management – fencing and bush clearing.
- Construction and/or repair of hides and viewing decks to help monitor animal movements.
- Interaction and assistance at the elephant back safari programme.
- Try out rifle target shooting.Be introduced to 4 x 4 driving - a course will be conducted to cover the basic skills required.
- Microlight aerial perspective/game viewing (insurance permitting)
Community
- Help in the nearby children’s orphanage at Thembalethu School, a centre for victims of AIDS. This is an amazing place where you can teach and play with the kids, who are very energetic and fun.