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Field Guide Course South Africa

The Qualifications | Wildlife Conservation programmes in South Africa



From Price: 2,199.00EUR / GBP1,934.00
The ultimate African field guide course set in the Kruger National Park. Want to experience moments when your heart is pumping so loud that you can hear it? The adrenaline surging through your veins as you crouch, trying not to make a sound, just metres away from a full grown African lion? Our field guide course will offer you countless encounters with the big five and an incredible moments of exhilaration at the same time.


Field Guide Course, South Africa Essential Info


If you want to experience the real Africa, discovering Africa's wild places, living out among the wild animals of South Africa's largest game reserve area then this field guide course is for you. Our wild life training courses are conducted from our bush camps  inside the Kruger national park. This is no game farm experience dressed up as a field guide course, you will be staying and learning in areas where you eat, sleep and breathe the African bush. Growing your knowledge and skills in becoming a field guide. This is the real deal.


Our field guide course teaches you how to track, approach and work with wild animals in the natural environment. It includes sleep outs in the bush, 4x4 driving, shooting and learning about the animals and their environment. Being an FGASA accredited course also means that this field guide course is a recognized qualification and can lead to working in the field of wildlife conservation or wildlife tourism as well. Working on of the world's best National Parks - The Kruger. Approaching big game on foot including lion, cheetah, leopard, elephant and rhino.


Who typically does this course? 



The course is open to all, people taking the course do not all wish to work in the industry, some of our customers undertake the course to get a good understanding of the bush and to experience more than your typical Safari holiday, others are gap year travellers wanting to get the most out of their South Africa gap year.




Accommodation



Throughout the field guide course you will stay in a luxury tented camp, this means running water and beds! However don't expect all the mod cons, electricity is only run with a generator  occasionally so bring a good supply of batteries. the camp is open so animals can wander into the camp especially at night.


Getting There



The programme begins in The Kruger in South Africa.


If you would like assistance with your flights, we can assist with sourcing the best value flight options, just indicate on your booking form.




Why Xtreme Gap?


We know there are other South Africa field guide courses available, some are significantly cheaper. We choose not to work with the cheap course providers for good reason: The main reason would be in our quality of instruction, camp and service and in our game reserves. Most of our competitors operate out of game farms and not reserves of our size.


Check what you are getting:
We conduct our courses in great wilderness areas including one of the greatest national parks in the world, the Kruger National Park. Our students spend their entire course living in the middle of the African wilderness, with wild animals potentially right outside their tents. We do not conduct our courses in air-conditioned lecture rooms in urban areas and then take you on "field trips". The entire course is a "field trip". We don't just have "access" to wilderness areas, we actually live in the wilderness areas. Our camps are unfenced and mostly canvas, so you are in touch with the wilderness all the time.
How long has the training company been in business? Are they reputable?
Our partner was the first company to offer dedicated field guide training. They only do training, and they are very good at it. They have stood the test of time and have many happy customers, many of whom return to do further courses.


 



Price and Dates



€ 1799, Contact us for dates and availibility


Please note there is also a one year course available - please contact us for details.


 


Included




  • Travel Advice prior to departure
  • Training by experienced field guides 
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Certificates 


 


Excluded




  • All Flights  
  • Extra Drinks
  • Costs for visa
  • Travel insurance 
  • Accommodation before or after the course


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We also run a 1 year Field Guide Course. Please contact us for dates and prices.

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Field Guide Course Pass Requirements

In order to obtain the FGASA course certificate, you will be required to do 3 written tests, 2 oral presentations and 2 practical evaluations. Your course results will be reflected on this certificate. Course participants who do not wish to do these tests will be given a certificate of attendance. In addition to the training provider's tests and evaluations, it is possible for course participants to write the FGASA Level 1 theory exam. If successful, the participants can undertake the FGASA Level 1 practical assessment. Please note that all FGASA registrations must be done directly with FGASA (www.fgasa.org.za) and must be complete prior to attending the course. Once complete, please forward your FGASA membership number to us so that it can be passed through to your training provider before you arrive. Please note that the FGASA exams are an optional extra; you can organize these exams if you wish but it is not essential.
All course participants who wish to do the practical assessments must have a valid driving license.

Full Field Guide Course Includes



Subjects covered in the field guide course include:

Welcome and Introduction
The game drive vehicle
Ecotourism and Guiding
Spotlighting
Field guiding as a profession
Basic 4x4 driving
Attributes, skills and duties of a field guide
Planning of game drives and walks
Bush navigation and orientation
Radio procedures
Ecology
Reptiles
Geology
Amphibians
Soils
Sensitivity
Weather
Anticipating animal behaviour
Plant communities
Career opportunities
Plant identification and uses
Using binoculars
Identification and ecology of invertebrates
Grasses
Bush habitat management principles
Presentation skills
Creating photographic opportunities
Animal tracks and tracking
Communication and facilitation skills
Bird identification and behaviour
Dealing with guests
Animal behaviour
sustainable development
Approaching dangerous game
Ecotourism and local communities
Setting up a bush camp
Taxonomy
Sleep out in the bush
Working in the industry
Bush skills and survival
Testing and evaluations
Dangerous game / Basic rifle handling
Using binoculars







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