Buffelsdrift Game Lodge

It was great to work with the animals, doing the food preperation and all the other things to do. Also the whole staff was super. I think I will come back some time. Thank you very much for this experiance!

I really feel privileged to have been part of the volunteering project here at Buffelsdrift. I was not expecting such a rich and amazing wildlife. Every day was different and rewarding. With the animals. With the beautiful scenery. With the staff and all the people of the reserve. You were so helpful and kind, and so passionate about conservation, it was striking and humbling to see the dedication of everyone and I felt honored to be at the team's side and assist as much as a volunteer can. From feeding the animals to planting spekbooms, from attending the fences to cleaning the meat area, I was so happy to work hard, embrace each of the volunteer's daily tasks. Not withstanding exceptional tasks like helping out relocate cheetahs ! And in addition, getting to help also the community schools, bring some fun to the kids, I never thought I would like this much, and I am going to miss those adorable little children. It was more than I could have imagined. It was a wild and beautiful dream. Thank you all. Your are too many to be all named here, but as I will not forget all the wildlife here, I will remember each and everyone of you dearly.

I enjoyed my stay at Buffelsdrift very much! We had a lovely tent and I felt very home in our chilling area. Your motto in the kitchen "feel home far away from your home" is really authentic and true :) In general, I would really recommend a Volunteer Program at Buffelsdrift because besides the work during the day you have a lot of opportunities to join all the activities/bush drives at the reserve. I did several night drives and have been very many hours in the cheetah area to look for them xD The tasks that our guides delegated to us were very different and fun. We produced a lot of Speckboom buckets (indigenous plants for the guest to plant next to the road), we cleaned the water hole from the elephants, we prepared the day snack for the elephants, checked the electricity daily at the lions enclosure, fed the wild life animals (springbok, zebras, buffalos etc.) and many other tasks. We basically have seen every day a lot of wild life animals because we always drove through the reserve. Our guid Tiaan is blessed with a lot of patience and interesting knowledge about the animals and the environment. I really appreciated this because I had a lot of questions and it was for sure that he always could give an answer :) Thank you for that!