South Africa 4-Week Experience

Combine two of our programs to explore South Africa and work with its wildlife. Half of the program is based at Lory Park Animal and Owl Sanctuary. Lory Park is one of only six zoos in Africa accredited by the Pan-African Association of Zoos and Aquaria, with a focus on education and conservation. In addition, we will spend a weekend on a safari in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, one of the largest in South Africa and home to elephants, rhinos, leopards, buffalo, lions, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, hippos, crocodiles, and hundreds of other species.

The other half of your program is spent volunteering at a cheetah breeding and conservation facility, learning hands-on about wildlife in the African savanna, going on a safari in Kruger National Park, and working with Loop vets right alongside the cats themselves. Though the volunteer facility isn’t a hospital, you will gain valuable experience learning and implementing the important work that conservation and zoo vets do.