Volunteering in South Africa: Protecting Endangered Wildlife

First of all a big compliment to Terry Gouws and the service she provides, I have definitely never experienced such excellent service before. Thank you Terry!!! (I hope you get to see this). Thembe: The monitors were great and did their best to explain a lot to us, However, the bush was too thick to see much. We ended up triangulating lions for two weeks and only got one visual. The most exciting was the optional drives with Leo, the person responsible for the elephant monitoring in Te...

I really had a very special time in South Africa. It exceeded even the highest expectations. I came there and felt so welcomed and home really quickly. Our group was so amazing and we all had so much fun together. Seeing all these wild animals for the first time was just breathtaking. I was not able to sleep during my first week, because I was so excited all the time. We had so many special moments with the animals and we were even able to join darting a lion, which was an incredible experience....

Hi there! My name is Judith, 19 years old and from Germany. After graduating from High School in 2015, I had the strong feeling to go abroad, to leave my comfort zone and make new experiences. It was clear to me, that I wanted to do voluntary work in the field of nature conservation. After I picked South Africa as my preferred destination, I started to search for the right project and agency who would support me. Amongst all agencies I found there was only NATUCATE that entirely fulfilled my exp...