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Learn to be a Safari Guide in Kruger National Park

Learn to be a Safari Guide in Kruger National Park

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Love wildlife? Always wanted to be a safari ranger? This adventure puts you in the heart of Kruger National Park, where you’ll get up close and personal with the Big 5 whilst experiencing what life is like for Game Rangers. With your expert Game Ranger guides, you’ll participate in game drives and walks, discovering what it’s like to live life on the wild side.


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Learn to be a Safari Guide in Kruger National Park – South Africa Tour for Young Adults & Young Solo Travellers

Learn to be a Safari Guide in Kruger National Park Tours for Young Adults

Get close to the big 5 in Kruger National Park and take game drives and walks with your Safari Ranger guide, as they teach you the tricks of the trade

Love wildlife? Always wanted to be a safari ranger? This adventure puts you in the heart of Kruger National Park, where you’ll get up close and personal with the Big 5 whilst experiencing what life is like for Game Rangers. With your expert Game Ranger guides, you’ll participate in game drives and walks, discovering what it’s like to live life on the wild side.

“70 percent join our trips solo”

“70% of our travellers join our trips solo, so you’ll travel with like-minded young people who want to make friends, experience new things and create lifelong memories. This is the best way to turn solo travel into the most social travel imaginable.” (Cited from the very experienced and internationally popular operator of this tour for young adults. For the latest info and eventual changes see here)

“Most popular youth travel company in the world”

Info by the very experienced and internationally popular operator of this tour for young adults (“Most popular youth travel company in the world”, Wikipedia): “Our trips are exclusively for 18-35s, and whether you join us solo or in a group, our trips are designed so you can share incredible experiences with young travellers just like you.”

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Target age group:

18 to 35 (35 to 45 at “Reunion Trips“)

Trip duration and price:

8 days, 1 country from about $ 1453* (final prices – also in other currencies like British £ or – available on the booking page)

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Destinations:

Africa > South Africa

You’ll find all details and eventual changes on the details page

Planned Itinerary:

Day 1: Johannesburg

Day 2: Johannesburg

Kruger

Day 3: Kruger

Day 4: Kruger

Day 5: Kruger

Day 6: Kruger

Day 7: Kruger

Day 8: Kruger

Johannesburg

Day 1: Johannesburg

JohannesburgWelcome to South Africa! An included transfer will take you to your hotel close to the airport. You have today to explore Johannesburg – head to the Apartheid museum for a dose of history, check out sprawling Soweto, or take the Gautrain to the shopping destinations of Rosebank or Sandton. Day 2: Johannesburg to Kruger National Park

JohannesburgDeparting Johannesburg today, we’ll drive to Pafuri Gate, the entrance to Kruger National Park.KrugerAfter meeting our guides and taking the safety briefing, we’ll get acquainted with Makuleke Camp. After settling in, it’s time for our first adventure, an unforgettable game drive and night drive, to get introduced to the reserve, its wildlife, and that sweeping night’s sky.

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Included Meals:

Breakfast

Dinner

Day 3: Kruger National Park

KrugerRise and shine! Today is all about Ecology & Conservation, so after a cooked breakfast we’ll head out on a game drive or bush walk. Along the way our Game Ranger guide will teach us about the area’s ecology and geology, as well as how the wildlife interact with the land. Back at camp we’ll enjoy an interactive discussion by our instructor about the inter-relatedness of geology and soils, weather and atmosphere, food webs and energy flows, and habitats and conservation. Clued up on all things ecology, we’ll then head out on another game drive, incorporating game viewing with an emphasis on ecology and the topics covered during the lecture.

Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar)

Included Meals:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Day 4: Kruger National Park

KrugerToday’s topic is tracking, an essential skill if you want to be a safari ranger! We’ll take a morning bush walk and learn all about how to identify animal tracks. After living our best Aragorn lives, it’s back to camp for our daily lesson, focussing on track identification and trailing skills. Then it’s time to put it into practice, as we take a bush walk and try and trail some animals.

Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar)

Included Meals:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Included Experience10 Game Drives or walks Take 10 guided ‘Game Drives’ or walks throughout Kruger National Park on a quest to spot the ‘Big Five’ and more. #bucketlist
Included ExperienceSecrets of a Safari GuideLearn all about their experiences and daily activities in this tour, which is designed to mirror actual Safari Guides training.

Day 5: Kruger National Park

KrugerGood morning! Today’s topic is bird identification and behaviour, so we’ll take a morning walk and learn how to spot different types of birds using reference guides. Back at camp we’ll enjoy another interactive discussion, this time on Kruger’s magnificent birdlife. Then it’s time for our game drive, as we try to spot hornbills, storks, kingfishers, starlings and more, learning about their behaviour and conservation status.

Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar)

Included Meals:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Day 6: Kruger National Park

KrugerAnother day, another fascinating topic – this time Navigation & Orientation. We’ll take a trail from camp and learn how to use nature as a tool to navigate and orientate ourselves in the bush. Making our way to the midday picnic spot, we’ll enjoy lunch in the bush, discussing everything we’ve learned, before heading back to camp. Here we’ll take our interactive discussion around bush skills and navigation, including how to use landmarks, the sun, a compass and maps to make our way in the wild. Then it’s time for another game drive, where we’ll have the opportunity to take a walk and put everything we’ve learned into practice.

Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar)

Included Meals:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Day 7: Kruger National Park

KrugerOne more day of lessons, and today’s topic is animal identification and behaviour. We’ll take our customary morning bush walk, trailing from camp and learning about the behaviour of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and arthropods. Then we’ll enjoy another interactive discussion on how to identify and study wildlife, before another afternoon game drive, with a focus on spotting Big Game animals.

Glamping in Kruger National Park (Or similar)

Included Meals:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Included ExperienceOne-day ‘Game Drive’ in Kruger National ParkKeep watch for ‘The Big Five’ on a full day game drive in the Kruger National Park (Kruger National Park, South Africa)

Day 8: End Kruger National Park

KrugerIt’s our final day! But don’t feel blue: we’ve still got time for one more unforgettable game drive to end the trip on the high…JohannesburgThen it’s back to Johannesburg where our adventure comes to an end. But having lived life on the wild side, it’s hard not to start planning our next safari…Botswana, anyone?

Included Meals:

Breakfast

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Some of the Highlights:

Included Experience
10 Game Drives or walks

Take 10 guided ‘Game Drives’ or walks throughout Kruger National Park on a quest to spot the ‘Big Five’ and more. #bucketlist

INCLUDED

Included Experience
Secrets of a Safari Guide

Learn all about their experiences and daily activities in this tour, which is designed to mirror actual Safari Guides training.

INCLUDED

Included Experience
One-day ‘Game Drive’ in Kruger National Park

Keep watch for ‘The Big Five’ on a full day game drive in the Kruger National Park (Kruger National Park, South Africa)

INCLUDED

Trip Highlights

The must do experiences that you can cross off your bucket list

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FAQs:

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Included Meals:

7 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 6 Dinners

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Team:

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Group Size:

Local Host

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Transfers:

Maximum 20 people

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More Details:

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