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Our incredible trainers: Meet the Bushwise team!

When you want to be the best field guide you can be, you want to train with the best trainers out there. Experts in the industry who not only know their stuff, but know how to transfer their knowledge to you. Instructors who genuinely care about your growth as a field guide.  But excellent trainers...

A Day in the Life of a Field Ranger: Safeguarding Nature

When you’re a field ranger in South Africa, each day brings new challenges and rewarding experiences in the world of conservation. But what is a field ranger? Across Africa, field ranger and game ranger are essentially one and the same; you may just see this name applied differently in different places. Field rangers have significant...

Track and sign quiz

To celebrate Bushwise Trainer Pioneer Moyo winning the track and sign category at this year’s Safari Guide of the Year competition, we wanted to share a fun quiz featuring tracks of African animals. The species in this quiz are found in the South African lowveld, where Bushwise campuses are based. Take a minute to look...

Tracking lions: A print in the sand

A story about tracking lions with Bushwise students, by Annie DuPre.  Read time: 4 min The vehicle slowed to a stop as James leaned over the passenger door, staring intently at the ground next to our tyres. Vaughan turned the engine off as James contemplated the freshness of the tracks he’d seen. A knowing nod...

Bushwise recommends: Podcasts on nature and wildlife

4 min read Podcasts are a great way to stay connected to conservation and nature through news and stories. But the sheer number of wildlife-related podcasts available can be quite intimidating. To make things a bit easier, we’ve collected our top recommendations in the following categories: for safari lovers for conservation news for engaging stories...

A year of sightings: Bushwise 2022

Every New Year brings with it a sense of anticipation and hope. Hope for dreams to be fulfilled, hope for new opportunities and hope that we will learn and grow with each passing day. 4 min read Words and photos by Louise Pavid. Last year was certainly one to remember, a new Bushwise campus brought...

Big bird week on a nature conservation course

This blog was written by Bushwise student Jacques du Toit, in October 2022 when the students participated in a Bushwise big birding competition.  3 min read This week was “Bird Week”, a refreshing change in scenery from our usual schedule throughout the semesters thus far.  On Monday we were briefed on the rules, regulations and...

Snapshot of Chobe National Park and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve

From Chobe National Park with the highest concentration of wild elephants in the world, to the Central Kalahari and its seemingly endless desert, Botswana is a safari-lover’s dream. These two destinations will expose you to diverse Botswana environments, with Chobe in the northeast alongside the iconic Okavango Delta and the Central Kalahari deep in the...

Addo, Kruger and Tswalu: top South African safari destinations

4 min read When planning a safari to South Africa, there are a few iconic destinations that spring to mind. If you want to see a diversity of wildlife and ecosystems but you can only go to three spots, we’d recommend Kruger National Park, Addo Elephant National Park and Tswalu Private Game Reserve. Kruger is...