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Date |
Day |
Overnight |
Daily Activities |
Local Speaker/Field Guide |
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1 |
31-May |
Sun |
Krugersdorp |
Arrive in Johannesburg and travel to Krugersdorp |
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2 |
1-June |
Mon |
Krugersdorp |
The Origins of Mankind
– Visit Cradle of Humankind |
Andre Kaiser |
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3 |
2-June |
Tue |
Kruger Nat Park |
Travel Day – Drive to Kruger National Park (Crocodile Bridge entrance)
– Game Drive
– Check in at Lower Sabie Camp |
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4 |
3-June |
Wed |
Kruger Nat Park |
Vegetation and Wildlife Management in the KNP
– Depart for Skukuza (Stevenson-Hamilton Museum/Herbarium)
– Ecosystems, River Systems and Vegetation Types of the KNP/Role of Fire
– Vegetation, Fire and Elephant Management in KNP
– Field visit of Catenas and vegetation types in southern KNP |
Rina Grant
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5 |
4-June |
Thr |
Kruger Nat Park |
Overview of Conservation in KNP
– Depart for Skukuza (Stevenson-Hamilton Museum/Herbarium)
– Vegetation management in KNP
– Game Capture and Movement and tuberculosis challenges in Kruger
– Game viewing and drive to Setara |
Nivashne Govender/Iain White
Marcus Hofmeyer
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6 |
5-June |
Fri |
SAWC |
Fire Experiments in the Kruger
– Visit Knob-thorn-Marula Fire Plots at Setara
– Game Viewing in vicinity of Setara and drive to Southern African Wildlife College
– Welcoming BBQ and brief history to SAWC |
Nivashne Govender
Craig Hay |
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7 |
6-June |
Sat |
Mafunyani Village |
Community and Conservation Issues
– Welverdiend Community School, water project, and Sangoma
– Natural resource use in communal lands, K2C Biosphere
– Watershed management and water issues in Sands River Wateshed
– HIV/AIDS in Rural Communities
– Mafunyani Tribal Village (Overnight) |
Jim Buck (Aggie class of 63)
Wayne Twine
Sharon Pollard
Paul Pronyck
Axon Khoza |
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8 |
7-June |
Sun |
SAWC |
Kruger to Canyonlands Biosphere
– Pilgrims Rest, Graskop and Blyde River Canyon |
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9 |
8-June |
Mon |
SAWC |
Wildlife Habitat Management (Long Day)
– Drive to Timbavati (arrange lunch transfer from SAWC)
– Land Management Action Plans for Private Nature Reserves
– Timbavati Management
– Bush thinning treatments at Sumatra |
Mike Peel
Paul White
Mark Griffith |
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10 |
9-June |
Tue |
SAWC |
Wildlife at Close Quarters
– Hoedspruit Cheetah Breeding Facility
– Tshukudu
– Kapama Lodge |
Ian Sussens
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11 |
10-June |
Wed |
SAWC |
Hunting, Breeding and Reptiles
– Hunting Lodge
– Selati Sable Breeding Project
– Swadini Reptiale Park
– Game Drive |
Hannes Swanepoel
Ian Bester
Donald Strydom
|
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12 |
11-June |
Thr |
SAWC |
Project/Catch-up day
– Project time
– Visit to Hoedspruit (banking/laundry)
- Game Drive
- Farewell BBQ and Welverdiend Local TheaterGroup |
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13 |
12-June |
Fri |
Ivy Safaris |
Wildlife Education Tourism in Community Partnership
– Drive to Ivy Safaris
– Historical Perspective: Livestock to Wildlife
– Wildlife conservation in a changing world |
Derek & Shirley Ivy
Mark Ivy |
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14 |
13-June |
Sat |
Ivy Safaris |
Wildlife Education Tourism in Community Partnership
– Ivy safaris and Community Partnership – Visit to local community
– Field visit of Ivy Ranch/Game viewing |
Derek & Shirley Ivy
Mark Ivy |
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15 |
14-June |
Sun |
Ivy Safaris |
Integrated Wildlife Ranching
– Tracking and bush craft
– Project time |
Mark Ivy
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