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"BE the change you want to see in the World" – Mahatma Gandhi
YOU can make this happen at KWA MADWALA.
Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve is a unique provider of African Conservation Experiences, designed for those of you taking a gap year from school or uni. Located just south of world famous Kruger National Park, and situated ideally to access neighbouring countries Swaziland and Mozambique, we welcome you to make a difference, and in doing so, have the time of your life.
Ever considered the thrill and challenge of…
- Tracking lions in the open with a carnivore expert ?
- African elephant tracking and interaction with orphaned elephants ?
- Conducting a game count from the air in a microlight aircraft ?
- Impacting on the lives of the underprivileged ?
- Learning how to handle a 4X4 vehicle in the bush ?
- Assisting an anti-poaching patrol ?
Allow us to provide you with programme's that are educational, highly varied, at times challenging, often shocking but with large helpings of adventure and once in a lifetime experiences, and above all, bush fulls of fun. Choose from a variety of placement durations (4/6/8 or 10 Weeks) to suit your interests, and we will deliver. As making the most of your time is vital, we are more than happy to chat you through the various programme's to help in determining what is best for you.
4 Week Experiences
Providing you with a choice of three options, our most compact courses offer an unrivalled array of exciting things to see and do both on and off the reserve. Even in this relatively short period of time you will come away having experienced life on a Private Game Reserve whilst learning lots about conservation and the African way of life. Gappers can easily use this as a stepping stone to onward travel, with which we can assist you, whilst others can enjoy the experience as an extended holiday or part of a ‘time out’. A number of exciting excursions and ‘never-have-you-ever’ type activities are up for grabs.
Course options and overview
4 Week Culture Course
- Orientation : Introduction to team leaders (bush buddies), familiarization with environment and safety measures.
- Game drives : These occur throughout your stay with a minimum of 4 per week
- Ranger skills training : Animal track identification and tracking methods/ tree identification, incorporating uses and medicinal properties.
- Bush walks : These also occur throughout your stay and enhance your Ranger skill training.
- Community project : Visit rural communities and learn about tribal customs, go see a witch doctor, a rural clinic and help out at an AIDS orphanage. Make a real difference in needy children’s lives by contributing physically to the establishment of a new children’s home and play ground.
- Swaziland Excursion : Be entertained by a Swazi Cultural Tour and visit various rural craft destinations.
- Conservation projects : Contribute towards the running of a conservancy. This includes anti-poaching manoeuvres, bush clearing, fence checking, exotic plant eradication, hide repair or whatever needs are prevalent at the time of you stay.
- 4 x 4 Driving : Experience the skills involved in handling a vehicle off-road.
- Microlighting : Enjoy the thrill of flying over the reserve, eagle eye animals from above.
- Mozambique Excursion : Enjoy a 6 day getaway to an island-style paradise and choose to swim with whale sharks and dolphins.
- Elephant Back Safari : Be enthralled by an elephant interaction and elephant back safari. Contribute to the elephant’s welfare by participating in stable cleaning and food harvesting.
- Rifle handling : Participate in target shooting.
4 Week Conservation Course
- Orientation : Introduction to team leaders (bush buddies), familiarization with environment and safety measures.
- Game drives : These occur throughout your stay with a minimum of 4 per week
- Ranger skills training : Animal track identification and tracking methods/ tree identification, incorporating uses and medicinal properties.
- Bush walks : These also occur throughout you stay and enhance your Ranger skill training.
- Conservation projects : Contribute towards the running of a conservancy. This includes anti-poaching manoeuvres, bush clearing, fence checking, exotic plant eradication, hide repair or whatever needs are prevalent at the time of you stay.
- Moholoholo Excursion : Spend 3 days camping and visit a hands-on Animal Rehabilitation and Reptile Centre and get in touch with ‘Jessica’, the hand raised hippo.
- 4 x 4 Driving : Experience the skills involved in handling a vehicle off road.
- Microlighting : Enjoy the thrill of flying over the reserve, eagle eye animals from above.
- Carnivore programme : Learn all there is to know from a professional which includes the calling and baiting of our resident lions.
- Elephant Back Safari : Be enthralled by an elephant interaction and elephant back safari. Contribute to the elephant’s welfare by participating in stable cleaning and food harvesting.
- Rifle handling : Participate in target shooting
- Kruger National Park Excursion: Spend 3 days in the largest South African game reserve
4 Week Adventure Course
- Orientation : Introduction to team leaders (bush buddies), familiarization with environment and safety measures.
- Game drives : These occur throughout your stay with a minimum of 4 per week
- Ranger skills training : Animal track identification and tracking methods/ tree identification, incorporating uses and medicinal properties.
- Bush walks : These also occur throughout you stay and enhance your Ranger skill training.
- Conservation projects : Contribute towards the running of a conservancy. This includes anti-poaching manoeuvres, bush clearing, fence checking, exotic plant eradication, hide repair or whatever needs are prevalent at the time of you stay.
- Kruger National Park Excursion: Spend 3 days in the largest South African game reserve
- 4 x 4 Driving : Experience the skills involved in handling a vehicle off road.
- Microlighting : Enjoy the thrill of flying over the reserve, eagle eye animals from above.
- Elephant Back Safari : Be enthralled by an elephant interaction and elephant back safari. Contribute to the elephant’s welfare by participating in stable cleaning and food harvesting.
- Birding programme : Learn more from a specialist during a day and night course.
- 2 Day Hike & overnight : Be thrilled by spending a night out on the reserve, learn survival skills and feel the fear as a sentry in the all night watch.
- Sabie Excursion : Xtreme junkie destination. Spend 3 days in the mountains and swing off a bridge, jump off a cliff and tube down a rapid.
6 Week Culture & Conservation Experience
Savour 6 weeks as you learn about the wildlife at Kwa Madwala and contribute towards our ongoing conservation efforts. This course allows time for the inclusion of a carnivore specialist and the unique opportunity of being exposed to an Animal Rehabilitation and Reptile Centre, which allows you to come face to face with species never before encountered.
Course Overview
- Orientation : Introduction to team leaders (bush buddies), familiarization with environment and safety measures.
- Game drives : These occur throughout your stay with a minimum of 4 per week
- Ranger skills training : Animal track identification and tracking methods/ tree identification, incorporating uses and medicinal properties.
- Bush walks : These also occur throughout you stay and enhance your Ranger skill training.
- Community project : Visit rural communities and learn about tribal customs, go see a witch doctor, a rural clinic and help out at an AIDS orphanage. Make a real difference in needy children’s lives by contributing physically to the establishment of a new children’s home and play ground.
- Swaziland Excursion : Be entertained by a Swazi Cultural Tour and visit various rural craft destinations.
- Conservation projects : Contribute towards the running of a conservancy. This includes anti-poaching manoeuvres, bush clearing, fence checking, exotic plant eradication, hide repair or whatever needs are prevalent at the time of you stay.
- 4 x 4 Driving : Experience the skills involved in handling a vehicle off road.
- Microlighting : Enjoy the thrill of flying over the reserve, eagle eye animals from above.
- Mozambique Excursion : Enjoy a 6 day get away to an island-style paradise and choose to swim with whale sharks and dolphins.
- Elephant Back Safari : Be enthralled by an elephant interaction and elephant back safari. Contribute to the elephant’s welfare by participating in stable cleaning and food harvesting.
- Rifle handling : Participate in target shooting.
- Moholoholo Excursion : Spend 3 days camping and visit a hands-on Animal Rehabilitation and Reptile Centre and get in touch with ‘Jessica’, the hand raised hippo.
- Carnivore programme : Learn all there is to know from a professional which includes the calling and baiting of our resident lions.
8 Week Culture & Conservation Extra Experience
Be in a position to revel in two months of the penultimate exposure to life on Kwa Madwala, where your participation ensures the perpetuation of this conservancy. Allow yourself to participate in the Vulture feeding initiative during the birds of prey programme's plus 3 days in The Kruger National Park where everyday is unexpected. This is an all round programme with a valuable community contribution whilst getting really close to the African wildlife.
Course Overview
- Orientation : Introduction to team leaders (bush buddies), familiarization with environment and safety measures.
- Game drives : These occur throughout your stay with a minimum of 4 per week
- Ranger skills training : Animal track identification and tracking methods/ tree identification, incorporating uses and medicinal properties.
- Bush walks : These also occur throughout you stay and enhance your Ranger skill training.
- Community project : Visit rural communities and learn about tribal customs, go see a witch doctor, a rural clinic and help out at an AIDS orphanage. Make a real difference in needy children’s lives by contributing physically to the establishment of a new children’s home and play ground.
- Swaziland Excursion : Be entertained by a Swazi Cultural Tour and visit various rural craft destinations.
- Conservation projects : Contribute towards the running of a conservancy. This includes anti-poaching manoeuvres, bush clearing, fence checking, exotic plant eradication, hide repair or whatever needs are prevalent at the time of you stay.
- 4 x 4 Driving : Experience the skills involved in handling a vehicle off road.
- Microlighting : Enjoy the thrill of flying over the reserve, eagle eye animals from above.
- Mozambique Excursion : Enjoy a 6 day get away to an island-style paradise and choose to swim with whale sharks and dolphins.
- Elephant Back Safari : Be enthralled by an elephant interaction and elephant back safari. Contribute to the elephant’s welfare by participating in stable cleaning and food harvesting.
- Rifle handling : Participate in target shooting.
- Moholoholo Excursion : Spend 3 days camping and visit a hands-on Animal Rehabilitation, Reptile Centre and get in touch with ‘Jessica’, the hand raised hippo.
- Carnivore programme : Learn all there is to know from a professional which includes the calling and baiting of our resident lions.
- Kruger National Park Excursion: Spend 3 days in the largest South African game reserve.
- Birding programme : Learn more from a specialist during a day and night course.
10 Week Culture, Conservation and Adventure Experience
Indulge yourself. This is the paramount course we have on offer and possibly the ultimate life changing experience, living for 70 days on an African game reserve. The bias here is towards adventure, activities which complement the conservation programme and rural community involvement. Sleeping under the stars, swinging off bridges (bungee style!), tubing down a rapid, abseiling, quad biking and Tiger fishing are just some of the sporty and adrenalin pumping activities you can enjoy.
Course Overview
- Orientation : Introduction to team leaders (bush buddies), familiarization with environment and safety measures.
- Game drives : These occur throughout your stay with a minimum of 4 per week
- Ranger skills training : Animal track identification and tracking methods/ tree identification, incorporating uses and medicinal properties.
- Bush walks : These also occur throughout you stay and enhance your Ranger skill training.
- Community project : Visit rural communities and learn about tribal customs, go see a witch doctor, a rural clinic and help out at an AIDS orphanage. Make a real difference in needy children’s lives by contributing physically to the establishment of a new children’s home and play ground.
- Swaziland Excursion : Be entertained by a Swazi Cultural Tour and visit various rural craft destinations.
- Conservation projects : Contribute towards the running of a conservancy. This includes anti-poaching manoeuvres, bush clearing, fence checking, exotic plant eradication, hide repair or whatever needs are prevalent at the time of you stay.
- 4 x 4 Driving : Experience the skills involved in handling a vehicle off road.
- Microlighting : Enjoy the thrill of 2 flights over the reserve, eagle eye animals from above.
- Mozambique Excursion : Enjoy a 6 day get away to an island-style paradise and choose to swim with whale sharks and dolphins.
- Elephant Back Safari : Be enthralled by an elephant interaction and elephant back safari. Contribute to the elephant’s welfare by participating in stable cleaning and food harvesting.
- Rifle handling : Participate in target shooting.
- Moholoholo Excursion : Spend 3 days camping and visit a hands-on Animal Rehabilitation and Reptile Centre and get in touch with ‘Jessica’, the hand raised hippo.
- Carnivore programme : Learn all there is to know from a professional which includes the calling and baiting of our resident lions
- Kruger National Park Excursion: Spend 3 days in the largest South African game reserve.
- Birding programme : Learn more from a specialist during a day and night course.
- 2 Day Hike & overnight : Be thrilled by spending a night out on the reserve, learn survival skills and feel the fear as a sentry in the all night watch.
- Manyatta overnight : Pamper yourself with a night at the luxury Manyatta Camp (also on the reserve).
- Sabie Excursion : Xtreme junkie destination. Spend 3 days in the mountains and swing off a bridge, jump off a cliff and tube down a rapid.
