Addo Elephant National Park

  South Africa

Port Elizabeth

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: All Year

Description: You've heard about Africa's Big 5 - the elephant, lion, rhino, leopard and buffalo. Well, Addo National Park are about to become the only wildlife park in the world where you can view Africa's Big 5 in their natural environment.

With the expansion of the park, you will be able to see the Big 5 plus whales and great white sharks. The park at present is 148 000 hectares but plans to expand the park to include a 240 000 terrestrial zone and a 120 000 hectare marine zone.

- Monitoring repair of electric predator-proof fence
- Monitoring and repair of wildlife water supply equipment
- Cleaning of bomas
- Feeding of wildlife in bomas
- Game capture (seasonal)
- Wildlife monitoring
- Predator research and any other research if available
- Implementation of conservation legislation
- Plant identification
- Wildlife identification
- Wildlife habits
- Conservation ethics
- Conservation management
- Invasive alien plant identification and control
- Predator-proof fence maintenance
- Water supply maintenance
- 4x4 vehicle maintenance
- Erosion control
- Local community liaison work
- Environmental Education work
- Celebration of environmental calendar days (e.g. beach clean ups)
- Guided game drives
- Guided horse trails

Highlights: Be one of 4 volunteers to help with the park's on going research and data correlation of the mighty African Elephant and other species of African wildlife, plant life and bird life.

Qualifications: No Qualifications Needed.

Cost in US$: From 2399 GBP for 4 weeks

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: All of our experiences have been carefully selected to benefit individual volunteers as well as the placement that they attend. A typical volunteer is normally a young traveler who wants to put some thing back with their travels.

Age Range: 17 and above

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to South Africa in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 4

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Worldwide Experience's Mission Statement: Worldwide Experience strives to conserve what man is fast destroying- our own environment. We support conservation and community projects through the recruitment of volunteers from around the world to help work on these diverse, and worthwhile projects. If you are thinking of taking a Gap Year or even just want to get away for your summer break Worldwide Experience will have the placement to suit you. From 2 weeks-3 months, we have projects in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya and Sri Lanka, and our experienced team will help place you on a project that will suit your needs the most. Moreover, all the programmes have been set up with the needs and requirements of the placement in mind. This means that whether you're helping to dart a lion, track a cheetah, ID an elephant or teach a class of children, you are making a difference through your work there. Your safety is also in the forefront of our minds, and as a fully bonded tour operator, all volunteers booked to travel through us will be protected by bonding, as required by ABTA and ATOL. We can also organise all flights direct from our UK office.

Year Founded: 2003