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NKOMBI Camp.
Accommodation
Rooms are fitted with one or two single beds, a bedside table
and shelves. Rooms are not heated, so warm sleeping gear and a
quality sleeping bag are essential in the winter (May-Sept).
Campfire.
Camp Life
Whilst at NKOMBI camp you will develop some great
friendships as you work alongside the other volunteers and
leaders; fire-making, cooking or simply relaxing on the verandah.
Banded Rubber Frog.
Wildlife
There is a great diversity of wildlife at Mankwe Wildlife
Reserve; from the White Rhino, to the Banded Rubber Frog.
Tracking.
Workshops
Several workshops form part of the NKOMBI Volunteer
Programme. These include: tracking in the bush, traditional
cookery and large mammal identification.
GPS Training.
Field Techniques
You will gain skills in compass and GPS use, height and
distance estimation and other practices which will be used
frequently throughout the programme.
Small Mammal Trapping.
Research Projects
Volunteers have a very active role in the various research
projects; assessing carnivore populations and nocturnal predator
activity, to name a few.
Firebreak Burning.
Management Practices
Firebreak burning, anti-poaching patrols and fence
maintenance are just some of the Management Practices an NKOMBI
volunteer will be involved in.
Volunteer Restraining a Blesbok.
Game Capture
This is your chance to get very hands on with South African
wildlife as you help with this annual translocation operation.
