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emote places such as the Kruger<br />
National Park and Botswana. You will<br />
gain knowledge from experienced<br />
instructors who have a combined<br />
120+ years’ real life bush experience. In<br />
an untamed wilderness overflowing<br />
with life, you will come face to<br />
face with the Big 5 as well as other<br />
spectacular animals. During this year,<br />
you will be exposed to life-changing<br />
experiences in Africa. If this is not<br />
enough, you will create friendships<br />
forged around the camp fire and<br />
memories that will stay with you for a<br />
lifetime.<br />
What does an EcoTraining professional<br />
field guide course entail?<br />
Up to five months of theoretical and<br />
practical training with highly qualified<br />
instructors will qualify you with various<br />
certificate courses. The following five<br />
to six months will be at a lodge where<br />
you will work with experienced guides<br />
and lodge managers, mentoring<br />
you and developing your newly<br />
acquired skills. At the end of the<br />
course you will not only be qualified,<br />
but will have also gained invaluable<br />
working and practical experience.<br />
Even better is that for this year of<br />
adventure, environmental education<br />
and conservation, you walk away with<br />
national accreditation by CATHSSETA,<br />
an endorsement by the Field Guide<br />
Association of Southern Africa<br />
(FGASA). Doing this course has many<br />
benefits, especially with EcoTraining.<br />
The professional field guide students<br />
comprise a group of up to 20 people<br />
from all around the world. You want to<br />
learn a new culture? You have 20 from<br />
which to choose. Not to mention the<br />
culture of nature and its inhabitants.<br />
Living in the bush has a magical way<br />
of harnessing the best version of you.<br />
Your vision becomes clearer, your<br />
instincts become sharper and not<br />
to mention the close observation<br />
encounters of wild animals passing<br />
through the camp! So, if you love the<br />
idea of taking guests from all over the<br />
world out on walking and game drive<br />
safaris into Africa’s wild places, finding<br />
wildlife for them, teaching them<br />
fascinating facts about the animals<br />
and ecosystems, then EcoTraining’s<br />
professional field guide course is<br />
for you.<br />
To learn more about the professional field guide course, visit www.ecotraining.<br />
co.za/programs-courses/professional-guide/. Programme locations: Southern<br />
Africa (South Africa and Botswana). Website: www.ecotraining.co.za.<br />
Admissions contact: enquiries@ecotraining.co.za. Telephone: +27-13-752-2532.<br />
Follow us on social media: Facebook: EcotrainingAfrica, Twitter: @ecotraining,<br />
Instagram: @ecotraining and YouTube: EcoTraining TV.<br />
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