EcoTraining
Mashatu Madness with EcoTraining
Published on February 10, 2020What’s it like on the first day of a safari guide course with EcoTraining? Check out this recent report from the South African bush: With a new group of students arriving at EcoTraining’s Mashatu Camp, the instructors needed to show them around…
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Read All About It: Strengthening Ties Between Africa and China
Published on January 20, 2020Safari News (South Africa) featured a story about EcoTraining’s efforts to create a generation of environmentally conscious travelers by hosting between eight and 10 groups of visitors from China each year. Quotable quote: “We hope that when they return to their country,…
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Life After EcoTraining — Natasha De Woronin Britz
Published on September 10, 2019EcoTraining’s foundation is built on connecting our specialist naturalist instructors with passionate course participants. Here is an epic fireside chat about someone making a difference to wildlife and conservation after attending an EcoTraining course. Natasha de Woronin Britz crisscrossed the globe before landing the…
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Read All About It: Rich Man, Spoor Man
Published on March 1, 2019The Sunday Times in South Africa offers a story about one of its writers learning the fine art of reading animal footprints in the bush from a veteran EcoTraining tracker. Quotable quote: “On the day I arrived, there was high excitement among…
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Read All About It: An Appetite for African Adventure
Published on November 19, 2018Wild magazine in South Africa featured a story on taking a field guide course with EcoTraining in Kruger National Park. Quotable quote: “We try to remove all unnecessary, glamorous barriers between our students and the wilderness. I hope that when the students…
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Why It’s a Good Time to Become a Nature Guide
Published on September 11, 2018As the South African tourism industry continues to thrive — and the re-establishment of game reserves and natural wildlife areas continues — the opportunity for careers in ecotourism is on the increase. One such career is field guiding, or as it’s more…
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Safe Travel Ideas in Africa for Solo Female Travelers
Published on August 15, 2018For some women, traveling alone is a liberating experience — that’s sometimes curtailed for safety or economical reasons (those single supplements can be a killer!). However, a number of EcoTraining programs were recently recommended in an article called 20 of the best…
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Anton Lategan: Reconnecting Man and Nature with EcoTraining
Published on July 23, 2018Here’s part two of our recent interview with Anton Lategan, one of the owners and managing director of EcoTraining Guides & Guardians, which offers a range of field courses in South Africa, Botswana and Kenya to would-be guides, environmental students or anyone…
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Read All About It: Best Solo Trips
Published on July 21, 2018The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. recently ran a story on “20 of the Best Group Trips for Solo Travelers” — a list that includes including the EcoTraining Guides & Guardians experiences in southern Africa. Quotable quote: “The Wilderness Trails Skills course…
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