2023 at Primate Sanctuary experience
Primate Sanctuary experience
Highlights
- Get to expierence the day to day work involved to maintain and run an established primate sanctuary
- Work with a local team, sharing experiences and learning a bit about there culture and life at the foundation
- meet fellow volunteers from around the world, form new life long frienships, share your experience with like minded people
- Enjoy unbelievable vegan meals making a diffrence not only for the life of the animals, the environment but to you aswell
- vist the local tourist attraction, the Verbet Monkey Foundation is only and hour away from the famous Kruger national Park
- Get to expierence the day to day work involved to maintain and run an established primate sanctuary
- Work with a local team, sharing experiences and learning a bit about there culture and life at the foundation
- meet fellow volunteers from around the world, form new life long frienships, share your experience with like minded people
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About the program
Gain first hand knowledge rehabilitating indigenous vervet monkeys back into a natural environment, be part of a team making a diffrence
We currently care for over 500 monkeys, and we take in many orphans each year. You may be involved with hand-rearing orphans (in baby season) and be lucky enough to see them with their foster mums, watching them become real monkeys. In addition you will help the monkeys further by general husbandry, ...
Typical day
You will not need any prior experience as we will teach you everything you need to know – just come with enthusiasm and an interest in conservation! If you have any specific skills or interest we are happy to try and utilize them during your stay. No matter what you do, you can expect that it is ...
Free-time activities
There are some beautiful waterfalls and rivers in the area that a great to spend time at, there are variouse sight seeing area aswell as a fantastic lodge just down the road with a spa and swimming pool, Kruger national park is only an hour away, the famouse Blyde river canyon and potholes with a ...
Requirements
What's Included
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Details on arrival
You will arrive at Johannesburg Airport, we recommend you get in contact with Sandy from Travelbuggz at time of booking, who for a small fee will arrange to meet you at the airport and safely transfer you to the bus, she can offer overnight accommodation if you arrive to late for the bus or if things dont go as planned, you will be met by one of the foundations staff at teh local bus stop and taken to the foundation, you are shown your accomodation and possibloe room mate, a short orientation is given on arrival while you introduced to fellow volunteers and sit down to the eveining vegan meal, where you can comfortably listen to there stories of the day. the following morning you will meet up with the volunteer co-ordinator and go through the main orientation with everyone else who arrived. We do prefer volunteers to arrive on a Sunday or Monday to help fsacilitate the orientations.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Vervet Monkey Foundation
Non-profit - founded in 1989
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Dave
About the project
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