Wilderness Conservations Expeditions

Embark on a unique adventure,

This isn’t just another Safari.

Off the beaten track. A truly immersive “Boots on the ground” approach

Engage in conservation activities, immerse yourself in the bush and enhance your knowledge of local wildlife, conservation efforts, and the importance of the ecosystem through immersive learning experiences.
Time will be split between doing daily game drives and/ or bush walks, as well as exclusive conservation activities typically inaccessible to the general tourist, such as tracking, understanding of animal behaviour, rifle handling processes, wildlife photography and could even include a wilderness sleepout under the Africa skies.

The new GVI expeditions were born out of its more than 25-year experience in training conservation and research staff, as well as its unique positioning as one of South Africa’s premier field guide training organisations. These highly skilled staff members will be your guides of your unique safari experience.

The Wilderness Conservation Expedition for nature enthusiasts is an immersive safari experience designed to introduce the adventure tourist to a completely different safari and aims to provide the nature enthusiast to a higher level of insight and self-sufficiency.
It is a highly condensed “taster” of the training undertaken by a professional safari guide in Africa. (Think Ranger Experience)
Time will be split between doing typical game drives and/or walks in the dedicated ecosystem, as well as exclusive conservation activities typically inaccessible to tourists, such as
learning to use camera traps, telemetry to track down cats, or tracking and reading sign in the bush, learning about animal behaviour and animal-human interaction, rifle handling, a wilderness sleepout, wildlife photography Tips and tricks from guide trainers, as well as approaching dangerous game on foot and a game walk.
We will also have a family / Multigenerational version that is aimed at younger participants traveling as a family unit. We will have set departure options (dates) to enable FIT bookings.
These trips will be a great way for a group of friends or family to learn new skills while having an off the beaten path Safari experience.
We do tailor the duration and experience to assist with customisation, but advise that you need a min of 4 nights, to include the sleepouts in the wild – The product has been developed to suit the Tourism trade to enhance on the ground experiences for their clients (Delivery in the bush by qualified senior guide trainers/ conservationist)