My amazing wildlife sightings as camp manager

Bushwise Student

Aug 16, 20223 min read

My amazing wildlife sightings as camp manager

Bushwise student Ricardo shares his experience as camp manager and all the amazing wildlife sightings from the week. Read time: 3 min I...

Bushwise Student

Aug 4, 20223 min read

Bushwise 101: game drives

This blog was written by Bushwise student Trevor Hinze, whose week as camp manager coincided with the first week of game drives. Read...

Different types of bats: how many are there?

Bushwise

Aug 1, 20224 min read

Different types of bats: how many are there?

Bats are the second-largest group of mammals, after rodents, and there are tons of different types of bats all around the world. How many...

Animal scavengers and the ecological role they play

Bushwise Trainer

Jul 26, 20223 min read

Animal scavengers and the ecological role they play

This article about animal scavengers is by Bushwise Trainer Wayne Lubbe. Based at our Mahlahla campus, Wayne is a highly qualified guide...

Bushwise

Jul 21, 20223 min read

Paving the road for industry transformation: Bushwise and the Southern African Wildlife College

In January this year, Bushwise and the Southern African Wildlife College launched an exciting new collaboration. With a shared goal of...

Bushwise

Jul 19, 20223 min read

Photo blog: a Lowveld welcome to our new Bushwise students

The beginning of each new Bushwise course fills the Lowveld air with anticipation and excitement. Not only for the newest intake of field...

Bushwise Trainer

Jul 14, 20223 min read

A 5,000-star safari camping experience

Sleepout on a Bushwise course, a rustic safari camping experience, is something you’ll remember your whole life. Trainer Darryn Murray...

Bushwise Student

Jul 12, 20223 min read

Tips and tricks from a Bushwise student

As we begin the next Bushwise Professional Field Guide course, alumnus Gareth Jones has some words of wisdom as a Bushwise student. Let’s...

Winners of Safari Guide of the Year 2022

Annie DuPre

Jul 7, 20223 min read

Winners of Safari Guide of the Year 2022

The Safari Guide of the Year 2022 competition was nothing short of spectacular. The five finalists spent the week showing off their...

Prepared, excited and now a Bushwise graduate

Bushwise Alumni

Jul 5, 20223 min read

Prepared, excited and now a Bushwise graduate

BY Brody Merles, Bushwise graduate Camp manager blogs are written by our current students who each get a chance to lead and manage a...

My game path through the African bushveld

Bushwise Student

Jun 28, 20223 min read

My game path through the African bushveld

Bushwise Professional Field Guide students forge their own game paths as they grow in their careers. Elmar Kleinhans shares his...

Bushwise Trainer

Jun 23, 20223 min read

From field guide to field guide trainer

Bushwise trainer Wayne Lubbe is based at our Mahlahla campus, near the Greater Makalali Game Reserve. In this post he tells his story of...

My life on a Bushwise field guide course

Bushwise Student

May 31, 20223 min read

My life on a Bushwise field guide course

Bushwise student Rian Gouws talks about his choice to join the Bushwise Professional Field Guide course, and how it’s opened his eyes to...

Learning the language of the bush: Cybertracker track and sign

Bushwise

May 26, 20223 min read

Learning the language of the bush: Cybertracker track and sign

Track and sign with Cybertracker is a valuable and wonderful part of Bushwise Professional Field Guide training. Bushwise students learn...

Marketing Team

May 24, 20224 min read

Lifelong memories on a Bushwise course

Divan Mclachlan and Heindre Gericke, students on a Bushwise course, recall some of their favourite experiences so far – including...

Bushwise

May 19, 20223 min read

How do birds get their colour?

A question many of us have asked ourselves at some point in time: How do birds get their colour? Bushwise trainer Wayne Lubbe brings his...

My favourite wildlife sightings in the African bushveld

Bushwise Student

May 17, 20223 min read

My favourite wildlife sightings in the African bushveld

Throughout his time on the Bushwise Professional Field Guide course, Kieth Windy has had some incredible wildlife sightings. Camp manager...

Animal social structures – solitary or gregarious?

Bushwise Trainer

May 12, 20224 min read

Animal social structures – solitary or gregarious?

In this blog, Nico (trainer with Bushwise and finalist for Safari Guide of the Year 2022) describes animal social structures. Discussing...

Bushwise Student

May 10, 20223 min read

Fauna and flora, one species at a time

Bushwise student Petri Oberholster shares how he’s learning to identify the nearly endless species of fauna and flora you’ll see in the...

Field guide jobs and career paths: where do I go from here?

Bushwise

May 5, 20225 min read

Field guide jobs and career paths: where do I go from here?

If there’s one thing we know about field guides, it’s that there’s no “one size fits all” field guide job. You might think, but a field...

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