Our two week volunteer program is your chance to spend two weeks engrossed in the day-to-day running of a 90,000-acre wildlife conservancy – learn about caring for rescued animals, how conservation agriculture works, the procedures of wildlife research and monitoring, and what it takes to run a K-9 anti-poaching unit.
Whether your passion is wildlife management, veterinary care, or just epic adventure, Ol Pejeta Conservancy can offer you a volunteer opportunity like no other.
Itinerary
DAY 1
Arrival and Check-in: Book in at The Stables. Program overview and safety orientation.
DAY 2
9:00am-12:30pm: Early morning game drive, a visit to Hippo Hide and our rhino memorial.
2:30-4:00pm: Visit Morani Information Centre; have a close encounter with Baraka the blind rhino. Visit the last northern white rhinos in the world. Participate in caregiving activities.
DAY 3
6:30am-12:30pm:
- - Chimpanzees: Overview of Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
- • Sanctuary management protocols and procedures.
- Chimpanzee welfare and environmental enrichment protocols.
- • Visit the chimpanzee platform and Adoption Centre; take a tour along the walkway.
3:00-4:00pm: Educative talk with Stephen Ngulu - in house veterinarian and in charge of the chimpanzees.
DAY 4
All Day - Wildlife Department, black rhino monitoring, collection and analysis of data on rhinos.
DAY 5
All Day: Tourism Department - assist the Education officer and guiding team with creative ways to engage local children in line with our environmental education program. Help with Tourism feedback data interpretation and reporting.
DAY 6
9:00am-12:30pm - Ecological Monitoring Unit. Visiting the wildlife corridor for monitoring; Spoor identification and IR camera servicing.
2:30-4:00pm: Afternoon game drive.
DAY 7
6:30am-8:30pm: Lion Tracking.
2:00-3:00pm: Radio Room Communication activities.
DAY 8
Rest day: Can plan to go for shopping in Nanyuki town and other personal activities.
DAY 9
9:00am-12:30pm - Feeding Sudan and Baraka & Helping out in training dogs, grooming and walking them.
2:00-4:30pm - At free will, extend a hand of compassion at Nanyuki children’s home - spend some time with the kids.
DAY 10
All Day - Ecological Monitoring Unit Work with EMU at the office: organising wildlife sightings, sorting corridor images and inputting data.
DAY 11
All Day - Interact with our Community Development staff and learn the mode of operations within the department. Visit one of the outreach programs.
DAY 12
All Day: Chimpanzees - feeding, helping in cleaning & working with the chimpanzee caretakers
DAY 13
All Day: Security & Dog Unit - Morani security facility/Dog unit
DAY 14
Visit Mount Kenya Wildlife Orphanage.
DAY 15
Departure
Dates
- 16th- 30th April
- 30th July - 13th August
Cost
- US$ 1,557 per person
