Located in the heart of the Okonjima Game Reserve this exciting project works alongside the world's largest Big Cat Welfare Programme, committed to the long term conservation and release of Namibia's large carnivores, especially cheetahs and leopards. By choosing this project volunteers will be undertaking reserve maintenance tasks including dismantling windmills, fence-lines, bush-clearing tasks, repairing waterholes and dam and bridge maintenance, with the ultimate aim of allowing the animals cared for to run around more freely in a balanced ecosystem. Volunteers may also have the opportunity of working directly at the Big Cat Welfare Programme where they will take part in a multitude of activities including bone collecting within the cheetah camps, cleaning the wild dogs water trough, erecting and repairing fences and netting as well as leopard tracking, cheetah tracking by foot, bushman walks, birding and game drives and possibly rescuing animals in distress. This is a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes and be involved in the work of the Big Cat Welfare Programme which is home to more than 100 big cats.
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