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Today we had a bit of a lie in, I got up at 0545 and then at 0700 we started washing the cars and the equipment. The trainers went to retrieve the broken car and miraculously it can now start, the other

Today began at 0445 and by 0530 we were off on a Game Drive. We had a super drive, we saw a few Wahlberg’s eagles, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, impala and the highlight was seeing the cheetah and her cub,

Today began at 0445 and at 0530 off we went for a Game Drive. It rained almost the whole time, but we still had a great time. I didn’t take many photos because it was raining, but we saw hippos, a jackal,

Today began with breakfast and then at 0700 we began our 4 x 4 course. Today was all theory, there is so much of it! We went through until brunch time (French toast, bacon, cheese, salad and fruit) and

Today began with breakfast and then tests at 0700. I got 100% on the bird calls and then we had tests on weather and climate and arthropods – I think they both went ok. We left for town about 0930, did

Today I had breakfast and then it was time for one more photography workshop at 0700. Today was all about photo editing and using Lightroom. It was interesting to see what you can do with images but I

Yesterday I had breakfast and was in the classroom for 0700 for the first of our photography workshops. They were run by Etienne Oosthuizen who is quite a well known wildlife photographer. The first couple

Today began with breakfast and then a lecture at 0700 on weather and climate. It was quite interesting and a lot of the theory I already knew the basics of. It won’t really be used too much in guiding,

Today I woke up at 0600 had breakfast and then at 0700 it was time for camp clean up. Basically in our duty groups we just had to do our duty because no one had for a week. We were on kitchen duty so just

Today we checked out of our little cottages and drove to collect Cal from his lodge and then drove back to camp. I unpacked my things and then spent the rest of the morning uploading photos, chatting to

Today I had leftover pizza for breakfast and then we left camp at 0730 and drove to Hoedspruit for Jess to have a hair cut. The rest of us went and waited in Spur, I had a mango juice. When Jess came back

Today we left our castle just before 0800, we returned the keys and then went to Harrie’s Pancakes for breakfast – lemon meringue pancake and mango juice today – so yummy. We wandered around a couple of

Today we got up and checked out of our little chalet, we drove and had breakfast in a tiny little village called Pilgrim’s Rest. We ate in the Pilgrim’s Pantry, I had a cinnamon and sugar pancake and a

Today was another super day, we were going to get up early and see some sights before breakfast, but it was raining and ridiculously misty, so we didn’t. We went out just after 0800 and went to ‘Harrie’s

Today was such a fantastic day. I woke up at 0430 when El left. I got up a bit later and packed, then I made the most of some fast internet. We left at about 0815, we dropped Cal off at a Game Lodge where

Today began realising that there was no power and that the fans had gone off during the night. I had breakfast and then we headed into town to pick up our hire car for our week off next week. Then we drove

Today began at 0445 and then off we went for a Game Drive. Before we even got to Makalali we saw a hyena, crocodile and a waterbuck. We arrived to the reserve and off we went. We saw a jackal, not for

Today began with breakfast and then a lecture about ethology – animal behaviour, this was fascinating. We watched several video clips which helped us to learn bits about their behaviour and the lecture

This morning began with breakfast and getting our geology tests from last week back – I got 100%! I am genuinely amazed. We then had a lecture at 0700 on mammals – what a huge topic. We focused on their

Today began quite early, we got up at 0530 and did some last minute revision before today’s tests. We started with bird calls, quite a few of us got 100% again. Then we had tests on botany and birds. We