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Eccellente 4.8rating (66)

Elephant Conservation Supporter

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2 - 12 settimane  ·  Età 18 - 50+

rating  Eccellente 4.8  · 
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Punti Salienti

  • Experience beautiful Namibia!
  • Explore Swakopmund is a great little town, safe, by the sea, surrounded by sand dunes and with lots of activities to keep you entertained!
  • Work with and protect the majestic elephant! A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
  • Meet like-minded people and form a deep relationship!
  • There's much to do in your free time: kayaking, surfing, quad biking, dolphin tours, fishing, desert tours and much more

Particolarmente adatto per

Età 18+
Singoli
Coppie
Famiglie
Gruppi
50+
Sedie a Rotelle

Sul programma

EHRA aims to conserve the desert elephants of Namibia, through practical and realistic anti-conflict solutions.

How the EHRA Volunteer Project Works

EHRA's wildlife volunteer program is structured in 2-week (11 nights) rotations, but you can repeat for a maximum of 12 weeks(132 nights). A volunteer group has a maximum of 14 people, of all ages and from all walks of life who join the program and come to Namibia ...

Sul programma

How the EHRA Volunteer Project Works

EHRA's wildlife volunteer program is structured in 2-week (11 nights) rotations, but you can repeat for a maximum of 12 weeks(132 nights). A volunteer group has a maximum of 14 people, of all ages and from all walks of life who join the program and come to Namibia to experience life in the African bush! Minimum age is 18 years old and there is no maximum age limit. 

Meeting Point

The meeting point is Swakopmund and we will give you help and advice on getting here. We organise your travel arrangements from the airport in Namibia's capital Windhoek, and the transfer to A La Mer Hotel or Amanpuri Travelers Lodge. You can choose either to stay at. On Sunday evening ( 06h30) there is a short briefing for all volunteers at A La Mer Hotel, which is important because you get to meet our staff and learn what will happen the following day when the program begins. We leave Swakopmund on Monday at 12:00 noon. We then drive to EHRA's Base Camp on the Ugab River, where you will spend the night and listen to a full briefing about the volunteer program for the following week.

Week One - Building Week

On Tuesday morning the group travels to the local Namibian farm or homestead where you will spend building week, building a protection wall around the water sources or building alternative water points for the elephants. Volunteer teams live in mobile base camps in the vicinity of the homesteads and elephants. Tents are provided by EHRA this week and soon you will make the camp your home! All cooking is done over the fire and you work in pairs taking turns to be on kitchen duty, which includes providing the first cup of coffee to everyone in bed and preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner. We have great recipes and we can also cater for vegetarians.

You rise early to beat the Namibian heat and then stop around 12 to travel back to camp for a traditional African siesta and lunch. In the afternoons you start work after 2:30 pm and work for a couple of hours, before it is time to head back to camp for the obligatory sundowner. Evenings are spent talking and relaxing around the camp fire, listening to the sounds of Africa.

Building walls is sweaty, hard work but each volunteer does what he or she is capable of doing, and you work as a team to complete the project. 

Base Camp

Saturday morning you pack up the camp and travel back to the EHRA Base Camp for a much deserved shower and relaxation. The next two days are yours to explore, read, take a swim in the elephant drinking dam and RELAX!

Week Two - Elephant Patrol

On Monday morning volunteer teams pack the Land Cruisers and leave on elephant patrol. This is an amazing week where you join the EHRA trackers on a (mostly) vehicle-based patrol traveling through the area to track the local herds of desert elephants. This week is your reward for all the hard work on building week.

The aim of this week is to track the elephants, record data on births, deaths and new elephants, GPS their positions and take ID shots and notes about each and every elephant. In 2014 we are also started a genetics project to ascertain which bulls are the main breeding animals. This involves collecting elephant dung, which is something all volunteers will help with!

EHRA believes effective conservation management is only possible through knowing each elephant personally, through its physical features and its personality traits, as well as having accurate and up-to-date information on numbers and movements. This is particularly important when 'problem' elephants are declared. The information gathered on patrol is entered onto our online database which maps each herd's movements using Google Earth. From this we can ascertain which farms and homesteads elephants visit regularly and therefore may require protection walls. The database also holds all ID photos of the elephants.

During patrol you sleep at a new place every evening, depending on where the day's tracking has taken you. You sleep under the stars, and for many volunteers, this is one of the most magical experiences of the project, and indeed, of their gap year or career break!

It is unlikely that you will see many other humans during the week, your company being the areas wildlife!

Aside from elephants, you can expect to see giraffes, oryx, ostriches, kudus, zebras, springboks and if you are very lucky black rhinos or even leopards or lions, as well as hundreds of different birds.

On Thursday afternoon after spending 4 days and 3 nights out, you travel back to Base Camp to spend your last night in the desert if you are with EHRA for only 2 weeks.

Friday morning you say your goodbyes and climb in the Land Cruiser for the journey back to Swakopmund. Friday nights are always a fun night out where we all eat together in one of the local restaurants.

Swakopmund

Swakopmund is a great little town, safe, by the sea, surrounded by sand dunes and with lots of activities to keep you entertained, such as skydiving, kayaking, dolphin watching and sand boarding to name only a few. There are lots of cafes, interesting shops, restaurants, a few bars and even a cinema! For anyone traveling onwards through Namibia we can also help you to plan your trip and recommend the best agents, car hires, places to stay and to see.

If you would like to get in touch with a past volunteer to hear first hand about their experience please do let us know.



Attività del tempo libero

Volunteers meet in the Skeleton Coast town of Swakopmund where there are many different activities including kayaking, surfing, quad biking, dolphin tours, fishing, desert tours and sand boarding on the famous dunes to name a few! During the project there is a day off in a small local town where ...

Attività del tempo libero

Volunteers meet in the Skeleton Coast town of Swakopmund where there are many different activities including kayaking, surfing, quad biking, dolphin tours, fishing, desert tours and sand boarding on the famous dunes to name a few! During the project there is a day off in a small local town where there is a restaurant with a swimming pool and wifi. The area around our base camp is beautiful and great for short hikes.


Requisiti

Requisiti

Età minima: 18 anni

Per partecipare al programma è necessario avere almeno 18 anni alla data di inizio del programma. Potrebbero esserci delle esenzioni se si è in grado di fornire il permesso del proprio tutore legale o se si è accompagnati dai propri genitori.

Competenze linguistiche

È necessario parlare di Inglese (livello base)

Documenti necessari

None

Restrizioni sulla nazionalità

Nessuna restrizione. Gli aiuti da tutto il mondo sono benvenuti.

Altre competenze

There is no skills or experience needed

Impegno di tempo

Il vostro aiuto sarà richiesto lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, giovedì, venerdì e sabato da 06:00 - 16:30

Servizi inclusi

Servizi inclusi

Servizi per Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA)

All food, accommodation, transfers to and from base camp, equipment whilst on the project.

Alloggio

At base camp we sleep on a big wooden platform in a tree. On build week we make a mobile camp, with long drop toilets but no showers. We sleep under a tarpaulin or you can choose a tent. On patrol we sleep wild and everyone sleeps on bedrolls under the stars.

Cibo e Bevande

Typical breakfast is tea, coffee, porridge, cereals. Lunch is sandwiches and fruit. Evening meals are anything from Spaghetti Bolognese, Thai Curry, Roast Chickens, even apple crumble! All is cooked over the fire.

Accesso a Internet

Accesso limitato al sito del progetto

Cosa NON è incluso?

Cosa NON è incluso?

Prelievo dall'aeroporto a Rooikop Airport

Neanche il prelievo dall'aeroporto è incluso nel costo del programma.

Biglietti aerei

L'aeroporto più vicino è Rooikop Airport (WVB) a Walvis Bay. Vi aiutiamo a trovare voli economici per Namibia. TROVARE VOLI ECONOMICI

Assicurazione di viaggio

Andare all'estero è un'avventura ed è sempre meglio essere preparati. Malattia o infortunio improvviso, annullamento o furto: un'assicurazione di viaggio per Namibia offre sicurezza ed è un vantaggio da avere. OTTENERE UN PREZZO

Vaccini

Se avete intenzione di fare volontariato a Namibia dovete chiedere un parere medico prima di iniziare il vostro viaggio sociale. Controllare le vaccinazioni richieste per Namibia. CHECKER PER I VACCINI

Dettagli all'arrivo

1 January - 12 January
15 January - 26 January
29 January - 9 February
12 February - 23 February
26 February - 8 March
11 March - 22 March
25 March - 5 April
8 April - 19 April
6 May - 17 May
20 May - 31 May
3 June - 14 June
17 June - 28 June
1 July - 12 July
15 July - 26 July
29 July - 9 August
12 August - 23 August
26 August - 6 September
9 September - 20 September
23 September - 4 October
7 October - 18 October
21 October - 1 November
4 November - 15 November
18 November - 29 November
2 December - 13 December
Disponibilità
gen feb mar apr mag giu lug ago set ott nov dic

Tariffe del programma

2 settimane (soggiorno min.) 1.168€
4 settimane 2.263€
6 settimane 3.235€
8 settimane 4.256€
10 settimane 5.166€
12 settimane (soggiorno max.) 5.818€
Tariffe medie 534€/settimana

Tariffe del programma

534€ tariffe settimanali 2 - 12 settimane Età 18 - 50+

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Durata

2 - 12 settimane

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Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA)

Eccellente 4.8 rating (66 recensioni)

Non-profit - fondata nel 2003

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Lingue parlate: Inglese

Sul progetto

Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA) provides practical solutions to the elephant-human-conflict. Helping people & elephants to live safely and in harmony in Namibia.

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Elephant Human Rlations Aid is a Namibian registered not for gain organisation (reg no. 21/2003/630) which has been in operation for 12 years. The aim of the organisation is to conserve the desert elephant population in Southern Damaraland, Namibia, through anti conflict measures.

In the 1980s the population of desert-adapted elephants in the Southern Kunene Region were wiped out through years of poaching and hunting. For years elephants were absent from the area. In 1998 an elephant bull led a herd back to the Ugab River. From that point on other herds followed until today where there are a total of 7 elephant herds in the Ugab and Huab River areas.

Unfortunately, the people that now live in this area are not used to coexisting with the elephants. Traditional houses have been destroyed, elephants have used man made dams and broke infrastructures such as windmills or damaged water tanks with their tusks. This leaves people without access to water and creates a misunderstanding toward the elephants.

The Elephant Humans Relations Aid project aims to address this inbalance in nature by protecting water points and educating the people about a well functioning coexistence.

Over 1250 people have been volunteers with EHRA in Namibia. The volunteer project is dirty work, but very rewarding.  You will see the difference your hard work makes to elephant conservation. Volunteers protect the water points the elephants damage and spend a week tracking and collecting data on the local herds, sleeping wild under the stars in the Namibian desert!

EHRA's wildlife volunteer program is structured in 2-week rotations, but you can repeat for a maximum of 12 weeks. A volunteer group has a maximum of 14 people, of all ages and from all walks of life who join the program and come to Namibia to experience life in the African bush! Minimum age is 17 years old and there is no maximum age limit.

66 recensioni · rating4.8

diane slade rating5

2023 at Elephant Conservation Supporter

I would recommend volunteering with EHRA Our guides, Molly, Andreas and Herman were brilliant they know the environment and of course the Elephants. They were supportive and answered all the questions that were asked I travelled alone and met 12 other like minded, friendly, caring, funny ...
Joseph Malisov rating4.8

2021 at Elephant Conservation Supporter

I did the program for 2 weeks. The guides were caring, friendly, funny, and loved to teach volunteers about elephants and other wildlife. They show great respect for the area around them while keeping volunteers safe. The guides can likely handle any dietary restrictions, but make sure to let them ...
Graham Elliott rating4

2019 at Elephant Conservation Supporter

A really worthwhile project which aims to protect local infrastructure for villages (water towers, solar panel installations, etc.) which are often destroyed by elephants. Elephants are also feared by many local people as they can appear out of nowhere (they are very quiet when moving around) and ...
Talking about being taken out of my comfort zone...this was it! I am 70 years old and have seen a lot of the world.When a friend called me to see if I was game to go to Namibia with her, I said yes right away, but when she said for two weeks I did reconsider. Over 16 hrs flight time from New York ...
We spent two weeks in the desert with EHRA in May '11. This was the experience of a lifetime, I often catch myself daydreaming about Namibia, the beautiful elephants and the wonderful people we met along the way. Ben, Neil and Mattias were lots of fun and we felt so safe with them. We carry fond ...
I spent 2 weeks in February doing voluntary work with EHRA in Namibia as a (60 something!) birthday treat – and what a treat it was ! I cannot begin to describe what a truly fantastic time I had. Base camp is such a brilliant experience; the camp is presided over by a large tree house on ...

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Africa > Africa del Sud > Namibia > Damaraland

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