Up close and personal ... environmental awareness course gets underway at Albizia Camp

Cadets have settled into Albizia camp at Umkhumbi Lodge and begun their Environmental Awareness Course (EAC). The content of the EAC will include: Flora & fauna, mammals, reptiles, snakes, rudimentary medicine, spoors, tracking and anatomy. The course will be carried out in and around this special part of South Africa.

The cadets got to grips (or was the boa getting to grips with them?!) with an introduction to reptiles, snakes, scorpions and spiders.

erm ... how tight is 'too' tight?

Expedition leader Katy 

Socialising round the campfire in the evenings

Welcome to Africa!

Expeditioners have been met by their guide Tommy at Durban Airport and are now on their way to Umkhumbi Lodge near Hluhluwe in Kwa-ZuluNatal.

Cadets accommodation and camp at Umkhumbi

 

 

The Lodge at Umkhumbi

View from the balcony of Umkhumbi Lodge 

Arrived safely in Johannesburg!

Expedition has arrived safely in Johannesburg and now connecting to Durban where they will transfer by road Umkhumbi Lodge in KwaZulu-Natal and the start of their environmental awareness phase of the expedition.