It is difficult to describe a “typical day” as there is such a wide range of activities. Activities from day-to-day vary from game drives, nature walks, working with reserve visitors and hunting, to nightly game counts. The activities can be physical at times, so it is important for the volunteer to be physically fit. Activities requiring may include: counting large herbivores on foot, fixing holes in fences, chopping out alien trees or soil erosion control. Less physical involvement may include: collecting flowering plants for the species list, calculating wildlife stocking densities or monitoring habitat conditions by means of a grass survey. These activities, and more, are the heart of the hands-on experience that makes Nyati Conservation Corps unique.
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