Ameé Stern – Admin Assistant
Ameé, who mans the front office and works as an admin assistant, has been at the HESC for 2 months now, and feels that it is a blessing to live and work in the bush. It is said that “once you experience the African Bush, it’s like an addiction that you can never get rid of”, and Ameé agrees.
Having grown up in towns in Natal and the… Read more…
Many of you will remember that we introduced the Lure Machine, which was invented at the Centre, a while ago. Over the weekend we decided to take Tiaan, our male cheetah, for a run using this clever piece of equipment.
Since Tiaan is unable to get the kind of exercise he’d get in the wild – short bursts of intense speed when hunting, the lure maching is used to encourage the kind of exercise… Read more…
Sarah Henson, Janesta Scott, Wayne Scott and Mary Howkins
HESC offers people the opportunity to experience the Centre in an intensive and hands-on 21-day programme. During the varsity holidays (June to August) this is limited to students (between 18 and 35 years), although for the rest of the year we welcome all ages.
It is divided into three main sections: Participation, Conservation and Sightseeing.
Becca playing with the caracal
For the first few days we got into the routine of feeding all the animals, including butchering the massive chunks of meat for the cheetahs. For our first activity, we flew in microlight planes, and got a birds’ eye view of lions, buffalo, wildebeest and giraffe.
The microlights in Hoedspruit
One of the highlights so far was on the first day, when we got to help move some adult… Read more…
The first week in April has was a busy one for all at HESC. Everything from new births, to moving lions, kept us occupied for the first few days of the month.
OUR NEWBORN
Licia, the assistant curator, was in the Centre one morning when she spotted a newborn sable calf. We believe that the calf is already about two weeks old! Sables have a gestation… Read more…
Saturday the 31st of March saw the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre going all out – not only did we educate people on the importance of saving and protecting endangered animals, but also on the importance of sustainable living.
Handing out information, chatting to guests and staff and spreading the word was the order of the day. Each guest who visited the Centre received information on Earth Hour and its importance.
To celebrate and highlight Earth… Read more…
HESC offers people the opportunity to experience the Centre in an intensive and hands-on 21-day programme. During the varsity holidays (June to August) this is limited to students (between 18 and 35 years), although for the rest of the year we welcome all ages.
It is divided into three main sections: Participation, Conservation and Sightseeing.
The main focus of the programme is on the cheetah, and throughout their stay participants are involved in the everyday care of… Read more…
Before Ilana joined the HESC team, she was really active in the tourism industry. She worked as a guide on two reserves – Lalibela in the Eastern Cape, and Entabeni in The Waterberg, as well as managing guest houses in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Having been in the industry for almost 6 years, she has seen and experienced the beauty and excitement of the bush and life in… Read more…
This year, South Africa’s National Water Week celebrations (5-11 March) coincide with us hosting the United Nations World Water Day celebrations in Cape Town on the 22 March 2011.
Companies and schools are running water-awareness programmes the world-over today, to create awareness of the world’s increasing water shortage,… Read more…
We had a very busy and eventful week.
We went to Kruger National Park and visited the Echo Caves as well as God’s Window. We also went on an elephant back safari at Camp Jabulani.
Besides taking in the scenery and visiting the sights, we continued our work at the centre: butchery, feeding the cheetahs, feeding the small animals and interacting with the cheetah cubs.
The school came over on Friday, and… Read more…
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