Student Programme

HESC offers people between the ages of 18 and 35 years the opportunity to experience the Centre in an intensive and hands-on 21-day programme.

It is divided into three main sections: Participation, Conservation and Sight Seeing.

The main focus of the programme is on the cheetah, and throughout their stay participants are involved in the everyday care of these magnificent animals. This includes cleaning, feeding, and where required, assisting …Read more

Jaco has been a field guide at HESC for four months. He is currently studying Game Ranch Management, and he’s chosen to do his year of practical training at the Centre. It’s an intensive four year course, comprising two years of theory, a year of …Read more

At HESC we’re always willing to go the extra mile, be that taking in an injured leopard or helping a dove with an dodgy wing. But as our name suggests, our main focus lies with endangered species. Although in this case the endangered species in …Read more

Life as a guide does not just consist of taking guests on tours.  Here at the Centre we like to keep our guides busy and fit even when we don’t have visitors. On these slightly quieter days they get the opportunity to work …Read more

Toffee is an eight year old female who was born and raised at HESC. She reminds us of Blanche from the eighties hit sitcom The Golden Girls. She is relaxed, peaceful and charming – just like her human counterpart – and every bit as popular with the …Read more

On Sunday five cheetahs were successfully relocated to HESC. After many months of preparation and much anticipation, five cheetahs – an adult female with three sub-adult cubs and an adult male – were successfully relocated to their new home …Read more

The mornings and evenings are becoming decidedly nippy, hinting of colder times ahead. We did enjoy a lot of rain this week though, which is great because we need all the water we can get …Read more

In my last week I continued to work hard, and enjoyed every minute of it. The privilege of being so close to the animals will stay with me forever. I experienced a game drive at sundown, learned survival skills for the bush and handled a rifle. We …Read more

Khula – who is part of our “Senior Adoptions” campaign – was adopted by Heather and Jimmy Giannoccaro, owners and representatives of G&H Transport and Repairs. After attending a wedding in the area, the Giannoccaro family and some of their co-workers spent a night at Kapama …Read more

Olivia Banda and Cindy Price have both proven that the power of one is boundless. As part of our new “Junior Adoptions” campaign, these two forward thinking kids each adopted a cheetah for the year. Olivia chose Max, while Cindy opted for Sheila, one of our seven …Read more