Research Internships 2027, Samburu
Save the Elephants
Samburu Research Centre, northern Kenya, Kenya · Internship
ELIGIBILITY
Kenyan citizens over 18
Save the Elephants is taking applications from Kenyan graduates for unpaid field internships of about six weeks at its Samburu research camp in 2027.
Key details
- Three intakes in 2027, starting in March, June or September
- Interns join elephant monitoring, behaviour studies, human-elephant conflict work or conservation education, and write a report before leaving
- Food, accommodation and equipment are covered; interns pay their own transport between Nairobi and Samburu
- Needs a BSc in zoology, botany, environmental science or GIS, or a WRTI wildlife diploma, plus some earlier fieldwork
- Asks for good written English, Excel and basic statistics; vet students are not taken
Applying
Email one PDF with your CV and cover letter, named after you, to the address on the Save the Elephants internship page, saying which intake you want and naming an academic supervisor as a referee. Applications are open from 1 November to 31 December 2026.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply through Save the Elephants’s own careers page, where you’ll also find the full ad.
Go to Save the Elephants’s careers page ↗- Write a cover letter for this role at Save the Elephants, not a generic one.
- Keep your CV to two pages, most recent job first, with dates.
- Include two recent references with phone numbers.
- Say when you can start and that you are happy to live on site in the bush.
Applications go straight to Save the Elephants. No account, no middleman.
Closes 31 Dec 2026
We list this role from Save the Elephants’s own careers page, last checked 2 Nov 2026. The full ad is on their site; see How to apply.
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