by the Safari Dispatch team
Volunteering / Wildlife monitoring

Endangered species monitoring, Zululand

Wildlife ACT
Manyoni Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · Wildlife monitoring
YOU PAY
R33,440 for 2 weeks
Then R21,135 for each extra 2 weeks.
LENGTH
2 to 8 weeks, starting on a Monday
MINIMUM AGE
18
INCLUDED
Accommodation and food at the volunteer camp (volunteers cook for themselves), and pickup from Richards Bay Airport. Flights are not included.
WHO IT SUITS
Volunteers aged 18 to 70+. You need to be comfortable with early starts and long days in a vehicle.

Wildlife ACT runs monitoring teams on reserves in Zululand, and volunteers join them in the field to track the endangered species the reserves are working to protect.

What volunteers do

  • Go out on morning and afternoon monitoring drives with a Wildlife ACT monitor
  • Track wild dog, cheetah, black rhino and vultures with radio telemetry
  • Log sightings on GPS, update the identification kits and note behaviour
  • Enter the week’s field data on the camp computer
HOW TO APPLY

Apply on Wildlife ACT’s own website.

Go to Wildlife ACT’s application page ↗Read the full programme page ↗
  • Say which dates you have in mind and how long you can stay.
  • Tell them a little about yourself: your work, any useful skills, and why this programme.
  • Ask what the cost covers and what it doesn’t (flights, transfers, visas, insurance).
  • Ask what they advise about visas or permits for volunteering in that country.
Applications go straight to Wildlife ACT. We never take a fee.

We list this programme from Wildlife ACT’s own website, last checked 15 Oct 2026. Costs and dates change, so confirm them with Wildlife ACT before you book.

Applications go straight to the programme, never through us, and we never take a fee. Do you run Endangered species monitoring, Zululand? Email editor@safaridispatch.com to update this listing or have it removed.