Right... so I´m going to Africa

Well... as the title says... I´m going to Africa.
Right now I´m really quite nervous as I´m leaving the day after tomorrow, but I´m also really excited ^_^

I hope I´ll be able to blog a little while I´m in Africa, but I´m not sure I´ll have access to the internet, so I´ll give you a bit of an overview of what I´ll be doing :D

The first 2 weeks I´ll be learning a lot as I´m doing a wildlife tracking course in Botswana near Selebi-Phikwe is the very South-Eastern tip of the country. I´m going to learn to track animals and be in the bush bush ;D I´m really looking forward to it, even though we´ll be sleeping in straw huts or tents, have only bucket showers and eat from military style foil packs :P It´ll be a great adventure for sure.

The following 8 weeks I´ll work at Khulula Wild Care in South-Africa where I get to take care of animals and hopefully and most likely raise some baby animals as they specialise in hand-raising orphaned animals ^.^ The nearest town will be Nelspruit where I hope to get a little internet time now and again :) The major activities in Khula include:
lectures in hand rearing and infant care
treating and caring for animals
hand rearing young animals
cleaning cages and bomas
preparing food for the animals and ourselves
rehabilitation of animals
assisting the vet
updating animal records
patrolling the reserve´s perimeter
development of pens at the new centre
game drives involved in conservation work
and other daily tasks such as laundry and cleaning

I can´t wait to leave and on the other hand I know I´m going to miss everyone terribly... 2,5 months is quite a long time. Nonetheless this certainly will be a life changing experience and I´m a little nervous, but excitement still has the upper hand at the moment XD

I hope I´ll be able to keep you all updated and take loads of pictures :)
Have a great summer! I know I will ^_^
HUG Fleur