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We invited one child, aged 12-14 and a member of a CITW Eco Club, from each primary school to be selected by the School Principal and Eco Club. The two boys (Destiny and Thabo) had participated in the December Camp and the 2011 Eco Clubs. One of the girls (Vuxeni) is a second year Eco Club member, while Amu is totally new to CITW Eco Clubs.

The children arrived and were taken on an afternoon game drive with Alweet Hlungwani. Michelle then invited the children to join her at the boma dinner. They then spent the night in one of the guest tents with Nancy Baloyi (Pafuri CITW Liaison) and the nocturnal shenanigans by lions near the tent hardly stirred the girls sleep although the boys were very excited about it in the morning.

After breakfast, using the computer, Michelle introduced the children to what elephant tracking is about. They moved on to feel the recently removed old collars and learn about GPS. We then went out on a drive to try and track the elephants. The children each got turns to try out the equipment and Michelle shared a huge amount of information about elephants. After the morning session, the children wrote reports and then they returned home. All four new Elephant Ambassadors!]]> http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=579 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=578 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=577 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=576 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=575 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=574 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=571 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=570
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We are getting to grips with a particular Patas Monkey troop and are tracking them daily in order to habituate them to observation on foot. Here they are \'caught\' on camera drinking at a specially adapted waterpoint (the gum pole allows them to drink without slipping in) just north of Segera Retreat.

The other creatures caught on camera near the Retreat are a white-tailed mongoose and spotted hyaena (both commonly seen), a serval (we have regular sightings) and a rarely seen striped polecat with tail raised in characteristic display after being alarmed by the flash of camera trap.]]> http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=563 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=562 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=561 These photos - by myself and Vicky Pollock from Wilderness - don\'t do the experience justice, but do capture something of Pafuri\'s uniqueness.]]> http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=560 http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=559 These awesome shots were taken by Dana Allen.]]> http://www.we-are-wilderness.com/wp-content/themes/wilderness/gallery.php?id=558