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Email Angus Wingfield: angus@africawildtrails.com
Phone / Text / WhatsApp Angus: 07932 327534

 British Military History | Wildlife Field Studies | Bushcraft Skills |   Community Assistance | Bush Trekking | River Rafting | Big 5 Safari 

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Options vary in location, content, and price. AWT is very keen for your venture to be specific to your group. Please have a look at the options below and let us know which of the options you might like to include:

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  • Battlefields of South Africa - Single or multi-day options with an expert historians

  • Zulu Trail trek to Isandlwana - 80kms of adventure and British military history from the Tugela River to Isandlwana

  • Mountain hiking - multi-day options available

  • River rafting - multi-day options available

  • Animal tracking and Field Studies - multi-day options available

  • Mountain biking - multi-day options available

  • Anti-poaching - Introduction day to full 7 day course

  • Community projects - Schools, and Orphanage assistance projects

  • Wildlife conservation and environmental awareness 

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Survival skills are crucial for navigating and thriving in the diverse and often challenging environments found across Africa.​

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  • Adaptability and Resilience - Problem solving skills, Creatively thinking, Staying calm under pressure.

  • Mental Toughness - Maintaining a positive attitude and staying motivated in challenging situations.

  • Animal and Insect Awareness - Identifying and avoiding dangerous wildlife: snakes, big cats, and large herbivores

  • Bush Survival - Water location and purification, fire making, cooking, sustenance

  • Weather Prediction - Observing Natural Signs: Reading weather patterns by observing cloud formations, wind directions, and animal behavior.

  • First Aid - Self-medication & natural remedies

  • Animal Anatomy - Skinning, dissection, anatomy study & carcass preparation

  • Bush Cuisine - Sourcing and utilisation

  • Bush Skills - Camouflage, concealment & shelter building

  • Flora - Trees, grasses, and shrub identification and medicinal uses

  • Mammals, Birds & Reptiles - Location, identification, and behaviour

  • Reptiles - Snake bite treatment

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Learning Game Ranger skills in Africa

delivers responsibility, environmental awareness, leadership, survival skills, cultural understanding, and profoundly enriching personal development.

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  • Introduction to being a Game Ranger

  • Animal tracking, location, and identification 

  • Animal behaviour

  • Human tracking skills

  • Field Skills and Survival

  • Anti-Poaching: patrol procedures, surveillance

  • Navigation by day and night

  • Ambush procedures and layout

  • Optional: Basic weapons training

  • Final Assessment

Visiting South Africa's battlefields delivers historical and cultural understanding, enhances empathy, critical thinking, and an increased awareness of British military history

Anglo-Zulu War Sites

  • Isandlwana Battlefield: Site of the first major encounter between the British and Zulu forces on January 22, 1879.

  • Rorke's Drift: Location of the famous defense by British troops immediately following the Battle of Isandlwana.

  • Ulundi: Final battle on July 4, 1879

Anglo-Boer War Sites

  • Spioenkop Battlefield: Scene of a major battle between British and Boer forces on January 23-24, 1900.

  • Majuba Hill: Site of the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Boer War on February 27, 1881.

  • Ladysmith: Famous for the 118-day siege by Boer forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

  • Paardeberg: Site of a significant British victory over the Boer forces in February 1900.

  • Bloemfontein: Capital city that played a crucial role during the war, including the establishment of concentration camps.

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