🐘 South Africa: Endangered Species Expedition

Dates: July 19–28, 2026
Group Size: 8 guests max

Where safari meets soul work. This isn’t your average game drive getaway. This is 10 days of wild heart, hands on conservation, and once in a lifetime wildlife encounters in South Africa, crafted for those who crave purpose with their passport stamps.

We’ll go beyond the safari tracking cheetahs with telemetry, joining vets for real-life wildlife interventions, and spending time behind the scenes at a rhino sanctuary that’s closed to the public. This is a rare chance to witness conservation from the inside out.

• Kruger National Park Safari
  Start strong with 3 nights in South Africa’s crown jewel: nearly 2 million hectares of unfenced wilderness teeming with the Big 5. Private campsite. Open air vehicles. Starry skies. This is the wild, unfiltered.
   
• Rhino Conservation Immersion
  Step into the world of rhino rescue at an NGO, a specialized sanctuary where orphaned calves are rehabilitated and rewilded. Bottle-feed babies, shadow the K9 anti-poaching unit, and learn what it really takes to protect a species on the brink.
   
• Track Endangered Wildlife
  Using telemetry equipment, we’ll track cheetah and both black and white rhino with expert monitors. This is not a passive experience, you’ll be part of the mission.
   
• Wildlife Vet Experience
  On Day 9, join a reserve’s veterinary team for a field immobilization, whether it’s collaring or critical care, you’ll witness an operation that most people will never see.
   
• Meaningful Impact
  $4,000 of this trip goes directly to the conservation organizations you’ll meet by supporting the people and projects fighting to safeguard South Africa’s most vulnerable wildlife.
   

This is not a luxury lodge with sundowners and surface-level sightings. This is immersive, raw, real conservation focused. You will leave with your heart full. 

Meet at Kruger Mpumalanga Airport in Nelspruit. We aim to depart at 12h00 so if you are unable to arrive before this time we recommend you fly in a day earlier and overnight at an airport hotel.

We will load up our van and head off on our first adventure, a camping safari in the Kruger National Park home to Africa’s iconic Big 5; Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Rhino and Leopard. 
 

Starting our safari as soon as we enter the park gates, enjoying a 2 hour game drive in an open game drive viewer. On arrival into camp we will settle into our site and have some time to explore the rest camp. 

Late afternoon we then head out on a afternoon drive, an exciting time in the bush as the sun starts to set. On our return to camp we will enjoy dinner and relax around the campfire under the African night sky.

The camp is fully fenced and it is safe to walk around and explore the different viewpoints and attractions. We will camp in 2 person canvas safari tents with a comfortable mattress and pillow. There are hot showers and clean toilets, camp chairs, a gazebo kitchen complete with fridge, cooker and storage boxes, as well as charge points in camp.

Tonight we will get to fall asleep under the stars to the sounds of roaring lions, laughing hyenas and the soft croaking of frogs in the river.

Dinner included

Overnight at All Out Africa Private Camp within Lower Sabie Camp.

Our morning will start with tea, coffee and rusks in camp, before heading out on an early morning safari. 

Avid bush enthusiasts love the Kruger in winter as the cooler temperatures and thinner bush make it easier for game spotting. Animals also tend to spend more time around watering holes giving us the chance for some incredible sightings and photographic opportunities.

After lunch at a remote picnic site, we will head back to camp and enjoy our evening in the Kruger National Park, around the camp fire eating dinner and toasting smores. 

This camping safari is all about wildlife and outdoor adventure, so we'll experience a guided adventure in an open safari vehicle, where we will get up close and personal with the park's residents. Our professional and passionate Kruger guides will explain and interpret what is going on in the natural environment around us as we travel along the tracks. 

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included.

Overnight at All Out Africa Private Camp within Lower Sabie Camp.

After breakfast we join The Rhino Sanctuary Team for 3 days to get a true understanding into the effects of the rhino poaching crisis in Africa. We will learn about the rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned calves, as well as the rewilding and release processes. 

We will also meet their K9 Unit and hear about their ongoing monitoring, protection and conservation of the rhino species and their ecosystem. We are really fortunate to get a behind the scenes look into the daily running of the rhino sanctuary and how it evolves over time as the needs and requirements change. 

The sanctuary runs a structured and timetabled program that is designed to meet the needs of the rhinos under their care, however as they are a Rhino Sanctuary on call 24/7 the program may be altered at any given time. The Rhino Sanctuary operates a ‘hands off’ approach to caregiving. Their sole purpose is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-wild rhinos so that they can be released successfully back into their natural ecosystems.

We will assist in milk preparation, bottle feeding and boma care, participating in behavioral observations and gain completely new insights into the world of rhino care, rehabilitation and conservation.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

Overnight at Rhino Sanctuary in shared cabins.

Bid farewell to the rhino sanctuary and travel to a privately owned game reserve, known as “a place of rivers.” This reserve is a pioneering model for conservation, where communities and wildlife coexist in harmony.

After settling into our accommodations we’ll jump aboard an open safari cruiser and head out on a private sunset drive.

Breakfast and Dinner included

Overnight at Mongena Lodge

We will rise with the sun and head out in open cruisers with a wildlife monitor to track wild cheetahs in their natural habitat. We will go behind the scenes gaining insight into the dedication it takes to protect the world’s fastest land animal. Using telemetry equipment, we will follow signals from collared cheetahs.

As the midday sun warms we will enjoy lunch and relax in camp. 

After lunch, we venture back into the reserve with a wildlife monitor to track wild Black and White Rhino. So far the reserve have been successful in protecting their elephants and rhinos from poaching. 

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

After coffee and a snack ,we join the Reserves Wildlife Team and a wildlife veterinarian out in the field for a rare behind-the-scenes wildlife immobilization. 

We will either observe the collaring of an endangered species, or watch a critical medical procedure. The mornings activity will depend on the needs of the reserve. This behind the scenes experience with a wildlife veterinarian is exclusive to our group only. 

After lunch, we will set off on our final sunset game drive.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

After a late breakfast, we will bid farewell to Africa and shuttle as a group to Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Please book departures for after 15:00 from ORT.

Meals: Breakfast