A huge thanks to you, Sportingbet, for your sponsorship of a Counter Insurgency Training course held at Camp Charleston, our dedicated Anti-Poaching Training facility on Gondwana Game Reserve. Those participating were exposed to tracking and counter insurgency techniques and spent many hours practicing these skills on the reserve. Formal classroom education covered the […]
World Rhino Day was celebrated today, Thursday the 22nd September and Gondwana, through our Gondwana Conservation Foundation, hosted 125 school kids from numerous schools in the Mossel Bay area for a carnival style celebration. There were educational talks, hands on activities, SAPS K9 unit, music, food and fun for everybody concerned. We celebrated our Rhinos […]
Two avid mountain bikers, Devon Carl Naude and Roy Hannington from Table Mountain Bikers club in Cape Town are embarking on their first Cape Pioneer Trek Race from 16 – 22 October to raise funds for the Gondwana Conservation Foundation (GCF) . The 7-day race stretches a grueling 496 kilometers in distance with an overall […]
PROGRAM OVERVIEW A collaborative between Herbertsdale Primary School, Landmark Foundation, Gondwana Game Reserve and the GCBR (Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve) has been established in order to provide the learners of Herbertsdale Primary with the opportunity to participate in an environmental progam at their school. This initiative is part of the broader vision of implementing structured, […]
Stage 1 of the Cape Pioneer Trek ”Gondwana Glory” showcases the newly developed mountain biking trails of Gondwana Game Reserve. This is a 1st time visit for the #RaceWithSoul…. The Cape Pioneer Trek is a legendary event which takes place from 16 – 22 October 2016 and follows a picturesque route through the Garden Route and Karoo. […]
The discovery of a wildlife crime scene is becoming all too familiar within conservation management and the escalating poaching of particularly Rhinos is a reality the Southern Cape Region is having to face. To this end, Gondwana Game Reserve through their Gondwana Conservation Foundation together with the Game Rangers Association of Africa presented a training […]
Gondwana Game Reserve partnered with the good people from Investec Rhino Life Line and together hosted the Grade 6’s of Herbertsdale Primary School as part of the Gondwana Conservation Foundation (GCF) kids environmental education program. Investec Rhino Life Line is an initiative responding to the rhino crisis by raising awareness through youth education in South […]
Thanks to the generosity of Jane & Mick Goodall, we were able to host the Grade 7 class of Herbertsdale Primary School and their principle, Mr Marius Stander for a day filled with learning and fun. Twelve learners braved the rain and enjoyed a variety of activities such as frog & spider catching at the […]
Update 1 – 7th March 2016 February 29th , 2016 saw saw the start of construction of the Charleston APU & Training camp on Gondwana Game Reserve. A suitable location has been chosen which allows for good visibility over high risk areas of the reserve as well as great access and fast response times to […]
Two extraordinary boys from Bishops College in Cape Town have decided to take a stand against Rhino poaching and embark on a fundraising project to raise money for Rhinos without Borders. A non profit organisation formed in order to start moving these endangered animals away from the poaching hotspots to safer environments. Matt Perrott […]