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Monkey Rehab
Volunteering Experience
Make a real difference
At any time an average of 450 baboons of varying ages
are housed at the centre , so there is lots going on, and
we do need your help!
The majority of the babboons will be released in time,
but there are also a small number of sanctuary cases —
those animals rescued from labs, often too older or in-
jured (physically or mentally) to be rehabilitated for life
back in the wild. Most of the animals that arrive at are
babies, orphaned after their mothers were shot, trap-
ped, poisoned, or otherwise killed, usually by humans.
They need tender love and care.
The main focus is the hands on care of the baby and ju-
venile baboons. The daily tasks of caring for them inclu-
de preparing food and milk, cleaning their play enclosu-
res, playing, supervising, and observing them throug-
hout the day, and preparing blankets and soft toys for
their sleeping cages in the evenings.
This is not a glamorous job! You will get dirty, but it is
very rewarding!
We needs volunteers to help hand-raise baby baboon orphans.
We need you to assist with the rehabilitation of baboons which
spent up to 13 years of their life in a lab-cage and to help animals
which have been rescued from all sorts of circumstances. To be
part of the animals healing; bonding with the baboons in a way
that is incomprehensible to most, watching them grow in confi-
dence, and to witness them becoming wild, sociable animals
again, is an experience with unparalleled rewards; that your will
never forget.
Your tasks
• Hand Rearing Orphan Baby Baboons
• Being a Primate Keeper for Adult Baboons
• Enrichment Programme
• Veterinary Experience
• Behavioural Observations
• Enclosure Maintenance & Design
• Game Counts & Vegetation Surveys
• Tracking
• Alien and Invasive Plant Removal
• Anti-poaching/snare Searches and Removalas
AMAZING LOCATION!
The centre is situated right next to Kruger National Park, the largest National Park in South Africa. There are optional
trips into the park, to see Jessica the hippo, the Panorama Route, and other various animal parks including a reptile park,a
cheetah sanctuary, a chimpanzee rehabilitation centre, a vervet monkeyrescue centre and an elephant sanctuary,among
others...
Accommodation
The accommodation isn’t luxury, but it soon feels
like home! You will stay in a rustic, two story brick
and timber house. There are ground floor is com-
prised of 7 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, and
open-air veranda/eating area. There is a lounge
with a DVD player and couches, and a balcony
which overlooks the reserve. Bathrooms have hot
water showers and flushing toilets. There are a
maximum number of 4 people per bedroom.
Meals
All food is included (unless you want to buy so-mething specific). Food is purchased in town on-ce a week. Menus are planned and cooked by the volunteers on a rotating schedule of cooking and cleaning.
The centre provides a mainly vegetarian diet. We can accommodate vegetarians, vegans, or anyone with food allergies.
Additional personal food, such as alcohol, choco-lates, sodas, etc, can be additionally purchased on your own accord. A ‘tuck shop’ is available on-site that sells some sweets and sodas. We often have a braai (a traditional South African BBQ) with delicious grilled meats and veggies.
06:30 —Morning bottle and food preparation and clean
07:00 —Walk baby baboons to the nursery & give bottles
07:30 —Clean and feed sanctuary baboons
08:00 —Breakfast
08:30 —Walk the rescue dogs in the reserve
09:00 —Supervisenursery orphans shift
10:00 —Make and give bottles to the baby baboons
11:00 —Break
11:30 —Clean and feed the guinea pigs and porcupine
12:00 —Supervise nursery orphans shift
13:00 —Lunch
14:00 —Bottles for babies
14:30 —Walk the orphan babies & dogs to the river for outside play time
15:00 —Enrichment preparation and giving
15:30 —Walk babies to integration enclosure
16:00 —Cleaning nursery
16:30 —Integrations of nursery babies with older babies
17:00 —Take babies to sleeping room
17:30 —Wildlife spotting at the river
19:00 —Dinner
A Typical Day . . .
Highlights:
Playing and looking after adorable juvenile Baboons and getting involved in a lot of monkey business
If you are wild about animals, and want to learn more there is no better opportunity
Join a team of professionals and other volunteers to learn so-mething new, rewarding and ultimately unforgettable
Bottle feeding orphaned baby baboons, giving you a real sense of excitement and achievement
Staying in an incredible environment, right in the heart of the African Bush this will be a completely mind blowing experien-ce
Loads of satisfaction in knowing that what you are doing is ge-nuinely helping out
Optional Kruger Park Safari way can check out the big five du-ring your time off
When to Join?
Regarding when is best to go this depends on what weather you
like. Sept to Feb (spring/summer) is the rainy season when it will
be extremely hot and humid, with temperatures usually in the
30 / 40 degrees Celsius. In May to — July (winter) will be hot du-
ring the day, 30 and dropping at night to about 20 degrees Celsius,
still nice I would say!
HOW TO JOIN THE SOUTH AFRICA MONKEY REHAB
How to join:
On the programme page you will find a book Now button. We check availability and get back to you asap! There are no set start dates.
Questions:
Email us for all your questions, We will get straight back to you!
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