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We are pleased to announce that we have been nominated as Africa’s Leading Conservation Company in the World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards were established “to acknowledge, reward, and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries,” and is recognized as the chief mark of excellence in tourism. Both the general public and tourism professionals can vote. We at African Conservation Experience, pioneers in conservation travel since 1999, are proud to be included and nominated in this great tradition.  We’d love to win the award for Afri ..read more

by Christiaan Winterbach    First published on NikonRumors 17 May 2020 Christian Winterbach is a Botswana-based wildlife researcher and photography enthusiast. He’s also African Conservation Experience’s partner for our Okavango Wilderness Project. In this post he shares his advice on understanding lion behaviour in order to capture the best wildlife photos. The post Lion Behaviour for Photographers appeared first on African Conservation Experience ..read more

  African Conservation Experience is proud to announce that a new 20-part wildlife series ‘Work on the Wild Side’, starting 18th May on UK’s Channel4, will be featuring some of our key partners and people. The series follows vets and volunteers who gave up their day jobs in the UK and moved to South Africa to rescue, rehabilitate and release some of the world’s most endangered animals. We are excited to see former volunteer Rachael Pfeiffer featured on the series at our project Care for Wild together with Will Shortridge and founder Petronel Nieuwoudt. Also featured in the show is Dr Pete ..read more

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  Animal Planet wanted a location in South Africa for one of their Vet Gone Wild episodes, featuring veterinarian Dr. Chris Brown. What many viewers of this series may not realise is the challenge Animal Planet faces to produce these episodes. While Dr. Brown’s adventures with animals may seem like fun and games, the process of making a wildlife documentary like this one is serious business.  Documentary producers need to link up with the kind of people who are willing to go the extra mile to accommodate a film crew. With their cooperation and local knowledge, the crew can get the best shots a ..read more

  Nearly every day we see depressing headlines about animals once thought as common being added to the endangered species list. On a positive note, there are a number of admirable conservation efforts and awareness campaigns aimed at helping these species. But what exactly do they mean by “endangered”? Who decides which species are endangered, and how do they make that decision? The post What do we mean by “Endangered Species”? appeared first on African Conservation Experience ..read more