donor experience

in Kruger park

We invite you

Donors to Eco Defense Group are investors — investors in our trainers, in the Rangers we train, in the future of wildlife, and the parks that give wildlife a home.

The Kruger

Kruger Park is the largest park in South Africa and home to the last great population of rhino, lion and more.

Every day in Kruger is an extraordinary experience.

What we do and where we do it

Work areas are often confidential, as is the training we provide. .

We can only invite a small number of people to experience the training and see behind-the-scenes.

your experience

safari lODGE

We have made arrangements to rent the Fish Eagle Guest House in Letaba Rest Camp in Kruger. We will invite the group there for 3 nights, and then proceed to Hoyo Hoyo luxury safari lodge.

We will rent out all 6 bungalows at Hoyo Hoyo, a wild safari lodge deep in Kruger National Park. See more here:

Hoyo Hoyo

get a behind the scenes look

Meet Rangers, enjoy a braai, meet staff families, see the park “off road” in ways tourists are not allowed to explore — including going out at night with nightvision and other unique ways to see the bush. We will pick you up at your lodge and bring you out to experience things no one else can.

Additionally, we will take you out on a special Safari/Wildlife tour with a professional photographer who works with Eco Defense Group, including a night drive.

join our training

Come to the Range and training sites to see — and in some cases, participate in — the training that we offer and learn from both Operator and Ranger the skills that it takes to protect the last remaining rhinos in the world.

NIGHTVISION

We can arrange rentals for every member to have his/her own set of dual-tube nightvision for evening game viewing.

SAVE YOUR PLACE

Click here to save your spot with a contribution of $5,000.00

Timeline.

Week 1-2 of May, 2022

travel.

Travel is via Johannesburg, directly into Hoedspruit or Skukuza in the Greater Kruger Area — both just a 90 minute flight from Johannesburg.

All internal transportation will be handled either by the lodge.

International travel to Johannesburg to be handled by the individual.

ONCE IN JNB: Flights to Skukuza (in Kruger) are daily 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. If arriving evening of the 21st, stay overnight at City Lodge Hotel or Intercontinental (both inside the airport complex, no transportation needed) to take flight in the morning. Lodge transportation will pick you up in Skukuza and take you directly to the lodge.

We can provide a travel agent with local expertise to arrange all internal (and international if you prefer) flights and movements.

OPTIONAL add-on: TABLE MOUNTAIN, CAPE TOWN

Those that are interested can add 3 days in Cape Town (a quick flight from Skukuza) to see Table Mountain and our training with the S.E.A.M. Team. (click for more info).

We can arrange accommodations with a driver in Wine Country with access to Cape Point where training takes place.