Khama Rhino Sanctuary
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About the project
Khama Rhino Sanctuary
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Khama Rhino Sanctuary is located around 25km north of Serowe and 320 km North West from Gaborone, capital city of the Republic of Botswana. It is defined by Kalahari desert sands and quite range of vegetation. Khama Rhino Sanctuary is a conservation park for the endangered white and black rhinos. It also hosts a wide range of animals including kudus, impalas, gemsboks, giraffes, and a variety of small animals and birds.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will assist in the maintenance of the footpaths, park fence, fire breaks and trails and helping in day to day business maintenance of the park. The volunteers will participate as a team in the whole duration of the camp. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the workcamp. The orientation for the workcamp is scheduled at BWA head offices for the day before the workcamp start at Khama Rhino Sanctuary.
Maintenance of park fence, water points, fire breaks, water points, foot trails, roads and camp sites, animal counting and inspections. Construction of kraals, road signs,water points, braai places and paddocks.
Volunteers at the nature reserve can enjoy day and evening game drives and some educational lectures on some days. Volunteers can also arrange to join the rangers for their animals counting exercises and patrols along the park fences. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary is having an active working partnership with BWA. BWA had committed itself by assisting to sustain the ecosystem of the reserve.
🏠 Accommodation on site
📍 About the location
⚠️ Requirements
Commitment of volunteers: projects or workcamps are not just cheap holidays, so hard work and full participation is required. Volunteers should be self driven, adaptable, people oriented and tenacious,
Specific motivation may be required for some projects.
English is the medium of communication in work camp. Note: Workcamps are form of cultural exchange as such participants are encouraged to learn each other language
Participants who are not good in English are also accepted to participate as BWA encourages non-discrimination.
🤝 Meeting point
When using South African route, participants can take an intercape and Flight Connect buslines from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also the Air Botswana flight and/or South African Airline. The website for Intercape bus: w ww.intercape.co.za From Parkstation-Johnnesburg to Gaborone, bus fee is US$ 30 single trip.
BWA organizes transport for participants from the airport in Gaborone to Mochudi (BWA Head Office) at a nominal fee of US$ 30 per participant, where participants are inducted prior to departure to work camps destination.
An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana `s socio-economic background, cultural issues etc. In fact, the orientations shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Fridays or Saturdays to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. The orientation is the first contact between volunteers and BWA to discuss the preliminary workcamp programme, workcamp menu and expectations. The local culture is also presented to the volunteers through showcasing traditional music, food, dress, language and architectural structures in the village of Mochudi. The understanding of Botswana culture is a journey such volunteers will keep learning about cultural items and values as they maneuver with workcamp programme. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi and to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp. All workcamp orientations are held at BWA head offices. Please, ensure that your travel arrangements would allow at least two days of reaching BWA head office, rightly so, in lieu of rest and orientation before leaving to the workcamp.
ℹ️ Additional information
The work camp participation fee is US $200 per participant, which covers simple work camp meals, arrangements for the whole work camp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
BWA04KRS
07/09/2020 → 18/09/2020
BWA 09 KRS
11/12/2017 → 22/12/2017
BWA05KRS
07/12/2020 → 18/12/2020
BWA2018-04-KRS
09/07/2018 → 20/07/2018
BWA 08 KRS
04/09/2017 → 15/09/2017
BWA2018-06-KRS
03/09/2018 → 14/09/2018
BWA2018-07-KRS
10/12/2018 → 21/12/2018
BWA03KRS
13/07/2020 → 24/07/2020
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–75 years old
Solidarity donation
250.00 USD ≈ 224 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
QP8C+62F, Paje, Botswana
Botswana
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Botswana Pula (BWP / P)
Exchange rate
1 BWP = 0.064229 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central Africa Time
Local time: 21:06 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken