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Become a qualified safari guide with EcoTraining Guides & Guardians

If you desire to make a positive impact on the environment while exploring some of the world’s most beautiful natural places, then EcoTraining, based in Nelspruit but operating across southern Africa and in Kenya, has perfect field guide program for you!

Founded over three decades ago, EcoTraining is a sustainable tourism and conservation education organization that offers unique and transformative educational experiences in some of the world’s most stunning wilderness areas (EcoTraining runs several wilderness camps in South Africa, Botswana and Kenya).

Whether you’re a seasoned traveller, a student, or just someone looking to learn more about the natural world, EcoTraining has a program for you.

EcoTraining

At its core, EcoTraining is all about connecting people with nature and helping to promote a more sustainable future for our planet. Their programs are designed to give you the opportunity to learn about the natural world while also experiencing it first-hand.

Many of their courses are endorsed by leading associations such as the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) and accredited by official training entities such as Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Sector Education and Training Authority of South Africa (CATHSSETA).

You will be happy to hear that some of these courses can actually be taken online – if for any reason, you are not able to do them in person. See their full offering of online courses HERE.

If you ever dreamt of becoming a field guide, EcoTraining has the best courses and training to set you on your path to a great career. See their offerings HERE.

Going through a transition in your life and not yet decided on what to do next? Taking a conservation gap-year and a one-year Professional Field Guide course is a great idea.

Their various short courses are equally popular and should you require it, they will provide you with a customised course program.

No matter what program you choose, you can expect an immersive, hands-on experience that will deepen your understanding of the natural world. HERE is their full course calendar.

So what are you waiting for? Learn from their experienced, passionate and knowledgeable instructors today and become field guide or conservation-conscious traveller that you have always wanted to be.

Still unsure… See what many of their previous students had to say about their EcoTraining experiences HERE.

EcoTraining Guides & Guardians is located at Shop No 5A, Corner of Van der Merwe and Ehmke Streets, Nelspruit. For bookings, call +27 (0) 13 752 2532 | +27 (0)71 895 8658; email enquiries@ecotraining.co.za or visit them online at www.ecotraining.co.za today.

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About us

Actually, Home Food and Travel offers a lot more than just reviews of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities. We also visit great destinations, receive advice from interior designers and stop to smell the roses and taste the coffee.

Our team of journalists are seasoned travels and love visiting the myriad of exciting places around South Africa. Whether it is off the beaten track or in the heart of the top attractions of the country, we’ll be there,

Home Food and Travel advice on finding the right accommodation

So what is the right accommodation? Well more often than not, it’s your travel budget that dictates the type of accommodation that you choose.

Expensive is not always better. Our team at Home Food and Travel will tell you that they have camped in areas with limited ablutions and had a wonderful holiday. They have also spent a night in a five star hotel only to be disappointed because their expectations exceeded the experience.

The reason for your travels will also affect your choice. A business trip requires different amenities to a beach holiday.

Our articles, reviews and experiences can certainly help you make your decision.

Restaurants with a good mix of service, food and ambiance

To my mind a great restaurant offers three things – excellent service, great food and a wonderful ambiance. Of these, service is the most important.

No matter that the food is delicious and the setting delightful, poor service can ruin the occasion. However, great service combined with mediocre meal and a plane jane restaurant can still be a pleasant night out.

We’ve eaten in restaurants that are really dirty but with incredible food and couldn’t help but give a rave review. We’ve also hardly noticed what we ate because the setting was just amazing.

However, the best restaurants come with the best of service, food and ambiance.

Spas are the ultimate relaxation aid

How do you know when you have had a great spa experience? The answer, of course, is when you doze off on the treatment table.

Well that’s our theory anyway. It also doesn’t take a grand location with enormous facilities for a spa to be really good

A small, personal spa that is owner run can result in the best massage you have ever experienced. However, the grand spas in five star hotels offer unsurpassed facilities in an environment that just makes the stress in your shoulders and neck melt away before you even finish checking in.

Adventure!

You don’t have to be an adrenaline junky to enjoy an exciting experience. In fact, what are commonly termed adventure activities usually have incredibly high safety standards and unblemished safety records.

Ziplining, bungy jumping and shark cage diving are all very safe. It’s just that our mind tells us we are craaazzzzyyyy to be doing this.

On the road to great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities

If you’re driving, be safe and make use of all the wonderful farm stalls that populate South Africa’s open roads.

If you overhear somebody asking a lot of questions or see someone taking photos of empty bedrooms chances are it’s one of our Home Food and Travel team members.

We’re out looking or those great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.

See you on the road!