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Lotus Garden Forest Retreat Centre - Knysna - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

The Lotus Garden Forest Retreat Centre is providing a space for silence, meditation, forest adventures and time out. We are also involved with community projects, we are also working on getting a sustainable community together for informal and illegal settlers in the area.


 International Primate Rescue Pyramid, Pretoria, - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

International Primate Rescue, founded in 1996 in South Africa, provides sanctuary care for exotic primates of any species, from anywhere in the world. The sanctuary, a registered non-profit organisation currently houses over 100 primates consisting of Marmosets, Tamarins, Squirrel Monkeys, Capuchins, Barbary Macaques, Mona monkeys and Grey Mouse Lemurs.

DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage -Hoedspruit, South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage is a registered non-profit organisation located in the Limpopo Province, near the Kruger Park in South Africa. It is set in a beautiful nature reserve with granite hills and the most stunning views. The mission of Daktari is to educate local underprivileged children to care for their environment through the medium of a wildlife orphanage.


Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

The Scalabrini Centre strives to alleviate poverty by promoting development in the Western Cape and by offering assistance to refugees and their children. The ultimate aim is fostering the integration of refugees/migrants into local communities.



Vervet Monkey Foundation - Limpopo Province - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

The Vervet Monkey Foundation is non-profit organisation (NPO) and one of the biggest primate rehabilitation centres in South Africa caring for a large number of indigenous Vervet Monkeys, helping injured and orphaned primates to be re-introduced into natural areas.



 
The Emma Animal Rescue Society (Tears) Cape Town - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

TEARS is a pro-life, non-profit organisation whose core aim is to rescue, rehabilitate, re-unite & re-home lost, abandoned, abused & neglected dogs and cats. Daily we care for about 300 animals at our shelter, providing them with food, shelter, veterinary care, exercise & positive interaction with people until they can be placed in loving homes.




Succulent Karoo Research Station - Springbok - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

The Research Station at Goegap aims to increase our knowledge about the ecology of the Hardeveld of Namaqualand with special reference to the important role of small mammals.

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Monkeyland & Birds of Eden - Plettenberg Bay - South Africa - (Click for Project Page)

Monkeyland is the world’s first free-roaming, multi-species primate sanctuary. Its aims are to provide ex-captive primates with a healthier, more natural life and to raise public awareness about primates.

APES (Animal Protection & Environmental Sanctuary) - KWAZULU/NATAL - SOUTH AFRICA - (click for project page)

A non-profit organisation specialising in Primate rehabilitation and rescue,
based in Kwazulu Natal - South Africa​.


Askari Wilderness Conservation - Limpopo Province - South Africa - (click for project page)

Askari needs volunteers to actively contribute to and participate in the daily management, wildlife research and monitoring activities taking place on a game reserve in Africa. Pidwa Wilderness Reserve aims to create a benchmark wilderness area. Volunteers join the management & research team carrying out vital conservation work on this wilderness reserve in South Africa. Work varies daily and throughout.



​BALULE CONSERVATION PROJECT - South Africa - (click for project page)

​BlueXplorer.org is a Swiss based non-profit NGO founded in 2012, and works in parallel with BlueXplorer.com that offers educational expeditions to specific locations around the world. These expeditions, designed for and dedicated to nature enthusiasts, photographers, divers, students and schools, involve local projects and communities. BlueXplorer.org is supporting these projects and communities, among others, in providing them with financial support, necessary equipment, promotion and web site, and help them recruit volunteers.


Centre for Dolphin Studies - Plettenberg Bay - South Africa - (click for project page)

​The CDS (est. 1990) is a non-profit marine mammal research trust, based in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. We aim to promote the conservation of marine animals, and the habitats they live in, through responsible research and environmental education.




Darwin Primate Group - THE CRAGS - South Africa - (click for project page)

The Darwin Primate Group is a registered non-profit org that rescues and rehabilitates vervet monkeys, works towards a harmonious co-existence between wild primates and residents, and researches behaviour and natural food sources of wild baboons. 



DIY Wild - Badplaas - South Africa​ - (click for project page)
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DIY Wild is a wildlife rehabilitation centre, actively engaged in the welfare, treatment and rehabilitation of injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife.


Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre - Hoedspruit - ​South-Africa - (click for project page)

The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) is living proof that people can make a difference to the long-term survival of the planet and its animal inhabitants. HESC focuses on the conservation of rare, vulnerable and endangered animal species. Cheetah Conservation is one of its core disciplines.


Mogalakwena Research Centre - Limpopo - ​South-Africa - ​(click for project page)

An independent research entity based on a Private Game Reserve in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The Research Centre is actively involved in ecological research and also facilitates and supports students, researchers, interns and volunteers.


Nkombi Research & Volunteer Programme - Protea Park - South Africa - (click for project page)

The Nkombi Volunteer project was started 8 years ago to give students the opportunity to gain hands on experience on a working reserve. The volunteers assist the Mankwe management team in all aspects of Wildlife Management, anti poaching patrols, large mammal transects, nocturnal surveys and reserve management. 

Project Rafiki Spotted Hyena Conservation - Hoedspruit - South Africa - (click for project page)

Project Rafiki will concentrate on researching spotted hyena on privately owned land and reserves.  With the necessary research at hand Project Rafiki can and will approach land and reserve owners to educate them about the role spotted hyenas play in bio-diversity conservation.  

SANCCOB - The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Birds - Cape Town - South Africa - (click for project page)

The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO 003-134) whose primary objective is to reverse the decline of seabird populations through the rescue, rehabilitation and release of ill, injured, abandoned and oiled seabirds. 


Umpalazi: Community & Wildlife Project - Kwazulu/Natal - South Africa - (click for project page)

The aim of the APES/Umpalazi: Combined Community & Wildlife Project is to incorporate local community upliftment, including skills training, environmental education and aid work; with the rehabilitation of injured and/or orphaned wildlife for future release and monitoring and will also be a sanctuary for other displaced animals.



Wildlife ACT  - Cape Town - South Africa - (click for project page)

Wildlife ACT helps save priority wildlife species by initiating and managing important hands-on monitoring projects in Southern Africa. We need you to be part of the team. We work with amongst other animals, Cheetah, Wild Dog, Elephant, Rhino & Lion. 


Wildlife Research and Conservation Experience - Limpopo Province - South Africa - (click for project page)

Wildlife Research Africa is a project that actively does wildlife research on various wild animals. We are currently researching several wild carnivore species and mega-herbivores at the spectacular award-winning Entabeni Private Game Reserve, South Africa.