From Learner to Leader

At DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage, learning about nature goes beyond the classroom. Our new game drive vehicle is helping children ...

DAKTARI welcomed 16 community stakeholders—including village chiefs, teachers, and local members—for a meaningful visit and shared lunch. Together, ...

June and July at DAKTARI have shown how children become wildlife heroes — caring for our animals, creating enrichments, and even witnessing the ...

Dumas the lion was a true ambassador for his species, inspiring local children to care for South Africa’s wildlife.

Jason's Snakes: Inspiring Change and Conservation.

Sustainability and Community Engagement.

The Tale of Three Remarkable Mongooses at DAKTARI.

Keketso - Embracing Wildlife Conservation.

8 children were sponsored to come to spend a week at DAKTARI.

Patson is a professional and respected tracker that is patrolling our reserve..

Kutullo´s dream of being a field guide became true after his internship with us.

The Eco-Club students losing their fear of snakes after a special excursion.

Last week, the HESC trusted DAKTARI with being the retirement place for Crunchie.

We created a lesson to teach the kids how to provide the basics to their dogs.

Bianca rather attend Eco-Club than arriving on time to the bus to go home.

Sela wants to become a pilot so he can visit our international volunteers.

3 new meerkats arrived at DAKTARI.

After several weeks of hard work, the new owl enclosure is finally ready.

Tiki and Gaspar went for a walk outside DAKTARI's camp.

Volunteers and Kids Embrace an Unexpected Wildlife Experience.

We caught some pictures of the animals around us during the night.

Raphael’s Experience at Daktari Wildlife Orphanage: life changing in his life.

A Heartfelt Farewell: The Emotional Departure of a Longtime DAKTARI Staff Member.

Should we let nature do its job or give an animal the opportunity to live?

The first Eco-Club project finished with a beautiful ceremony!

Hayley, an African Pygmy Hedgehog arrived at DAKTARI.

We welcomed a new blind Southern African Hedgehog and a new Scrub Hare.

An orphaned baby warthog arrived in our camp last month, with one injured leg.

A few months ago, a young student named Cassius from the University of South Africa who was studying Animal Welfare contacted us by email as he ...

Our wonderful Nyal had to get the visit from our wildlife veterinarian.

Our wonderful Dassie named "little boy" made us such a surprise by giving birth to 2 adorables babies.

We are truly excited to welcome two beautiful cheetahs in our Wildlife Orphanage. Let's introduce them and share their story with you!

A lot has been going on in the past few weeks in our Wildlife Orphanage. We are glad to share the following animal updates with you!

This is the lovely story of Michele Merrifield and her dassies: The time we are going through due to the pandemic is very sad and lacks all forms of ...

DAKTARI keeps supporting the communities by distributing food parcels in the nearby villages. So far, we have distributed 500 parcels, or 42,000 ...

We are all going through unprecedented and challenging times, and as it is a small NGO, DAKTARI is heavily impacted by this crisis. Schools and ...

It is with a broken heart that we have to let you all know that Martin passed away peacefully on Feburary 17th, 2020.

A lot has been going on at DAKTARI and we are very excited to update you on our Wildlife Orphanage.

Community involvement is crucial to DAKTARI's work and shows the long-lasting impact that we make. Throughout the years we have been able to rescue ...

As a wildlife orphanage, DAKTARI has the honour and privilege to raise abandoned animals and take care of them until they can be released, which is ...

Upon completion of our weekly environmental education programme ,where our children from local communities learn about successful ways to protect ...

We have launched our new ECO CLUB on September 3rd!

Every week, the volunteers choose a winner of the week, based on his/her engagement, willingness to learn, and participation during lessons. The ...

Catherine was only 18 years old and had just finished high school when she came to volunteer at DAKTARI for 3 weeks in summer. She had always dreamt ...

July was a busy month here at DAKTARI. With a big group of volunteers we couldn't possibly let everyone teach the whole day. But luckily there was ...

Last week our volunteers noticed that Thelma, one of the children that stayed with us for the week, couldn't see well. Volunteer Maria "Madu" jumped ...

We're super excited to announce that you can now join us for a day of fun through Airbnb's Social Impact Experiences. Airbnb came up with these ...

Marjo came to volunteer with us in August 2018. We asked her to leave a review to get an insight in her feelings about volunteering with us. This is ...

Back in November, we set up a campaign to collect funds for a new kitchen. A few months later, we are excited to announce that it is finally ready!

January has been a busy month again for our wildlife orphanage! We welcomed 5 new babies, four squirrels and one klipspringer.

Here at DAKTARI, we are always saving baby animals… some we find and some are brought to us. A few of the most common animals include; squirrels, ...

I decided to come to DAKTARI Bush School with my son, Alexandre,11 years old, to share and experiment with something very different from our ...

"Hello everyone, we are Zoe and Aurea, two 19-year-old french girls who decided to come to South Africa to live the DAKTARI adventure.

We are happy to welcome Sacha, our new Office Assistant! Sacha is 24 years old and is coming from Switzerland where he finished his business ...

Gasper was the first to arrive at DAKTARI in 2010 follow by Tikki (2011) and Madonna (2014). The family then grew with Madonna’s three babies in ...

In my perspective, Daktari’s project represents the future for the next generations of Africa. Before I had even heard about Daktari -along with ...

We recently received generous donations from South African corporates.

DAKTARI recently welcomed Beth, our new animal assistant! Beth is joining us from the UK where she previously studied zoology. She is staying with us ...

My name is Karin and I’m from the Netherlands. I’m at Daktari with my husband Gerwin and my two sons Nils (14) and Bjorn (10). When we’re planning ...

Every time a year, when the children are writing exams, DAKTARI manage a Job Hunting Program week. Usually, DAKTARI welcomes 8 students in the camp ...

DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage provides supplementary environmental and life skills education to Grade 8 learners in the nearby ...

I came to Daktari on April 1st 2018. I was looking online for places to volunteer abroad and out of around 20 organizations Daktari was the one that ...

My School, My Village, My Planet is one of South Africa's biggest community-based fundraising programs and you can help us just by becoming a ...

Application for Volunteer Office Assistant is now open!

I arrived 3 of March 2018 for one month. My biggest interest to come to Daktari was the kids because I would like to work in social services. I ...

We are very happy to welcome two new babies at DAKTARI this mouth!

Last weekend, we took the eight children for a day trip to Tshukudu Bush Camp for a game drive!

We recently received some generous donations!

After 12 years of working in the area, the impact DAKTARI is having on the community is becoming increasingly visible.

A child from last weeks teaching program wrote us a beautiful letter.

We are very excited to start the new year and are eagerly anticipating the arrival of our new volunteers and students next week.

DAKTARI visits Lepono High School to conduct a workshop on the value of education.

DAKTARI releases six banded mongooses into the wild.

DAKTARI runs follow up workshops in the local villages to support the job hunting efforts of the young adults that have attended our Job Hunting ...

A few weeks ago we received a beautiful letter from three children describing their experience at DAKTARI. It is always amazing receiving messages ...

DAKTARI's eco club goes on a field trip to a nearby rehabilitation center.

DAKTARI recently acquired a new member of the family - a playful baby bush pig called Molly!

This Mandela Day, DAKTARI Bush School and Wildlife Orphanage teamed up with the Oaks Village to participate in a village clean-up!

Animals of all different shapes, sizes and species have struck up friendships - dogs and goats, rats and cats, ostriches and elephants. But have you ...

DAKTARI welcomed seven new dassies to the camp at the beginning of February!

A brief summary of DAKTARI's work in 2016.

Two of our Eco-Club members, Tebatso and Kagiso, make clay animals in their spare time to sell. They are very good at it and had the opportunity to ...