Academic & Youth Development Field Trip
There’s nothing quite like an authentic South African bush experience to inspire, educate and empower the hearts and minds of our youth. Combining wildlife, conservation, traditional culture, adventure and personal + interpersonal development, our field trips for schools provide life-changing experiences for young people.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Watch the video above to find out more about African Insight Academy’s Wildlife and Conservation Field Trip for Schools.
Some of the experiences that we offer:
Educational Bushwalks
Bush Skills
Wildlife Monitoring
The use of radio tracking devices and trail cameras.
Game Drives
Both during the day and at night to observe and learn about animal behavior.
Hands-on practical learning
Getting practical with some physical hands-on projects that will assist the conservation or wildlife management of the reserve.
Traditional Culture
There is no better way to learn about a foreign culture than to live and work alongside them.
Community Service
Giving back to the community is one of the rewards of responsible educational travel.
Forest, Mangrove & Estuary Hike
An educational hike through different eco-systems.
Three Lakes Tour
An educational boat trip covering three interconnected lakes ranging from fresh water to salt water
Features and benefits of our field trips:
School trips are the one thing all students look forward to during their school careers and the experiences and memories from these trips are life changing
The dynamic environment provides a learning venue that matches one’s natural inclination to know more about things, engages even those with short attention spans and puts the learning subject in context.
Create a hands-on learning experience that addresses social, global and personal leadership
Our trips are designed for high school aged students (14 - 18 years). Our Youth Development guides have been handpicked and trained in Experiential learning practices (learning through reflection on doing).
Provide a complete field trip planning and facilitation service
Our experienced programme coordinators work closely with your school when planning out every stage of the trip to South Africa. This includes comprehensive safety, security and risk protocols.
Students learn from and work alongside some of South Africa’s most experienced wildlife and conservation guides
Our field trip guides are true pioneers of conservation in South Africa. To learn from them is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students who are passionate about the environment.
Give students an authentic and educational African safari experience
During their trip, students stay in our purpose-built tented safari camp in Zululand, with all the mod-cons of comfortable beds, hot showers, well-appointed dining facilities and “boma” area.
Experience is the best teacher
Educational travel offers students the opportunity to question their preconceived ideas of every aspect of life including their sense of purpose and place on the global landscape in ways that books, television, YouTube and any form of social media can never do.
Why work with African Insight Academy?
- We have been working with some of our university, college, and school clients for 24 years, providing safe, well organized and bespoke educational experiences for students from all over the world.
- To date, we’ve hosted over 12 000 students.
- Health and Safety is our priority - We hold global BS8848 safety accreditation from the British Standards Institute. Find out more here.
- Our field trip leaders include some of South Africa’s most experienced conservationists and guides.
Why go on a school field trip?
“Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I will learn” is the essence of effective educ`ational field trips.
Well-planned and safely-executed field trips can be far more than just a learning experience outside the classroom. They can be a unique life-changing experience, exposing students to a world of opportunities for learning, but also an opportunity for them to learn what they have to offer to others. Field trips are a critical component of a well-balanced education and learning experience of today’s young global citizens and tomorrow’s leaders.
Learning outside the classroom is an active experiential process where students can encounter actual problems and be involved in determining hypotheses and solutions whilst interacting with others. Experiential learning is inherently interdisciplinary, therefore providing an enriched cross-curricular learning experience.
We grow when we are stretched and for many the simple act of leaving behind the comfort of the known is in itself a challenge and an invaluable growth opportunity. Field trips are super-concentrated opportunities for personal growth and learning of life skills. Spending an extended time in a foreign environment with a group of people that are not your family ensures that participants are involved, and when we are involved, we are learning skills without even realising it.
Health and Safety First
African Insight Academy holds international health and safety accreditation from the British Standards Institute. We also adhere to the highest possible standard of liability insurance and hold a two-decade incident-free record.
Get the Wildlife and Conservation Field Trip Overview Brochure
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