EcoTraining and WildEarth
EcoTraining are the world’s leaders in Safari Guide Training. WildEarth has partnered with EcoTraining to market and sell EcoTraining courses, providing inspirational and immersive learning experiences for professional safari guides and guardians of nature. Our common goal is to inspire people to protect the natural world and create a generation of environmentally conscious citizens.
About EcoTraining
Since 1993, EcoTraining is widely respected in the industry for true excellence in nature guide training, and as a pioneer and leader in safari guide and wildlife training in Africa. Thus, accredited EcoTraining guides are highly sought after in the African safari industry.
Accredited career courses, gap year and sabbatical programmes, nature programmes, study abroad programmes, and on-site professional guide training at safari lodges; all courses are run from EcoTraining’s unfenced wilderness camps in prime wildlife areas across South Africa, Botswana, and Kenya.
Educational Wilderness Courses
In the month of June 2023, if you purchase any of the courses featured below and use the promo code provided, you will be eligible for a discount. The information below provides details of applicable discounts based on the course you choose.
Professional Field Guide Course
If you love the idea of taking safari lodge guests from all over the world out on walking safaris and game drives into Africa’s wild places, finding wildlife for them, and teaching them fascinating facts about the animals and ecosystems, then EcoTraining’s Professional Field Guide course is for you.
WildEarth is offering a discount of R5,000 for courses booked using the promo code WEECOPFG.
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55-day Field Guide Course
Every minute of your 55 days on this course will be a learning experience, as you are constantly exposed to the bush. It covers a broad spectrum of subjects, using a mix of formal lectures as well as time out in the field.
WildEarth is offering a discount of R2,000 for courses booked using the promo code WEECOFG.
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EcoQuest
The EcoQuest course (seven or 14 days) provides an in-depth bush learning experience. It incorporates aspects of our Safari Guide course, such as ecology, animal tracks and tracking, and basic bush skills. It’s aimed at those who are pressed for time but want an immersive wilderness experience.
WildEarth is offering a discount of R500 for courses booked using the promo code WEECOQ.Â
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Online Courses
All our online courses are live, interactive sessions. You will connect with like-minded people from all over the world who want to study conservation online. The way of learning may be a new experience to study conservation online. Still, it’s just as packed with adventure, learning, and storytelling.
WildEarth is offering a R200 discount for any online courses booked using the promo code WEONLINE.
Online Field Guide Course
Receive a comprehensive introduction to Field Guiding (FGASA endorsed) from the comfort of your own home on this FGASA online course. Get lectures from a diverse range of highly experienced EcoTraining Instructors who are specialists in various fields within nature and wildlife.
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Online Nature Enthusiast Course
Evolve your love for nature on this FGASA Online Nature Enthusiast course. Get lectures from a diverse range of highly experienced EcoTraining Instructors who are specialists in various fields within nature and wildlife.
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Online Trails Guide Course
EcoTraining brings you an exciting new learning opportunity – a first in Trails Guiding. A chance to learn how to interact safely with wild animals from the comfort of your home.
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Online Tracking Enthusiast Course
Animal tracking is more complex than most people might think. All aspects of tracking may take years to master but with the correct guidance, you can learn to identify several species’ tracks in a surprisingly short space of time.
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Online Birding Enthusiast Course
To become a birder, you don’t need fancy, expensive equipment. You just need your eyes, hearing, and a reasonable understanding of their behaviour. As part of this course, EcoTraining will lay the foundation for a proper understanding of Birds and Bird Behaviour.
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