Volunteer Role
Noah’s Ark houses a vast number of animals, of many different species. These include the big cats such as cheetahs, lions and leopards, caracals, monkeys and baboons, brown hyenas, bat eared foxes, jackals, wild dogs, zebra, vultures and ostriches, crocodiles, warthogs, meerkats and mongooses... just to name a few. There are many antelope species at the farm together with domestic animals such as dogs, cats, sheep, goats, tortoises and mice: The farm will never turn an animal away and all of these species need your help!
Noah’s Ark is always busy. Every day of the year the needs of the animals must be attended to before anything else and often there are not enough hours in the day to achieve all the other things we would like to. This is why the skills of working guests can be used so effectively on the project.
During your project, you will be involved in some, if not all of the following activities:
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Feeding the wild and domestic animals: Feeding is carried out twice a day
- Caring for, hand-rearing and cleaning any baby animals that may be present at the time
- Night duty: Caring for baby animals, especially baboons.
- Cleaning Enclosures: Raking, cleaning waterholes, collecting bones from enclosures etc
- Assisting with building work and the repair of fences, waterholes and enclosures: This will involve some physical labour
- Assisting in the veterinary clinic with injured animals and routine care: Qualified veterinary experience is welcome
- Assisting field guides with daily guest tours of Noah’s Ark
- Preparation of meat - including handling and preparing raw meat
- Handling small stock, i.e. sheep and goats
What’s Included in the Programme
- Project Fee: This entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with. This project fee facilitates funding for items such as building materials, fuel, foodstuffs etc.
- Arrival transfer from accommodation to the project on the Friday and return transfer to the Airport
- Arrival Orientation
- All accommodation during your stay
- Work Placement
- Full support and assistance from your co-ordinator throughout your time on your placement
- All meals
What’s Not Included in the Programme
- Personal travel insurance for the duration of your placement, which should include cover for repatriation
- All flights
- Work visa £62.50
- Overnight stay in Windhoek at approx N$100 (£10/$15) on the Thursday that you arrive
- Arrival airport transfer to Windhoek for approx N$250 (approx £15/$20)
- All items of a personal nature, such as curios, gifts, clothing (work and other)
- E-mail/Internet and telephone calls
- Soft drinks, wines and spirits
- Any excursions over and above your planned itinerary in Namibia
Prices and Durations
Namibia Noah's Ark Wildlife Volunteers - 2 weeks $2,049
Namibia Noah's Ark Wildlife Volunteers - 4 weeks $4,109
Namibia Noah's Ark Wildlife Volunteers - 6 weeks $6,129
Namibia Noah's Ark Wildlife Volunteers - 8 weeks $7,889
Namibia Noah's Ark Wildlife Volunteers - 12 weeks $10,339
