African Vet Safaris

African Vet Safaris give clients a rare and unique hands-on opportunity to become involved in conservation, while having a once in a lifetime experience not normally commercially available!
Let Dr Peter Brothers, Wildlife Vet and Registered Tour Guide, take you on an adventure of a lifetime. Join him on wildlife immobilisation procedures, or a species specific interactive safari that takes you behind the scenes. If you are in the Veterinary field, join him for a look into the world of Veterinary Science and Wildlife, or a wildlife immobilisation course.
Currently still working in the wildlife industry as a Vet, Dr Brothers offers a unique insight into the world of wildlife, and aims to share this with colleagues and interested persons from abroad, educating visitors in an interactive manner on a wide range of aspects pertaining to wildlife in Southern Africa. All aspects, from the most basic knowledge pertaining to a species, to more detailed aspects of wildlife management and Veterinary involvement, are covered in relation to your chosen safari and interests.

Generally African Vet Safaris only cater for small groups, ensuring a well-managed and safe environment, for both man and beast. Within the realm of what is safe, ethical and possible from the wildlife perspective, all safaris can be tailor-made to suit your individual needs.

Your participation in an African Vet Safari also ensures a sizeable financial contribution to wildlife conservation, thus directly helping to preserve this precious natural heritage.

Immobilisation Safaris incorporate wildlife immobilisations that are carried out for conservation based research or management procedures, on a host of species. Get your hands dirty assisting, or simply watch from up close. Either way, you will have an unforgettable encounter with Africa's wildlife!
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Species Specific Interactive Safaris sometimes incorporate immobilisation procedures, but also offer other unusual activities involving your chosen species of wildlife, as well as general game viewing. Work with Vets, researchers and field officers, and gain an insight into the magical world of wildlife. Track cheetah from the air in a microlight aircraft, or monitor wild dogs around their den…Use telemetry to track your chosen species in the bush, the continuous beep from the tracking collar bringing you slowly closer...
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Specialist Veterinary Safaris are our more technical safaris, and are aimed at Veterinarians, Vet Nurses/Technicians and Vet Students. Tailor-make an itinerary with Dr Brothers guiding you all the way, or join a "Conservation and Immobilisation Safari", the options are endless. Click here for more information and set itineraries.

Rhino Immobilisation Safari & Photographic Workshop

Black Rhino This safari assists a reserve with the responsible management of their rhino population, while giving guests a once-in-a-lifetime hands on experience!

This safari affords clients the opportunity to be involved in a rhino immobilisation, carried out by Dr Peter Brothers and/or Dr William Fowlds (Wildlife Veterinarian and one of your hosts throughout the safari), and the subsequent management procedures which form a part of ongoing rhino management in the reserve. The days preceding the immobilisation allow time for traditional game drives and learning more about the white rhino and its management/conservation, as well as preparing you for the immobilisation.

Guests are given the opportunity to participate in the procedures being carried out, once the animal is immobilised, and it is thus safe to move closer. Guests have the option of a hands-on approach, or, if they prefer, simply observing from up close and getting those pictures of a lifetime!

The photography workshop will focus on the ins and outs of wildlife photography, shooting moving objects, composition and establishing contact with the object. You will be guided you while developing your photographic skills. Whatever your favourite photographic objects are, its there, landscapes, birds, flowers, plants, and cats. You will experience all this during game drives, and classes in the camp.
All levels of photography knowledge and background are welcome.

Lion Immobilisation Safari

This safari assists a reserve with the responsible management of their lion population, while giving guests a once-in-a-lifetime hands on experience!

This safari affords clients the opportunity to be involved in a lion immobilisation, carried out by Dr Peter Brothers (Wildlife Veterinarian and registered tourist guide, and one of your hosts throughout the safari), and the subsequent procedures – blood sampling, treatment and collaring if necessary.

The time preceding and after the immobilisation allows time for traditional game drives and learning more about lion and other wildlife species, as well as preparing you for the immobilisation.

Elephant Immobilisation Safaris

This safari assists a private reserve in Botswana with the responsible monitoring of their elephant population, while giving guests a once-in-a-lifetime hands on experience!

This safari affords clients the opportunity to be involved in an elephant immobilisation procedure in order to place a tracking collar on the elephant, which is vital for monitoring as part of a conservation based research program. The procedure will be carried out by a local veterinarian, with Dr Peter Brothers (Wildlife Veterinarian and registered tourist guide, and one of your hosts throughout the safari) close at hand to assist clients and the veterinarian.
The elephant on this reserve are being monitored to try answer some key questions with regard to their impact on their environment and to try establish factors that naturally limit their numbers.

The time preceding and after the immobilisation allows time for traditional game drives and learning more about elephant in general, as well as preparing you for the immobilisation.

Guests are given the opportunity to participate in the procedures being carried out, once the patient is immobilised, and it is thus safe to move closer. Guests have the option of a hands-on approach, or, if they prefer, simply observing from up close and getting those pictures of a lifetime!

Guest participation covers all veterinary and satellite tracking collar costs, which are very expensive and unattainable for the project without assistance.

So come join us for the experience of a lifetime and do something for wildlife conservation!

Rhino Immobilisation Safaris

Rhino Immobilisation Brothers Safaris offers various Immobilisation Safaris as part of our specialist African Vet Safaris portfolio. This particular safari co-operates with a private game reserve in the Limpopo Province of South Africa to facilitate ongoing management procedures within their rhino population, while giving guests a once-in-a-lifetime hands on experience!

This safari affords clients the opportunity to be involved in a white rhino immobilisation, carried out by Dr Peter Brothers (Wildlife Veterinarian and registered tourist guide, and your host throughout the safari), and the subsequent management procedures which form a part of ongoing rhino management in the reserve. The days preceding the immobilisation allow time for traditional game drives and learning more about the white rhino and its management/conservation, as well as preparing you for the immobilisation.

Guests are given the opportunity to participate in the procedure being carried out, once the animal is immobilised, and it is thus safe to move closer. Guests have the option of a hands-on approach, or, if they prefer, simply observing from up close and getting those pictures of a lifetime!

Come join us for the experience of a lifetime and do something for wildlife conservation!

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