点评:Wow! I’ve made two visits to African Guide Academy and Kwapa training camp to learn about the wonder that is the Okavango Delta with the best trainers - JC and Sevara. I did the Nature Guide course in 2022 and two weeks of the Trails Guide course this year.
I researched a lot of options before choosing AGA. The camp is on the edge of the Delta and the only other vehicles you will see belong to AGA. It’s remote - no fences to be seen and there’s plenty of wildlife in and around camp. The staff are exceptional, the meals delicious, the tents comfortable. There is nothing finer than waking up to the dawn chorus or wondering what is snuffling past your tent at 2 am!
This year we had phenomenal elephant encounters on foot, along with buffalo. In the two weeks that I was there we also tracked lions and another group had leopard encounters. It was thrilling to learn about approaching PDAs ( that’s Potentially Dangerous Animals) And being with a group of like minded people, those as passionate about wildlife as I am and as eager to learn, meant that we soon felt like old friends.
AGA sponsors a local guide with each course. About half of our group of ten were doing the course for the BQA or FGASA qualifications, the others for enrichment.
I also love that AGA allows one to split the course if one has time constraints. I plan on going back for another two weeks to finish Trails Guide. It truly is a life changing experience
翻译:哇!我曾两次参观非洲导游学院和 Kwapa 训练营,了解奥卡万戈三角洲的奇迹,这里有最好的教练 - JC 和 Sevara。我在 2022 年参加了自然指南课程,今年参加了为期两周的步道指南课程。
在选择 AGA 之前我研究了很多选择。营地位于三角洲边缘,您将看到的唯一其他车辆属于 AGA。这里地处偏远,看不到栅栏,营地内及其周围有大量野生动物。工作人员非常出色,饭菜很美味,帐篷很舒适。没有什么比在黎明的合唱中醒来或想知道凌晨 2 点有什么东西从你的帐篷里呼啸而过更好的了!
今年,我们徒步遇见了大象和水牛。在我在那里的两周内,我们还追踪了狮子,另一组则遇到了豹子。了解如何接近 PDA(即潜在危险动物)真是令人兴奋,而且和一群志同道合的人在一起,他们和我一样对野生动物充满热情,渴望学习,这意味着我们很快就感觉像老朋友一样。
AGA 为每门课程赞助一名当地导游。我们十人小组中大约有一半人正在学习 BQA 或 FGASA 资格课程,其他人则为了充实自己。
我还喜欢 AGA 允许在时间有限的情况下分期学习课程。我计划再回去两周完成《步道指南》。这确实是一次改变生活的经历