About Us

Our wildlife programs was created with the aim to create awareness on wildlife conservation and to contribute to conservation through medicine.

Our Vision

Is to contribute to conservation through training programs consisting of wildlife management and rehabilitation as well as wildlife capture and conservation.

Our aim is to contribute to the rehabilitation of previous agricultural or damaged land and to develop historical occuring eco-systems.
Our long term dream and vision is to collaborate with game reserves in order to expand and create a mega-reserve.

Through our conservation, wildlife management and wildlife medicine programs, our aim is to make a difference and create a legacy.

We believe in true conservation efforts, which means that our wildlife capture & conservation program will only relocate, immobilise and interact with wildlife when it is necessary.

Our wildlife students and volunteers, will take part in all aspects of wildlife management, wildlife capture, care and conservation on various african species. Our students receive extensive training in all fields of wildlife conservation and medicine.

Meet the Team

Hein ​

Founder of VetX

Hein, the founder of VetX and project coordinator has dedicated the last 18 years of his career to the wildlife industry. He has countless of captures under his belt and has worked with and treated most African wildlife species. His personal experience and ability to teach and share his knowledge makes him a great asset to the course.

 

Kim

Director of Umkhondo

Kim is the co-founder of the conservation project and one of the directors.

Josephine aka Jo

Veterinarian

Jo is a wildlife veterinarian and conservationist from Denmark who did the course herself in January 2022. Her and Hein now runs the VetX course. She shares her knowledge and skills openly and together with Hein she mentors and assists to ensure that every student gets the maximum practical exposure.

 

Helicopter teams and Wildlife professionals

Working partners

We work with various wildlife professionals as well as helicopter and capture teams.

Together with our various partners and close collaborators we work together to reach our conservation goals.

 

Morné Bosman aka Mr. Smiley

Driver and Capture assistant

Morné Bosman is a permanent part of our VetX team.

 His father was a park ranger in  The Karoo National Park so Morné worked with wildlife since he was 12 years old. Later, he started working in the game capture industry, where he has more than 25 years of experience.

 

 

Accommodation

About the farm

ROOMS & ALLOCATIONS:                                                                         You will be based in a welcoming and relaxing farmhouse with great food and warm beds. We have shared rooms and bathrooms.

Captures takes place all over South Africa during our winter months so our accommodation will vary depending on locations. Accommodation away will be in comfortable farmhouses, tents, and lodges with either solar power or electricity.

BATHROOMS:                                                                                               We have two outside bathrooms with toilets, basins and showers. One inside bathroom equipped with a bath, shower, basin & toilet. Additionally, there is one outside toilet and one outside shower. All showers have hot water! We ask that you use water sparingly when showering as we are dependent on a river for water.

LIVING ROOM:                                                                                      Everyone is free to use this area as they wish! We also have selected books, board games & cards at the bookshelf.

OUTSIDE AREA:                                                                                            We encourage everyone to enjoy their time and have fun whilst visiting us. Please make use of the garden in the front and the outside area and water feature. Enjoy the sun whilst listening to the flowing water and the birds and play with the dogs and cats – They love the attention

If you’d like to go for a walk or a run, please let us know and we will show you a great and safe route that you can enjoy. Do not wander into the bush as it is not safe to do so without our knowledge.

LAPA AREA:                                                                                                   This is the hang-out area where we have most of our meals, we make bonfires, braais and have social evenings. Feel free to enjoy a game of darts and pool.

BAR:                                                                                                                 We have a bar in our Lapa area for your convenience where we serve drinks, beers, ciders etc. as well as non-alcoholic beverages and some snacks.

LAUNDRY:                                                                                                Laundry service is provided 1-2 times a week depending on work capacity. Please use the laundry bags provided and place the laundry bags in the laundry room before breakfast on designated laundry days.

Meals

We serve three meals a day. Meals will either be served on the Farm or brought with us depending on our activities.

We cater for most dietary requirements – which must be notified in advance. Extra fee will be charged for special diets on arrival (a special diet is characterised as anything requiring a different meal from the main menu).

 

We strive to make traditional South African dishes for you :-).

Examples of meals:

Breakfast – continental breakfast (toast & preserves, cereals & muesli, yogurt & juice, fresh seasonal fruit, coffee & tea

Lunch – sandwiches, wraps, salads, quiche and pasta salad, hotdogs

Dinner – We aim to make most of dinner meals over a fire and serve traditional South African meals like braai, bobotie with rice and vegetables, potjiekos (traditional stew) as well as popular hits like lasagne and build-your-own-pizza in our pizza oven.