Tracking & Spoor Interpretation
Reading the ground — gait, age, direction and intent. The foundation discipline of every bushman.
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A working field school built around the African bush itself — for students of every age who want to learn to see, read and respect wild country.
The Bush School & Academy is the heart of what we do. Students spend their days in the bush — tracking, walking, watching, asking questions — and their evenings around the fire, talking through what they saw and what it meant.
We work with school groups, gap-year students, adult learners and corporate teams. Course length and intensity flex to suit the group, but the foundation never changes: real time in real country with people who have spent their lives there.
Reading the ground — gait, age, direction and intent. The foundation discipline of every bushman.
How to read the bush around you: alarm calls, herd dynamics, predator/prey signals, and what they mean for your safety.
Navigation, fire, water, shelter, plant knowledge — the practical skills that keep you alive and useful in the field.
The why behind the work. Land use, ecology, and the conservation context every student must understand.
Tell us about your group — age range, experience, dates and what you're hoping to take away — and we'll put a programme together for you.