Okavango Guiding School

Okavango Guiding School are proud to be the only guide training school to put a local citizen on every course to be co-trained alongside the international students. Eco Tourism is one of the most abused catch phrases of the past 2 decades. The concept of Eco Tourism is the absolute minimum impact on the environment with the focus of using the experience in the environment to educate people and to give the surrounding communities real benefit from the people visiting the area. And following the true definition of eco tourism our safari guide training courses are one of the few "real" examples of eco tourism that works. We hand-pick our sponsorship candidates from a large pool of young local people who would like to become guides. We target individuals who have the core skills to one day become great guides and by bringing one of these candidates on course with you there is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn about the culture of the local people as well as the wildlife and ecology of Botswana. We have students who many years later, still follow the careers of the sponsored students and even some who have returned later to do safaris and be guided by their Motswana friend's from their safari guide training course.