Blogs
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A Birder’s Take on Nature’s Valley
by Ben Lucking As a birder and photographer, there are few places quite as perfect as Nature’s Valley. Not only is the scenery stunning,…
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9000 Miles From Home
by Ben Lucking 21 hours of flying is fairly exhausting. My journey began in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the afternoon of the 19th of…
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My NVT Experience
by Megan McCarthy The past three and a half weeks spent in Nature’s Valley with NVT have been an experience I will never forget.…
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NVT Fresh Legs
by Kirwan Strydom An opportunity to work for Natures Valley Trust was one that I had to grab with both hands. Hailing from a…
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Nature’s Valley Vibes
by Madeleine Pienaar My name is Madeleine Pienaar and I’m currently studying Conservation Ecology at Stellenbosch University. My friend, Megan, and I decided to…
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Managing the Groot River Estuary
As most of you know, the Groot River Estuary in Nature’s Valley is what is called a natural open/closed system. Essentially this means the…
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Working in conservation is to work for a better world
by Pilar Byon Working for the Nature’s Valley Trust (NVT) has helped me to grow in both a personal and professional way. I am…
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An interns farewell
by Chloe Brookes My six-month South African adventure has come to an end. I travelled to Plettenberg Bay to learn how to survey and…
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Boats, Birds and Bellyaches
by Matthew Logan At 5 we woke, down on the beach for 6, ready for action. The boat we were to spend our day…
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Fish netting like a novice
by Jennifer Parker There I was, up to my elbows in a bucket of live fish, desperately trying to catch one and measure it…