NVT Blog

  • 9000 Miles From Home

    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…

  • My NVT Experience

    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.…

  • 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…

  • Nature’s Valley Vibes

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • An interns farewell

    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…

  • Boats, Birds and Bellyaches

    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…

  • Fish netting like a novice

    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…

  • A Cape Cod Goodbye

    A Cape Cod Goodbye

    by Alex Cook Sitting at home on the cold and wintery peninsula of Cape Cod Massachusetts, I wish I could be back on the…