{"id":30913,"date":"2015-02-12T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/?p=30913"},"modified":"2015-02-12T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:04:33","slug":"volunteering-lions-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/volunteering-lions-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering with Lions in Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So last week I was invited down to South Africa by Volunteer Southern Africa<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to volunteer on a few of their projects.\"VSA-Logo\"<\/p>\n

Obviously I said yes as for my first trip to Africa, a volunteer project working with some of Africa’s most incredible big cats, was a no brainer.<\/p>\n

Living with Big Cats<\/h2>\n

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So the first project with Volunteer Southern Africa was the Living with Big Cats <\/strong>project, which takes place on a farm about an hour outside of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/strong>. Here we spent a week interacting with the various lions, servals, cheetahs, plus observing the various types of free roaming wildlife that make their way through the farm.<\/p>\n

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This is a pack of wild giraffes that wandered through our camp the other day. No biggie. #thisisafrica<\/a><\/p>\n

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All the while still putting in some elbow grease (aka hard work).<\/p>\n

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This is me picking up Lion poo, aka volunteering at the Living with Big Cats program with @volunteersouthernafrica . I’ll be here for a week helping out with the majestic big cats that live here. Trust me, epic pics to come!! #volunteering #volunteersouthernafrica #lions #tiger #bigcats #africa #travel<\/a><\/p>\n

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