Professional trackers trained
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Graduates deployed into conservation jobs
Hours logged tracking per student
Our Paragon +Impact Report
Measuring Tracker Academy’s impacts on the six United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals
Tracker Academy have significant positive impacts across all six of their Core SDGs, particularly SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 15 (Life on Land), which may be considered the most crucial to their operations. It is clear, however, that Tracker Academy are generating meaningful positive impacts across all six of their prioritised SDGs.
Mrs Gaynor Rupert made Tracker Academy possible in 2010 – a bold and visionary action that has benefitted hundreds of wildlife trackers.
Tracker Academy trains disadvantaged rural people in traditional skills of wildlife tracking.
Our training programme is accredited by CATHSSETA (Sector Education and Training Authority) and endorsed by FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa). Tracker Academy is the first tracker training school to achieve this distinction in South Africa.
The academy stands as a training division of the SA College for Tourism (SACT) which operates under the auspices of the Peace Parks Foundation.
Donate to Tracker Academy
Pledge your support for SA College for Tourism, Tracker Academy through a donation via our secure payment gateway, Ikhokha.
The SA College for Tourism (SACT) is a non-profit organisation (PBO 18/11/13/349; 080-778-NPO)
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Tracker Manual – New Edition
Featuring all-new spoor drawings, some 200 new photographs and an extra 35 species, this fully revised and updated edition of the ever-popular Tracker Manual is packed with the latest on the art of tracking.
Based on information developed by some of southern Africa’s best traditional trackers, Tracker Manual gives even more guidance on how to identify the spoor of some 190 animal species. Individual chapters cover carnivores, large mammals, antelopes, small mammals, primates, hares and rodents, amphibians and reptiles, birds and insects.
Donors of the Tracker Academy
Foremost we would like to thank our generous donors for their contributions since Tracker Academy’s inception.
Animal Friends Pet Insurance
BRO Trust and Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation
Blue Recruiting
Bro Trust
Genevieve Mensah
Hamilton Hill
Hans Hoheisen Charitable Trust
Henry H Bacon Estate
Henry Makansi
Iconic Africa
INEOS Grenadier
Jonsson Foundation (donation in-kind)
Koos & Rona Rupert Educational Trust
Londolozi Game Reserve (donation in-kind)
Metamorphosis Foundation
Multi Health Systems Staff
Mr Alan Fenton
Mr Nicholas & Francesca Tingley
Mr Richard & Mrs Fiona Houghton
Mr Will & Mrs Beth Gardiner
Mr Dag & Julie Skattum
Mr James Adams
Mr Jake & Mrs Gracia Donavan
Mr Carl Jankowitz
Mr Gareth & Mrs Carey McElhone
Mr James & Mrs Rachel Linnett
Mr Markus Heitz
Mr Michael Corrigan
Mr Niel & Mrs Nelia Hoogenhout
Mr Patrick O’Shaughnessy
Mr Paul Burgoyne
Mr Richard David Milligan
Operation Pachamama
Mr Ulrich & Mrs Doris Gerber
Mr Donald & Mrs Sara Kyte
Ms Hilary Rolton
Mr Robert Israel
Mr Mark Dixon
Richard Khoza Tracker Fund
Rupert Family Foundations
SA Airlink (Pty) Ltd (donation in-kind)
Sasei Foundation
Sandringham Nature Reserve (donation in-kind
SuperSport
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve
Wild Signs
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