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.

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Restoring The Indigenous Knowledge of

Wildlife Tracking

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 gateways.

We offer a number of international and South African payment options to make your donation easy to process and tax efficient, no matter where you are in the world.

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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.

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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

Escape Safari Company

Website photo credits: Ian Thomas, Joe Grosel and Alex van den Heever

Enquiries and Contact Details

SA College for Tourism - Tracker Academy

Magazine Hill
PO Box 314
Graaff-Reinet
6280