At Bhejane Nature Training we develop Nature Guides and Conservation Entrepreneurs with a strong character and proud work ethic.
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Bhejane Nature Training
Professional Career Training for Nature Guides
Bhejane Nature Training provides Adventure and Environmental Awareness Courses, as well as Comprehensive Career training and specialist skills training for school leavers and guides in the fields of nature guiding and wildlife conservation. Become a professional safari guide, field guide or Marine guide by completing one of our FGASA endorsed training courses. Bhejane has been a FGASA Endorsed training provider for more than 10 years. FGASA (The Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) is the leading standards setting body for professional field guides in Southern Africa.
Advanced Course
A 3 year Nature Guiding and Wildlife Conservation Course…
Marine Course
A 7/12 week Marine and Coastal Guiding Course…
Trails Course
A 6 week Dangerous Game Trails Guide Course…
Nature Guide Career Development Programme (CDP
A 1 Year Professional Nature Guide Course…
Not sure which Nature Guide Course you need?
What Type of Nature Guide are you?
Take this fun quiz to find out which of the guiding career paths could be most suitable for your personality, skill set, and sense of adventure.
Choosing a Nature Guiding Course
Browse our course page for an overview of the Nature Guiding Courses you can sign up for. If you have any questions about the Nature Guiding Courses offered by Bhejane, feel free to contact us, and someone will assist you with your query.
Why Choose Bhejane Nature Training?
Bhejane Territory: Bush Beach & Biodiversity
Travel, Adventure and Exploration are trademarks of Bhejane Full Time Courses. Unlike many other provider’s most courses are not restricted to one camp, and students get the opportunity to explore the unique and varied biodiversity of Maputaland. We are based in Northern KwaZulu Natal from where we explore the many unique terrestrial and marine ecosystems that Zululand and the Elephant Coast has to offer.
Affordable Comprehensive Nature Courses
Our course prices typically include more travel, adventure and qualifications than our competitors, yet we are amongst the most affordable. Prices are intentionally kept as low as possible to promote affordability for local students. Bhejane has been industry leaders in promoting longer and more comprehensive courses that focus on proper career planning that is relevant to current and future industry changes.
Recognized Nature Guide Qualifications
Bhejane is a fully endorsed FGASA training provider. In addition to our FGASA programmes, the Bhejane 3 Year course has become an industry standard on its own, that enjoys wide recognition with field guide employers.
The Bhejane Tribe!
Bhejane makes an effort to stay in touch with past students and to help them with advice throughout their careers! Our students have a proud history of supporting each other, on course and in the industry.
What Our Students (and the Nature Guide Industry) have to say:
“Being a 3 year student from 2017-2019 @ Bhejane, I can highly recommend this program to all! Besides the excellent education, system, the thing that stands out to me be about this place is the energy, and it is highly contagious! In my 2 years I spent on campus, I saw so many new students arrive and I saw all of them leaving as a different person, almost 100% of them as better people. Bhejane doesn’t just teach students about nature, this is a place where it’s almost certain you will discover a different side of yourself. A more beautiful side of not just yourself but also about nature, life and other people! If I can do it all over again, I would! Thank you Dylan and Christa for good service throughout.”
– Colandri Reyneke, Advanced Course
“At Bhejane Nature Training students are given the perfect environment and opportunity to learn about nature, guiding and conservation. The base camp is on a private reserve near Hluhluwe where structured classroom and practical lessons take place. Here students learn not only from the knowledgeable instructors but also from the more advanced students in camp. Practical sessions are conducted in a tented bush camp on a beautiful big 5 Resort in far northern KZN which imprints on your soul. The owners of this training school have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry and their passion and dedication to sharing this knowledge knows no bounds. I am proud to be a former Bhejane student and am forever grateful for my experience there and the knowledge I gained there. Living is Learning!”
– Dot Gemmel, 2019
“Having interviewed and employed many young guides over the past few years the candidates coming from Bhejane, and especially their 3year course is definitely a class above the rest. The commitment to guiding as a career vs gap year option is reassuring.”
– Patrick Louw, 2018
“Bhejane Nature Training was an unforgettable time in my life. It gave me the chance to grow as a person and make friends that I will have forever. They have a unique style of interacting with everyone, to make sure they get the full potential out of a person. I enjoyed every aspect of the training, but Trails was the best for me. The way the instructors mentored and conducted trails gave me a huge knowledge of how to read the bush. I had amazing instructors who helped me and whom I look up to. It was a wonderful journey.”
– Jason Gipson – Adv Course 2016/2017