Overview
Passionate about conservation and want to contribute towards saving some of Africa’s most iconic endangered species? This is the project for you! Imire is a family-run conservancy, offering a unique way for volunteers to partake in the conservation of endangered rhinos and elephant.
Wildlife in Africa is under threat from illegal poaching, over-population, and habitat loss. Conservancies like Imire play a vital role in both protecting and propagating these endangered species, to ensure viable wildlife populations and genetics continue to exist.
Responsible volunteering in Africa is a chance to travel with a true purpose. As an Imire volunteer, you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work hands-on with incredible wildlife, side-by-side with conservation experts, and within local communities. Volunteers play a key role in protecting the wildlife, and also develop deeper intercultural understanding and empathy, through working in the vibrant community, alongside friendly and like-minded people.
Volunteering at Imire makes a real difference to wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe. Volunteers are involved with the first-hand care of endangered rhinos and elephants, conduct important research on the behaviours of all wildlife in the conservancy, get involved in anti-poaching efforts, conservancy management and maintenance, and undertake conservation awareness and education initiatives in local communities.
Check out our other volunteer project in Zimbabwe: Horse-riding and Hands-on Rhino and Elephant Conservation
Highlights
- Play a vital role in the conservation and care of the reserve’s rhinos and elephants
- Observe and research the behavior of other wild animals on safari drives through the reserve
- Learn about day-to-day game park management as you work alongside game rangers at Imire
- Get involved in anti-poaching patrols and gain special insight into what it takes to be an anti-poaching ranger
- Experience local life and learn about the culture on various community outreach projects
- Live in the heart of an African Game Reserve, surrounded by wildlife and soothing sounds of the bush
- Explore the game park on foot, by game viewer, or on horseback
Only 90 minutes from Harare, Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservancy is dedicated to the conservation and welfare of wildlife, with a specific focus on the protection and breeding of the critically endangered Black and White Rhinoceros. Due to a rise in illegal poaching in the 1980’s, many black rhino were relocated to private conservancies for their safety. Imire was one such conservancy, which has worked towards increasing the wild black rhino population ever since. To date Imire has successfully released 11 rhino into the wild, thereby helping to protect Zimbabwe’s heritage with the successful re-introduction of this incredible endangered animal back into the wild.
