Your compassion. Their survival
Welcome
The Thaba Tholo hands-on rhino conservation experience
Take part in a crucial rescue mission
Your hands-on rhino conservation experience
Get so close, you can touch them
Thaba Tholo is an exclusive, by-invitation only, 37 000-hectare game farm situated close to Thabazimbi in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Born from the vision of a group of like-minded people, it is committed to the conservation of all wildlife, especially endangered species.
Here, we have created a fully sustainable eco-system where rare antelopes, as well as disease-free buffalo, black and white rhino and the Big Five, amongst many other wildlife species are nurtured and protected. Genetic diversity is safeguarded and enhanced by accommodating sustainable numbers of each species, ensuring an optimal environment and habitat in which to thrive.
Our vision is to give back to nature so that future generations can admire the beauty and majesty of African wildlife as it roams free in its natural habitat.
Amongst our many accomplishments, we have already successfully reintroduced 20 black rhino to Rwanda after the last one disappeared from that country in 2004.
An example hands-on rhino conservation experience itinerary
Day One
14:00 – 16:00
- Arrival and welcoming
- Project information session
17:00 – 19:30
- Afternoon / evening game drive
- Dinner
Day Two
07:00
- Light breakfast
08:00
- Ear notching in the bushveld
- Introduction to veterinarian and rhino conservation team.
- Rhino darting
- Rhino data collection
- Game drive
12:00
- Lunch
16:00
- Bush walk
- Afternoon / Night game drive
Day Three
07:00
- Light breakfast
- Game drive and setting and checking camera traps at water holes
12:00
- Lunch
16:00
- Combination game drive and bush walks
- Night game drive during winter months assisting with rhino feeding and monitoring programme
20:00
- Dinner
Day Four
06:00
- Light breakfast
07:00
- Bush walk and rhino on foot monitoring
11:00
- Brunch
- Departure
Get up close to rhinos
Contribute to their survival
As part of our vision, we have made it possible for wildlife enthusiasts to take part in a hands-on conservation experience with rhinos.
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity lets you take part in activities usually reserved for vets, rangers and wildlife specialists. In doing so, you will get on-the-ground, first-hand knowledge of their behaviours, personalities and characteristics. Best of all, by getting involved with hands-on conservation you are assisting with an additional revenue stream to conserve these magnificent animals.
Look forward to these activities you will be able to experience in the African bushveld:
• Microchipping
• Ear-notching
• Data collection
• Monitoring and protecting activities
• Retrieval of photographs from camera traps
• Accompanying a wildlife veterinarian
• DNA sampling
• Interaction with rangers, on-foot, on vehicle and in helicopter patrols
• Pangolin monitoring and data collection