Our graduates are employed in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya, DRC, Chad and many other parts of the world.

In 2013, after more than a decade in the north of South Africa, we moved the school from the Waterberg to the Lowveld of eastern South Africa, near the world-famous Kruger National Park region.

We train strictly to the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) standards, and enjoy an excellent training reputation with FGASA, who closely monitor all examinations and practical evaluations.

FGASA in turn is endorsed by the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport, Sector Education Training Authority (CATHSSETA). This allows our instructors to award National Qualifications on the South African Qualification Authority framework.

We also have our own in-house CyberTracker Assessors, as Lee and Kersey are both able to conduct these tests. We work with a highly experienced team of nature guide trainers who are responsible for the production of the high standard training we present, all operating under the mentored guidance of the owner of Nature Guide Training, Lee Gutteridge. For more information on the team of trainers please visit the ‘our team’ page. In terms of qualifications as a group, we can boast one Master Tracker, one Senior Tracker, a Track and Sign Specialist, a track and Sign professional, an SKS wild flowers, a PhD in Natural Resources and tracking, a specialist in paleo-anthropology, trails guides, an SKS Dangerous Game, an SKS birding and a FGASA Scout Guide, Authors of natural History books, and two CyberTracker Evaluators…amongst other skills!

We have proudly been associated with FGASA, as professional trainers and assessors for over twenty years, and all of our courses are conducted in and amongst Africa’s Big Game and we see animals such as Lions and Elephants virtually every single day, and in fact they are very often right in front of our rooms!!

A typical day is filled with many hours of instruction, seven days of the week for the duration of our courses! On average we do at least 7 to 10 hours per day in the bush, either on foot or on a game-viewing vehicle!