Rhino Conservation
Weeks 2024
Experience the rare opportunity to participate in a rhino notching at Sango Private Game Reserve. Witness the darting of a rhino and assist the veterinary team in tagging the sleeping rhino’s ear for research and security monitoring, before releasing it back into the wild.
RHINO CONSERVATION WEEKS Package
In August 2024 we will be tagging 35 young rhinos and you can help us achieving our goal.
- You will be helping our team of experts to tag our 2 year old rhinos.
- After a short briefing, you will be given your task and off you go!
- Protect the rhino’s eyes with a cover during tagging
- Spray the rhino with cold water to control its body temperature
- Check breathing and vital signs
- Mark the rhino with watercolour so that it can be seen from the air as having been treated
Available Dates:
12.-28. August 2024
Available Dates:
04.-28. August 2025
Available Camps:
Sango Dadiso Camp
Sango Expedition Camp
Regular Rack Rates and Sango Specials apply plus a donation of US$ 1,800 per Participant.
The RHINO CONSERVATION PACKAGE can be combined with all other Sango activities.
Don't miss Your chance to touch a wild rhino.
Sango is committed to ensuring the survival of Africa’s rhinos by implementing best practice research and management methods. Ear tags allow researchers to correctly identify different individuals on Sango Private Game Reserve. Each rhino is given a unique ear tag number, which helps to identify the rhino once it has been tagged.
In some cases, microchips are implanted in the horn and body by veterinarians for identification and security purposes. Measurements, horn shavings and skin samples are also taken for DNA analysis.
The procedure looks breathtaking and cruel to the animals, but in reality it only takes 15 minutes per rhino. Ear notching has a huge impact on monitoring and identifying the population living in Sango makes a huge difference. Once tagged, the rhino can be observed with binoculars from a safe distance without disturbing them in their habitat. Together with our partner, the Safe the African Rhino Foundation, we are offering this special event to the public for the first time in 2024.
This is your chance to get involved in real conservation work and combine this special once-in-a-lifetime event with your private safari in Sango.
We are inviting groups of up to 8 guests each to participate in this extraordinary experience. You will play an active role in conservation!
