Educational Resources

This course provides a deep dive into animal- and nature-based tourism, guidance on how to navigate its complexity, and the tools required to mitigate risk, safeguard clients, protect local livelihoods, and ensure best practice. Delivered by the animal protection tourism specialists, ANIMONDIAL, regarded as the leading experts in responsible animal tourism, you could not be in better hands …

Self-paced

NATOUR IMPACT is an online evaluation tool. It has been created to help travel & tourism businesses regularly assess, monitor and disclose their nature-related risks and impacts, identify actions to reduce them, while also recommending opportunities to build back nature.

Self-paced

The African Travel & Tourism Association (ATTA®) has announced the launch of its highly anticipated white paper: “Too Close for Comfort: Rethinking Human-Wildlife Boundaries for a Sustainable African Future.” The white paper equips travel suppliers, advisors, and their partners with pragmatic guidance to ensure ethical wildlife encounters across Africa’s diverse landscapes and experiences.

Length: 27 pages 

This fun and flexible online course introduces children aged 7 to 14 to the wonders of wildlife, conservation, and the South African bush through interactive video lessons, games, and quizzes, designed by EcoTraining in partnership with Uplands College.

Length: 13 modules

This on-demand Field Guide course is a tailor-made solution for individuals with busy schedules who yearn to pursue their passion for field guiding at their preferred pace.

Length: 17 modules

A chance to learn how to interact safely with wild animals from the comfort of your home.

Self-paced

This online FGASA course offers a comprehensive introduction to field guiding from the comfort of your own home.

Duration: 8 weeks

EcoTraining will lay the groundwork for a thorough understanding of birds and bird behaviour.

Self-paced

Evolve your love for nature in this online FGASA course. Get lectures from a wide range of highly experienced EcoTraining instructors who specialise in a variety of fields.

Duration: 7 weeks

Learn to identify several species’ tracks in a short but effective space of time.

Duration: 4 weeks

Get to grips with fundamental concepts and in-depth explanations of how to practically apply biomimicry, using engaging visuals and real-world examples.

Duration: 5 hours over 1 month

This self-paced course covers animal welfare in tourism, exploring the impacts of tourism activities on animal welfare and providing guidelines for responsible interactions with animals in human care and in the wild, including a set of Do's and Don'ts for different scenarios.

Duration: 1 hour

This self-paced course teaches how sustainable tourism can help protect sea turtle populations by introducing turtle-friendly practices for beachfront businesses. It also explores the significance of sea turtles in marine ecosystems and the challenges they face.

Duration: 1 hour