Southern African Wildlife College

The Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) is a hands-on conservation training institution, working beyond boundaries to conserve and secure Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems in partnership with local communities. The SAWC campus is located within the Greater Kruger National Park.  

As an independent non-profit public benefit company established in 1996, the SAWC delivers education, training and skills development programmes and projects to help conserve the region’s rich biological diversity and ensure that its threatened species areprotected. 

Our eco-friendly campus is designed to blend into the natural environment and use resources such as water and electricity sparingly without compromising our students’ comfort. 

It is also designed to meet the academic, practical and recreational needs of the people who live, study and work here. We continually explore ways to reduce our footprint further. 

Our vision is to inspire every person we train and engage with to conserve our natural world. 

Current challenges within the conservation and environmental sector are multifaceted and interconnected, reflecting the complexity of both ecological systems and human societies. Addressing these challenges requires a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that integrates training needs, scientific research, policy development, community engagement and international cooperation. 

We are more than an accredited and applied training facility. We are dynamic and responsive to changing needs within the conservation sector, and therefore an active role player striving to enable and implement best practices.  

We surround ourselves with partners and stakeholders who have similar conservation ethics. 

• Ultimately, we believe in conservation through collaboration.