Southern Ambition Africa

22/02/2020

He tells you that no man can live up to the one who lives in your head
And you tried to change didn't you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake…

As a society we have made huge strides in improving the position of women in society. However, gender-based violence is a national crisis that has to end, so that all South African women and girls may live in peace, safety and dignity

13/01/2020

Film & Photography Volunteer Projects
If you use a camera and social media on a daily basis, take this amazing opportunity to share your abilities with a local project and help them to generate more interest and support for their important work. Apply your photography and/or film skills at our fabulous Africa’s Big 5 National Park placement. Join our film and photography internship in Cape Town to get the experience that compliments your studies and expands your portfolio.

18/12/2019

Someday, I wish upon a star. Wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where trouble melts like lemon drops. High above the chimney top. That's where you'll find me

31/10/2019

The new year is just around the corner, and most people are already searching for great destinations to quench their thirst for adventure in 2019. If you’re still undecided on where to travel next year, why not try somewhere different. Discover Cape Town with us

04/09/2019

Namibia: Re-wilding Environmental Project

Location: Southern Namibia
Duration: 4-6 weeks
Start Dates: Expeditions run from March-November
Includes: food, In-country support , airport pickup, all necessary project equipment and orientation.

Benefits:

Embark on a remote expedition, exploring a place not many people have explored, learning new skills and helping discover what species exist on the 45,000 hectares of wild land.

03/09/2019

If you are an aspiring naturalist looking to focus on biology and conservation or building leadership skills, this adventure conservation expedition is the one for you! Come explore true wilderness with a great bunch of people.

02/09/2019

“We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.” Nelson Mandela

30/08/2019

Did you know after the death of Sudan the last male northern white rhino an international team of scientists trying to save the northern white rhino from extinction were able to successful harvest of 10 eggs from the world’s last two northern white rhinos, Najin and Fatu, 7 eggs (4 from Fatu and 3 from Najin) were on August 25th, successfully matured and artificially inseminated with frozen s***m from northern white rhino bulls, Suni and Saut.

Help save the rhino – one of Africa’s most iconic and persecuted species
Whether you’re bottle-feeding an orphaned baby rhino, saving a rhino’s life by helping to dehorn her, or getting to grips with the physically demanding work of capture and relocation, our conservation experiences put you at the heart of Africa’s battle to save the rhino.

29/08/2019

Mao Amis from African Centre for a Green Economy (AfriCGE), a non-profit think tank and also one of our internship placement companies just made it in the 50 South African voices speaking up for the environment.

Mao Amis researches and consults on various sustainability issues globally. Recently, he has focused on building leaders for the green economy, and how green entrepreneurship can be used to alleviate poverty, and lead the transition to low carbon, resource efficient economies in Africa.

If you’re interested in doing an internship at his organization please contact us.

22/08/2019

To get further in life there is this place. It cant be found on any map, miles of the bitten track. With twists and turns, with ups and downs. A place where hurdles are there to be jumped and where every dead end can turn into an open road so dark it is hidden to the public eye. So far away it is hardly ever reached. So electrifying that few dare go there. A place to reach for, belong for, to never give up on and always hold on to . A place that only you can get to … yourself

16/08/2019

Rian Boshoff tells LatestSightings.com the story:

"We were on a drive with Taxan at Djuma and we were driving along riverbed when this bull white rhino crossed the road.
He stood still right next to the road and we went past him to continue our leopard search. As we did that, the Rhino suddenly charged.
And as you can imagine, the guide stepped on the gas and we were going around corners like madness 😂
The guide decided to head for the bush by making a sharp right turn trying to throw him off guard because of their bad sight, but the Rhino just kept charging.
After all the chaos the guide informed us that it wasn’t the first time this bull charged him and he doesn’t know what the story is with this bull.
It was chaos and if it wasn’t for the guide with the right experience it could have been much worse!"

15/08/2019

Namibia is turly one of the only places in the world where the dunes actually meet the sea. Join us for our 2019 Namibian Expedition (Sept 10 - Oct 12, 2019) bird monitoring, leopard survey, cobra tracking and get a chance to Hop on a flight and enjoy the best view of the Namib dessert.

08/08/2019

If you are an aspiring naturalist looking to focus on biology and conservation or building leadership skills, this adventure conservation expedition is the one for you! Come explore true wilderness with a great bunch of people and help us re-wild the deep South of Namibia

07/08/2019

2019 Namibian Expedition (Sept 10 - Oct 12, 2019) bird monitoring, leopard survey, cobra tracking. Our aim is to ecologically restore ex hunting/farmland in southern Namibia through wildlife conservation initiatives. Our conservation projects are driven through our adventure conservation expeditions for anyone seeking a wilderness refuge. We can’t achieve our conservation goals alone and need you sign up to one of our expeditions and help us protect endangered wildlife.

22/07/2019

No matter how small your action, Mandela Day is about changing the world for the better, just as Nelson Mandela did every day.

21/05/2019

SUPPORT - HEAL - TRAIN
A Society free of abuse and domestic violence and empowering survivors of abuse to piece together their lives. Join our volunteer program as we aim to assist survivors of domestic violence in Cape Town.

15/05/2019

I married a thief, Brother. Please don’t laugh. I am serious and not joking! My marriage is nothing less than cinema!
I saw his face for the first time when he was seizing my money and the prescription I was carrying to buy my father’s medicine.

My father was admitted into the central hospital in very critical condition.
That evening after receiving my salary as a housemaid, I was on my way to buy medicine carrying my purse with my hand with the prescription inside. Suddenly someone come in front of me and seized everything from my hand and ran away! It happened so quickly that I couldn't think about anything and started crying loudly while sitting beside the road! Lots of people started gathering around me. but no one helped me! I don’t remember how long I was crying like that.

That night I couldn't go to hospital to see my father with empty hands! I returned home and could not sleep the whole night thinking about how will I be able to face my father the next morning! Early in the morning I went out to go to the toilet and when I returned just outside my room I was completely surprised to see a packet full of medicine and all my money along with the prescription at my doorstep! I couldn't believe my eyes! I asked everyone who lived near my room about it but no one saw anyone in front of my room!

The next morning again, outside my room, I found a packet full of fruits. Like this, for the next 15 days I got different things related to my father's illness in front of my door. I started to stay awake at night to catch the person, but I couldn't. However, one night I was determined to catch him, so I was waiting for him outside my room at some distance. When he arrived, I was standing behind him!

He said when he seized my money and when everyone was seeing me crying sitting beside the road, he was in that crowd. He felt very guilty and decided to quit his activity as a thief. He said, " During my whole life I never knew what a father was nor what family was. When I saw you crying for your sick father, I understood what love is!" The very next day he started working. He told me that everything he bought for my father is with his working money! With the way he tried to apologize to me, I could not help but forgive him and fell in love with the thief. For the last 5 years we have been happily married. As a street child he was never loved. Now we love each other a lot. We work together and now I really believe that it is only kindness and love that can change a human heart...

_Jahanara

13/05/2019

I never told my children what my job was. I never wanted them to feel ashamed because of me. When my youngest daughter asked me what I did, I used to tell her hesitantly that I was a labourer. Before I went back home every day, I used to take a bath in the public toilets so they did not get any hint of the work I was doing. I wanted to send my daughters to school, to educate them. I wanted them to stand in front of people with dignity. I never wanted anyone to look down upon them like the way everyone did to me. People always humiliated me. I invested every penny of my earnings for my daughters’ education. I never bought a new shirt, instead I used the money for buying books for them. Respect is all I wanted them to earn for me. I was a cleaner. The day before the last date of my daughter’s college admission, I could not manage to get her admission fees. I could not work that day. I was sitting beside the rubbish, trying hard to hide my tears. All my co-workers were looking at me but no one came to speak to me. I had failed and felt heartbroken. I had no idea how to face my daughter who would ask me about the admission fees once I got back home. I was born poor. I believed nothing good can happen to a poor person. After work all the cleaners came to me, sat beside me and asked if I considered them as brothers. Before I could answer, they each handed me their one day's income. When I tried to refuse everyone; they confronted me by saying, ‘We will starve today if needed, but our daughter has to go to college.’ I couldn't reply to them. That day I did not take a shower; I went back to my house like a cleaner. My oldest daughter is going to finish her University very soon. Three of them do not let me go to work anymore. My oldest girl has a part time job and the other three of them do tuition. Oftentimes, my oldest daughter takes me to my working place. She feeds all my co-workers along with me. They laugh and ask her why she feeds them so often. My daughter told them, ‘All of you starved for me that day so I can become what I am today, pray for me that I can feed you all, every day.' Nowadays I don't feel like I am a poor man. Whoever has such children, how can he be poor? – GMB Akash

23/04/2019

Celebrate life as art at the one and only AFRIKABURN this year! We will be doing our part in the celebration by offering safe and eco-friendly transport. We want to burn art, not fuel!

Buses Depart from Baxter Theatre (Main Road, Rondebosch)
*Thursday, May 2nd — 10:00 am meet-up, 11:00 am departure
*Friday, May 3rd — 10:00 am meet-up, 11:00 am departure
*Return Sunday, May 5th – 1 pm departure

******We also have tent hire*******

27/03/2019

As the experts over at Buzzfeed have confirmed, you’ve never been to Cape Town until you’ve experienced a Southern Ambition tour! To celebrate this recognition and the iconic role we’ve come to play in defining the study abroad experience in Cape Town, we’re giving away awesome discount on our legendary tours .

You may have only been there for six months, but you fell in love with Cape Town on day one and have missed it every day since you left.

14/03/2019

A graphic design and digital marketing expert required to help in creating in-house designs and visual concepts, along with updating our website. We are searching for someone to take our online platforms to the next level both locally and internationally.

27/02/2019

During this enjoyable day out in the beautiful countryside of Stellenbosch, we had a great time learning about the vineyards, the varieties used and techniques in growing grapes, the various wine making methods and most of all we had a great time together tasting wine.

26/02/2019

Thanks to Emma Wergeles, young, rose jones and for joining us on a great adventure down the . Our clients had a chance to go kloofing, bunge jumping, canoeing, hiking and lots of other amazing adventures.

And now we have become good friends after a great adventures. Join us on a 3/4 day tour along the coast of South Africa beginning in

06/02/2019

You do not need to be rich to travel.

Let’s repeat that.

You do not need to be rich to travel cheaply.

There are plenty of ways to travel cheap or for free. There are plenty of ways to travel around the world when you have no money if you’re willing to be creative get in touch in with us

29/01/2019

And then I was a refugee... let us at Southern Ambition take you on journeys made by asylum seekers and refugees every day. Understand the situations they face and the choices they must make.

It can overwhelming to learn about the tragic conflicts that have divided families, nations, and our world. However, you have the opportunity to volunteer to help refugees—and even volunteer in refugee camps. While you can't begin to imagine the plight of a refugee, when you volunteer abroad, you’ll get the chance to achieve a better understanding of what life is like for refugees.

28/01/2019

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ― Edgar Degas

We hope you had a great weekend and an even better start to the week. We have a lot of adventures planned this week from Cape Town to Victoria Falls through the Namib dessert. We look forward to hosting you

23/01/2019

"Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you, it should change you. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind" —Anthony Bourdain

This quote encloses everything we feel about travel and working with Julia Malmsten from http://www.shelovesadventures.com .

Working with her is always a life changing experience, it is beautiful, profound, hard, painful, raw and above all hella awesome.

13/12/2018

Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty for socially and economically disadvantaged children in inner-city communities. Join our family today 😃
Volunteering comes in many forms. You can visit us in Uganda to South Africa and work with the children, or volunteer your time, skills, talents and ideas to help us grow our organisation and increase our impact.

31/10/2018

18/10/2018

We miss you Celina Ellenberger and the amazing work you did at the orphanage. For some people volunteering is a way of giving but for the likes of you it’s a way of living.