The best time in Nakavango with IVHQ-Victoria Falls

I spent 4 weeks volunteering with Nakavango conservation program through IVHQ and it was definitely a one in a life time experience. Since the first time i got there to the very last day the local staff was the most friendly and helpful it could be. The accommodation was so good with a room to my self and a ceiling fan. The food was really good as well.
During the week we helped out in the reserve and also in the community, we did things like trash pick ups, helping in the local school, maintaining roads in the reserve, soil erosion management and cutting and burning invasive plant species. The best thing is that most of this activities are inside the reserve so you spent the whole week seeing the most beautifull animals every single day, girafes, elephats, lions, zebras, crocodiles, hienas, you name it. But i have to say my favorite activity of the week was camping in the reserve, we did it once a week and it was unbelievable. From having elephants passing by our camp or having hienas come SO CLOSE while we were having dinner or even waking up at 2am with some really weird noises right next to your tent... And the stars, dont forget to look at the stars.
In the weekends we normally went to town and did a lot of activities, some of us bungee jumped, went to Botswana for the day and did an horse safari.
On my last week we got so lucky, a giraffe had a piece of metal in her paw so we had to take her down with a rope and jump on top of her for the vets to take it off. I have to say running next to a 1300kg giraffe is, at least, intimidating.
So to future volunteers, just come, you will have the time of your lifes.