Working Guest Programme - Harnas - Reports

Preliminary note:

The general public in Namibia is not allowed to touch large carnivores. As there was a lot of interest in closer contact with the animals, learning about Namibia, Africa and especially the "Harnas way of life" the working guest programme arose and was made possible after receiving a special grant from the Ministry of immigration. 

As a working guest on Harnas you will among other things get in contact with "tame" cheetahs. Please remember always that even a tame carnivore is in the first instance still a carnivore. The tame animals were raised by hand and are only a small percentage of all the animals on Harnas. For us they are ambassadors for all these who live already relatively unseen and wild in the 10.000 ha big farm area - or for e.g. the very endangered wild dogs - which don´t have a big following, but can benefit from Harnas as a secure refuge aswell.

The Harnas Volunteer Dairy - continuously (*last updated)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6*

Here is a report from Mitra - April 2007

Here is a report from Stefanie Schmidt - January 2007

Here is a report from Michaela and Wicky Wirschke - September 2006

Here is a report from Dana Vogt - Beginning of September 2006

Here is a report from the Working Guests - April 2006

Here is a report from the Working Guests Summer - December 2006

We are looking forward to receive more reports!