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    CIEE High School Summer in Gaborone, Botswana: Wildlife Conservation

    CIEE High School Summer in Gaborone, Botswana: Wildlife Conservation

    Details

    • Listing Type: Summer Programs
    • Program Delivery: Residential
    • Destination: Botswana
    • Provided By: Independent Provider
    • Session Start: June, July
    • Session Length: Three Weeks
    • Entering Grade: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
    • Gender: Coed
    • Category: STEM
    • Sub-Categories: STEM, Preserving the Environment, Wildlife Conservation
    • Selective: No
    • Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    • Career Clusters: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
    • Credit Awarded: No
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    Overview

    Explore the bushland, grasslands and deltas in this world-renowned biodiversity hotspot alongside an expert guide and conservationist. Track giraffes, elephants, lions, rhinos, zebras, and more. Examine issues in protecting wildlife and ecosystems in Botswana while balancing human needs, conduct interviews and surveys, see conservation techniques in action as you gain first-hand experience in wildlife conservation.

    Experience the life of the Batswana through music, dance, food, the arts and meet up with local youth to discover what life is like for a teenager in Botswana. Stay and learn in a living lab: the Mokolodi Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. While on excursion to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary and the Okavango Delta, camp in pristine parks and gain a level of self-confidence you could never get in a classroom.

    Looking for a longer term program? Check out our trimester, semester, or academic year programs for high schoolers.

    Graduating high school soon? Visit the CIEE First Year Abroad and CIEE Gap Year Abroad pages to learn more about our post-graduation options.

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