It took me a good year, perhaps even more, to find the right people to make my dream of a Game Vet Adventure for women a reality. To pull this off, you don’t only need a wildlife veterinarian with the best experience, contacts, helicopter and helicopter pilot. You would also need someone who shares the vision and passion to bring the average Tina, Donna and Hendrina to the heart of conservation, giving them a taste of what it really feels like to make a boots-on-the-ground difference.
The essence for me was to enable ordinary women to see wildlife from up close and possibly work with them. This would serve as the catalyst to awaken something within their souls, something that they had never felt before… To bring conservation home, make it real and turn it into a personal experience so that they can instil that same something in the children they raise or whomever they share their lives with. I needed someone who could work with people – especially women – and someone who would be willing to add a Bush Babes flair to this experience. I needed someone who would trust my vision and plan and allow me – and other Babes – into their sacred world.
I always find it remarkable how people I have met
