outskirts of the 55,000-acre Okonjima Game Reserve. The P.A.W.S. team works alongside the non-profit AfriCat Foundation on the fundamental task of returning the scrub-besieged terrain to savannah grassland and re-establishing its alienated wildlife.

The day starts at 6:30 with a self-serve breakfast, followed by five hours crucial repair and conservation work, labor-intensive tasks such as shrub clearing and unearthing old railings, wooden posts, and wires.

Then, back to camp at noon for a sumptuous lunch prepared by two volunteers (working on a rota basis) and a much-needed siesta in bush basic yet comfortable double-tented accommodations under thatch.

The exciting stuff happens in the late afternoons. Bushman walks. Clearing out big cat enclosures at the AfriCat Foundation, where they currently take care of some 80 big

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