Wildlife Education Centre Volunteer

Uganda – Make a difference on this six-day trip of a lifetime to volunteer with the Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre, popularly known as Entebbe Zoo.

Located on the shores of beautiful Lake Victoria in central Entebbe, this is a wonderful opportunity to assist the program with its invaluable work. The zoo cares for animals injured or recovering from poachers and traffickers, with an array of wildlife within its enclosures, including chimpanzees, southern white rhinos, lions, leopards and shoebill storks. Keep an eye out for baby elephants too! We’ll spend a week beside the shores of Lake Victoria, working alongside the people and the animals that make this centre so unique. What better way to gain an in depth understanding of Ugandan wildlife and their conservation efforts than from the people on the front line?

Hands-on wildlife experiences
Make lifelong friendships with the staff of UWEC

Day 1 - Arrive Entebbe

On arrival, we’ll meet you at Entebbe International Airport and transfer you to your hotel, where there’s time to relax, get used to your surroundings, meet your fellow travellers and get ready for your exciting experience at UWEC!

Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Guest House

Day 2 - Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre

Today is all about getting to know your surroundings. We start with a trip to Entebbe to locate some of the key services such as ATMs, supermarkets and the all-important cafes! After that it’s off to Entebbe Zoo for a guided tour and the chance to meet the keepers and animals we’ll be working with over the next few days. We’ll learn about the important work the zoo carries out and gain a deeper understanding of what our roles will be during our time here.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Accommodation: UWEC Accommodation

Day 3, 4 & 5 - Volunteer at Entebbe Zoo

Over the next few days we’ll spend our time volunteering with the keepers of Entebbe Zoo and learning more about caring for some of Uganda’s locally threatened species such as the shoebill stork, chimpanzees and white rhino. You might find yourself undertaking a series of activities from helping to build new facilities, food preparation, animal observation, cleaning holding facilities and enclosures or being a surrogate mother to the sick and injured animals. Whatever you end up doing, you can rest assured it will have a long-lasting impact on the wildlife under your care.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: UWEC Accommodation

Day 6 - Depart Entebbe Zoo

Today you will continue your volunteer work at Entebbe Zoo. The program will finish mid afternoon and leave you enough time to organise your belongings before leaving the zoo.

We will arrange a pick up in the late afternoon, to give you an opportunity to say goodbye to the keepers and animals you have come to know over the last week. We will transfer you to Entebbe International Airport or a central Entebbe location. Alternatively you could continue your RAW Africa Eco-tours experience with our Mountain Gorilla Adventure or JGI Saving Great Apes conservation safari

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Guest House

Included