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Wildlife Tour Guiding Activities

Tour Guiding · Level 5  ·  6 Chapters

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What Wildlife Tour Guiding Activities covers

Scouting a destination, preparing equipment and briefing guests are the field tasks of Wildlife Tour Guiding Activities in Tour Guiding Level 5. The unit covers destination routes and navigation tools, adventure, recreational and nature-based activities, and wildlife tools and equipment. It then covers sharing information on natural and man-made attractions and on accommodation, recreational, transport and support facilities. Tour briefing and debriefing follow, with crew roles, tourists' expectations, rules and itineraries, then questionnaires, surveys, interviews, focus groups and a tour report. The last outcome covers maintenance, repair, reports and storage of wildlife activity equipment.

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Careers after Wildlife Tour Guiding Activities

This unit prepares you for the practical side of guided wildlife tours, from route planning to the report written after the tour.

  • Safari tour operators in Nairobi - scout routes with navigation tools, brief guests and crew, and write the tour report after each trip.
  • Private wildlife conservancies near Nanyuki - organise nature-based and recreational activities and give visitors information on attractions and facilities.
  • Lodges and camps around Naivasha - assemble and maintain activity equipment, and review guest feedback gathered through surveys and interviews.
  • Self-employment as a freelance wildlife guide in Mombasa - plan itineraries, brief clients on destination rules and regulations and earn from guided tours you sell directly.
  • Visitor information desks at attractions in Kisii - share information on natural and man-made attractions and on accommodation, transport and support facilities.

Equipment that has been cleaned, repaired and stored properly is ready for the next tour, whether you work for an operator or on your own.

Chapters

1
To conduct destination scouting
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2
To assemble outdoor activity tools and equipment
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3
To disseminate wildlife information
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4
Perform tour briefing
7 topics
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5
Perform tour debriefing
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6
To maintain wildlife activities, Tools and equipment
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What Wildlife Tour Guiding Activities covers: 34 main topics in 6 chapters

1. To conduct destination scouting

  1. 1.1 Destination route identification
  2. 1.2 Identification of navigation tools
  3. 1.3 Categorization of navigation tools
  4. 1.4 Uses of navigation tools
  5. 1.5 Procedure of using navigation tools

2. To assemble outdoor activity tools and equipment

  1. 2.1 Adventure activities
  2. 2.2 Recreational activities
  3. 2.3 Nature-based activities
  4. 2.4 Use of wildlife tools and equipment
  5. 2.5 Procedure for use of wildlife tools and equipment

3. To disseminate wildlife information

  1. 3.1 Natural tourist attractions
  2. 3.2 Man-made tourist attractions
  3. 3.3 Accommodation facilities
  4. 3.4 Recreational facilities
  5. 3.5 Transport facilities
  6. 3.6 Support facilities in tourism destination

4. Perform tour briefing

  1. 4.1 Content of a tour briefing
  2. 4.2 Roles of crew members
  3. 4.3 Attributes of crew members
  4. 4.4 Determination of tourists' expectations
  5. 4.5 Tourists' motivations
  6. 4.6 Destination rules and regulations
  7. 4.7 Itineraries briefing

5. Perform tour debriefing

  1. 5.1 Questionnaires
  2. 5.2 Surveys
  3. 5.3 Interviews
  4. 5.4 Focus groups
  5. 5.5 Feedback mechanism selection
  6. 5.6 Feedback review
  7. 5.7 Tour report development

6. To maintain wildlife activities, Tools and equipment

  1. 6.1 Wildlife activities equipment maintenance
  2. 6.2 Equipment repair
  3. 6.3 Report development on equipment
  4. 6.4 Equipment storage

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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