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Hi.

I would love to be one people are reccomending me to be one.

Help me Please

Have a look here Mark. And the rest of the links on that page of course.
To become an honorary ranger one must first become an applicant to the region in which one resides (see list under "Our People"). An application form must be completed, and submitted by post, fax, email to the regional executive concerned or through attendance at the monthly regional meetings. The application form (see link underneath) highlights the persons own skills, training and experience and is the contract to apply these to the needs of the South African National Parks both in the applicant's region and in National Parks.

Thanks

Mark, can you come and see me at the shop on Saturday and we'll talk about it...?

Okay See you there WestCoaster

Go for it MC!

Hey Mark,

I wanted to become one too and was wondering, what do they mean by orientation?

Hi African Storm,

I'm not sure what you're talking about, what orientation?

Ok, maybe it's not called an orientation, but it's where you're trained in the parks...
Are you becoming one next year?
Oh, wait you are one already right?

Hi AS,

Here's info on the Honorary rangers: How do I become a Junior Honorary Ranger? Junior Honorary Rangers are volunteers between the ages of 12 and 18.

Not to be confused with our kudus on the forum:

{empty space} = a member
= Junior Virtual Ranger
= Virtual Ranger
= Senior Virtual Ranger
= Veteran Virtual Ranger
= Honorary Virtual Ranger

= Moderator
= Guru (SANParks staff)

How voting for Kudus works

AS - if I may answer here for Mark. He is not a Jnr HR.

Hi AS,

It takes a year first to become a Junior HR, you first train for a year, you are classified as an Applicant Junior HR for that year, you meet every month get involved with projects in the closest SANPark to you, it's loads of fun, ask your parents to join, I think you can apply at Marakele, closest SANPark to you. Go for it!

Thanks so much for your help, but I still have one question,
Can you join for any SANPark as long as it's not on the other side of the country? Like I wanted to join Kruger instead

No you have to join a SANPark in your area, like me, I live in Cape Town so I can either be Junior HR at Table Mountain National Park or West Coast National Park. Since you live in Johannesburg you will only be able to be a Junior HR at Marakele, but Marakele is a great SANPark, it has Wild Dogs & the Big 5. So I think you'll have a lot of fun there.

Thanks, Mark, never been to Marakele before, but I'll give it a shot