Life base

LEO base life, strictly reserved for LEO guides and volunteers, is located in the Abelana wildlife reserve, near the North gate of the reserve and the Abelana River Lodge. The nearest town, Phalaborwa is 17km away; Hoedspruit AFB airport is approximately 100km away.

LEO base life is made up of several buildings, in particular a central building (offices, kitchen, refectory), a dormitory, one with individual rooms, and a workshop. The whole is surrounded by a fence to prevent animals from the reserve from entering. All the buildings are connected to the electricity network which is backed up thanks to the solar panels and batteries installed by LEO

All over South Africa power outages / blackouts of about 4 continuous hours occur every night (sometimes also during afternoon).

All buildings have running water, cold and hot; tap water is drinkable. In the kitchen, filtered water is also available.

The volunteers take turns taking part in a few tasks, the most restrictive is certainly the evening dishes (we all can't wait to go to bed), the days start early: the departure is around 5:30 in the morning.

Friday afternoon is reserved for purchases in a Phalaborwa supermarket, volunteers can buy products that they cannot find at LEO

(large pots of yogurt, cereal bars, pizzas, hamburgers, etc.) a fridge freezer is reserved for volunteers. Sunday is rest for everyone.