The Learner Hunters & Guides Qualification: What is involved?
Training to become a hunter or guide in Zimbabwe begins with examinations leading to the formal qualification of "Learner Hunter/Guide". This…
Introduction to the Catalogue
Relevant books and other study materials are available for sale that you might find helpful in your preparation for the Learner…
Study Methods & Materials
There is no text book to prepare you for these examinations. There are, however, many useful sources of the necessary information.…
Syllabus Information
Three of the papers have a list of topics you are expected to be familiar with. The General Paper, however, can…
Professional Hunters & Guides Qualification: What’s involved?
The process of getting a Professional Hunter or Professional Safari Guide qualification in Zimbabwe is extremely demanding and the qualification is…
Canoeing (Special Paper)
Candidates for the Learner Hunters and Guides examination may also choose to write an extra Canoeing (Special Paper) at the same time…
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These articles are designed to give helpful background information to you people who are preparing for the Learner Hunters and Guides…
Malaria
(Written by Dr. Aad van Geldermalsen, MD, DTM, MPH, Dutch Epidiomolgist and Public Health Advisor with decades of medical experience in…
September, 2021
Learner Hunters & Guides Examinations, September, 2021 FIREARMS FA.SEPT.21 – QU. 1 What constitute riflings? 2 mks FA.SEPT.21 – QU. 2 …
Red-Wing Starling
Onychognathus morio (Genus: onychognathus, Greek onukhos = a fingernail or claw + gnathos = jaw or mouth i.e. a bill resembling a claw or nail; Species: morio Greek =…
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava (Genus: Prinia, Javanese i.e. the name for these birds; Species: subflava, Latin = almost yellow)Timba (Shona - generic for all small cisticolas), Prinia modeste (French), Prinia-de-flancos-castanhos (Portuguese)…
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Melierax metabates (Genus: Melierax, Greek = melodious hawk; species: metabates, Latin = changed i.e. presumably from the similar Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus [Latin = musical,…
Safari Vehicle First Aid Kit
As the Guide on a safari you will be responsible for the health and physical well-being of a group of people.…
African Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis (Genus: Terpsiphone, Greek = delightful voice; Species, viridis, Latin = green - presumably because of the greenish-tinged head) Kateredemu, zvigone (Shona), Tchitrec d'Afrique(French),…
Granite Landscape
Places like Matopos, south of Bulawayo, and the Chinamora area, north of Harare, are associated iconic, granite-based landscapes. These landscapes are…
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris manoensis (Genus: Cinnyris, Greek cinnyris = shining; Species: manoensis = place name, Mano, in SW Tanzania; "miombo" is the name of a certain kind of savanna vegetation…
Kazungula Bridge
This article is taken from the site https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/kazungula-bridge Big ideas.Once a week. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Why Africa’s newest super-bridge…
