NIRVANA AFRICA
THINKING OF FLYING? WILDLIFE SERVICES PRODUCTS PILOTS
AERIAL GAME COUNTS · WILDLIFE SURVEYS · ANTI-POACHING

Eyes in the sky, with no airfield required

No airfield, no flight plan filed days in advance. Just a pilot, a paramotor, and a game reserve that gets covered properly — game counts, search and coordination, anti-poaching response, and aerial filming, airborne within the hour.

Low noise
Minimal impact on animal behaviour
3.5 hrs
Capable of 3.5 hrs flight before refuelling
No airfield
Deployed from any small open field
Legal
Unlike drones, no CAA airspace limitation

What we do

SEARCH & COORDINATION

Wounded or missing animals are a regular occurrence, often leading to lengthy, costly ground searches. We acquire permission from the relevant Park Authority, search the ranch from the air, and maintain aerial observation to coordinate ground teams — capturing gimbal-stabilised HD video and 24-megapixel stills for closer examination.

GAME COUNTS

Our platform is proven and tested, increasing effectiveness and decreasing the fault factor. Technique adapts to ranch size: single or multiple pilots flying a grid pattern, reporting game census and position.

ANTI-POACHING

Currently serving multiple Park Authorities. We provide aerial cover and response in the search for poachers and wounded animals — armed search and response, ground crew coordination, no airfield required for deployment, and HD camera documentation of every effort.

FILMING & PHOTOGRAPHY

Aerial filming and photography — full HD gimbal-stabilised video and 24-megapixel stills, well suited to larger facilities with scenic landscapes. A fully legal service, unlike drone technology, which has major limitations under CAA law. Raw footage provided immediately; professional editing available on request.

How game counts work

A few ground rules keep every count accurate and affordable:

  • Every farm is assessed individually. We review and analyse each farm with its owner, and raise all limitations and risks before we quote.
  • Winter is the preferred season. Cooler, calmer air lets Nirvana fly longer hours.
  • One pilot covers 1,000 hectares per hour. This is dependent on a pre-flight analysis with the owner. As farms get larger, we add pilots, which keeps the count accurate and lets us cover the whole farm within the available weather window.
  • No minimum farm size. We count properties of any size, from small private farms to large reserves.

Advantages & costs

Flight cost
Includes fuel and pilot, excl. VAT
R3,000/hour
Travel cost
From Hartbeespoort Dam to deployment zone, excl. VAT
R4.00/km
Post-survey analysis
Data and imagery review after the flight, excl. VAT
R650/hour

Low noise profile — minimal impact on animal behaviour. Every game count and anti-poaching response is reviewed by qualified, professional hunters, who make the final call on the data before it's actioned — not an algorithm.

See the machine we fly

Wildlife and anti-poaching deployments run on the same Nirvana paramotors we sell and train on.

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Want to fly conservation missions yourself?

Use paramotoring as a practical, everyday tool to manage your own reserve or game farm. Consider becoming a paramotor pilot and running your own aerial work, on your own schedule, from any open field on the property.

  • Aerial surveys
  • Game counting
  • Game tracking
  • Anti-poaching patrols and response
  • Fence-line and water-point checks
  • Search for wounded or missing animals

The sky is the limit. Every pilot doing this work started with a licence, and we train you from the ground up.

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