What’s a rhino boma?

A boma is an enclosure for an animal or animals. The rhino boma at Shamwari Game Reserve is used as a safe haven to rehabilitate injured or orphaned rhino until they are strong enough to be released back into the wild.

African Travel, Inc. and Lion World Travel staff recently traveled to South Africa and had the opportunity to help build a rhino boma for the current rhino “crash,” – Noelle, Winston and Chip at Shamwari.

 

Learn more about Noelle, Winston and Chip and their journey at Shamwari here.

From digging to drilling to nailing, staff helped build a larger enclosure for the rhino crash. Here are a few photos of their labor.