Our purpose
Find it live. Leave it wild.
A useful wildlife report needs more than a pin. It needs a clear species name, a trustworthy time, appropriate evidence and enough context for another visitor to make a responsible decision. Wild This Way brings those pieces together while keeping sensitive locations out of public view.
Public guides help visitors prepare before they enter a reserve. Signed-in tools then support live discovery, field identification and personal wildlife records. Explore the wildlife field guide, use the guided identifier, or read the practical field guides before setting out.
The people behind it
Started by Stephen Segal and tested in the field.
Wild This Way (Pty) Ltd was founded and is owned by Stephen Segal. The product is being tested in South Africa with his family, including real visits to Rietvlei Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park. Those field days expose the practical problems a desk test misses: weak signal, small-screen layouts, fast-moving sightings, route interruptions and the need to keep a report useful without exposing an animal.
We describe that experience plainly. We do not claim scientific, conservation or ranger credentials that have not been independently established. For changeable visitor information and wildlife guidance, we link readers to the responsible reserve operator or another authoritative source.
Editorial principles
Useful, attributable and honest about uncertainty.
Accuracy before volume
We would rather publish a smaller, reviewed guide than thousands of thin or unverified pages. Uncertainty is labelled instead of being written away.
Wildlife welfare first
Content must not encourage crowding, chasing, off-road access or disclosure of a sensitive animal's exact position.
Clear provenance
Guides identify their review date and link to sources readers can inspect. Community reports are kept distinct from official visitor information.
People confirm the sighting
Automated identification and matching can offer a hint; they do not replace the observer's confirmation or an owner's review of imported reports.
Source hierarchy
Where our public information comes from.
- Reserve and government authorities for entrance rules, operating information, closures, permits and official conservation guidance.
- Recognised taxonomic and conservation references for names, field marks, range and species-level facts.
- Direct field testing for how Wild This Way behaves on a phone, including navigation, reporting and offline conditions.
- Community observations for time-bound sightings. These are reports from people, not an official guarantee that an animal remains present.
When sources disagree, the relevant public authority takes priority for operational rules. A guide should never override a gate notice, ranger instruction or current reserve alert.
Corrections
Make the record better.
If a name, visitor detail or explanation is wrong or out of date, send the page address, the proposed correction and—where possible—the current primary source through the contact page. We review the evidence, update the page when warranted and refresh its review date.
Use the signed-in reporting flow for a sighting. Public editorial corrections should contain only the information needed to correct the page.
Privacy and protection
Exact does not mean public.
GPS can make a report accurate without making the underlying position visible to everyone. Exact locations for sensitive wildlife are withheld from public maps and public pages. Personal information, raw imported conversations and private account history are also kept out of the public knowledge library.
Read the full privacy notice and the plain-language sighting process for more detail.