About Induli Khaya
A life built
around wild places
Induli Khaya is our home in the Mpumalanga Lowveld. A place shaped by our shared backgrounds in conservation, wildlife management and animal care.
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What began simply as a place to live has become something more: a small conservation property where we can restore habitat, care for wildlife, raise animals well and put decades of practical experience into the landscape around us.
Our Story
More than just a farm
Induli Khaya is found just outside Mbombela in the Lowveld. The property includes rocky outcrops, wooded drainage lines, open grassland and permanent water, creating habitat for a surprising variety of wildlife.
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We manage the property with a light touch and a long-term view. Our focus is on restoring ecological function, removing invasive alien plants, protecting natural vegetation and maintaining suitable habitat for the animals that already call this place home.
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There is no grand end point. The goal is simply to leave the land healthier, wilder and more resilient than we found it.
Ellery Worth
Conservation consultant · Protected-area Management · Spatial systems
Ellery has more than 25 years of experience working in conservation and protected-area management across southern Africa.
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Through Worth Consulting, he works on landscape-level conservation planning and helps protected areas build the systems they need to function effectively — from ecological restoration, wildlife and security planning to Esri-based spatial systems, operational infrastructure and facility planning.
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His work combines practical field experience with the bigger-picture systems required to manage complex conservation landscapes.
At Induli Khaya, that experience shapes much of the practical management of the property, its wildlife, infrastructure and ongoing restoration.
Jo Worth
Conservation scientist · Carnivore ecologist · Wildlife rehabilitator
Jo has worked in wildlife conservation across southern Africa, with a particular focus on carnivore ecology, wildlife monitoring, research and conservation communications.
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Her career has included work with zoos, large carnivore research programmes, protected areas and conservation organisations in the United States, Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. She currently works as the Impact and Communications Manager for the Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Foundation.
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Wildlife rehabilitation has been part of Jo’s life since childhood. Growing up on a farm and later working professionally with a wide variety of species gave her a broad practical foundation in animal husbandry, hand-rearing and rehabilitation.
We both believe conservation works best when it is practical, grounded and long-term.
At Induli Khaya that means caring for the land, understanding the animals that use it, making thoughtful management decisions and being willing to do the unglamorous work too, clearing invasive plants, repairing fences, building enclosures, raising orphaned wildlife and constantly adapting as the property changes.
Two paths. One shared purpose.
Life Here
Life at Induli Khaya
Of course, not everything here is wild.
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Induli Khaya is also home to our horses, dogs, chickens, and an ever-changing assortment of wildlife rehabilitation patients. Daily life moves somewhere between conservation work, animal care, habitat management and whatever unexpected creature happens to arrive next.
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It is not a reserve, a tourist destination or a polished conservation project. It is simply our home and a place where we try to make room for the wild alongside everything else.
