During our last 4 day photography workshop hosted at Mashatu
Game Reserve’s Tent Camp, we were treated to some incredible sightings with our
guests that Andre Cloete and I co-hosted.
With the onset of summer, the weather was inconsistent which
made it challenging for a few days with very overcast conditions. However, this
worked in our favour for the multiple times we spent with the mother Cheetah
and her four 3 month old cubs. Without the
worry of harsh light we all spent a number of drives following these 5 Cheetahs
as they walked, stalked and played over the dusty baron areas which are so
unique to Mashatu.
With our bank of luck being topped to the full, we where
fortunate to get a glimpse of the 3 new large male lions that have moved into
the area from the Tuli Circle region in Zimbabwe. Clearly life out in their
usual territory is not like that for a lion at Mashatu as these 3 boys where
not having any vehicle get within 50-60m from them. As if they where never
here, the very next morning they somehow disappeared from the property giving
us a glimpse of hope that they might one day finally reside in the reserve.
During the course of our 4 day workshop we where spoilt with
no fewer than 5 differnet leopard sightings, and in true Mashatu style the
sightings were of great quality.
Myself and Andre spent some time scouting out a new ‘star
–trail’ site and we where delighted to hear about and discover that the largest
Baobab on Mashatu was only within minutes from Tent Camp. With this monster of
a tree being very rarely visited we spent a good portion of our last
afternoon/evening trying our hand at some Milky Way and star trail shots.
Over the course of the 4 days, it wasn’t just about getting
images for the stockpile but rather about enjoying the wilderness and being
able to capture the incredible time we had out there together.
A huge thank you to everyone who was on the workshop!
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| Cheetah mother and her four 3month old cubs |
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