Author: Christian Sperka

Christian Sperka is a wildlife photographer based at Thanda Private Game Reserve, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Over the last 11 years, Christian has traveled the world photographing animals in wild game reserves of South Africa and Namibia, the jungles of Costa Rica, in Yellowstone National Park in the USA, as well as zoos in Europe and the United States. His work has been featured in wildlife magazines, in books and in many zoo publications. He actively supports wild cat conservation, working as a partner photographer for Panthera, the world's leading organization devoted to the conservation of all wild cat species (panthera.org). From 2009 to 2012 he has worked as the official photographer and photography teacher at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Tennessee, USA (nashvillezoo.org). Christian is also a qualified South African field guide. He now works as specialist photography guide on Thanda Private Game Reserve in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa (thanda.com).
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GROUNDED!

This Lapped-faced Vulture was grounded in today’s heavy rains, which gave me a chance to get a close-up portrait! … and it is still raining at Thanda …

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Zebra Crossing

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Small and Cute

Baby animal season at Thanda – Have a good week 😊

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What an experience!

Following a Cheetah mum and her cub on her hunt …

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Dung, beautiful dung!

That is what this beetle thought when he found some fresh droppings and started forming them into a large ball 😊

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iPhone distance 😊

This young male Lion walked up to my vehicle and had a good look at my iPhone 😊 These youngsters are very curious!

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Giant Snail Photo Shoot

On my way to Pakamisa’s restaurant I ran into this incredible Giant Snail.

It was a very easy photo shoot with a rather slow but obliging model 😊

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GROWING UP QUICKLY

These three Cheetah cubs are growing up very quickly. I love watching them playing around mum!

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