This Southern Carmine Bee-eater was hunting when I took this picture.
A lot of patience to capture this fast flying bird on camera. S-100 road near Satara Rest Camp, Kruger National Park.
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A short video two male Lions at Thanda Safari taken during a ‘drive-by’ shot with an iPhone held on eye-level 😊
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A new book by Leon Wobbe and Christian Sperka*
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE BOOK SALES WILL GO TO THE INKANYISO CRÈCHE PROJECT
Early last year a young man from Germany by the name of Leon Wobbe spent eight weeks as a Ulwazi volunteer on Thanda Safari. He brought along his camera equipment and I taught him wildlife photography. Besides taking many pictures on Thanda Safari we also went together on photography trips to the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, to Kruger National Park and to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
We created a coffee table book about Leon’s 8 weeks and my 8 years in South Africa. It includes some of our best pictures and a few stories about our South African adventures. I am very proud and grateful that I was able to provide my pictures and stories to the book and I enjoyed very much creating this ‘little piece of South African art’ together with Leon.
The text is written in German and in English and the book has 96 pages. It is available for sale at the Thanda Safari curio shops or directly from me (It can be be sent out world-wide via courier if requested / courier fees are extra). The local price for the book is ZAR490 (~EUR30 or ~USD35). All proceeds from the book sales will go directly towards the Inkanyiso Crèche Project (which got its own chapter in the book). Anyone who wants to pay more as a donation to the crèche is very welcome. Some of my friends from around the world and I support the Inkanyiso Crèche Project since 2018.
A digital version of the book (PDF) is also for sale for R200 (or more :-). The income from these ‘digital sales’ will also go towards the crèche.
For information about the project and/or to order the 8 WEEKS and 8 YEARS book (hard copy or PDF) please contact me at info@sperka.com.
Click here to look at a few sample page spreads of the book: https://sperka.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/8-8-preview-s.pdf
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Ulwazi Research (www.ulwaziresearch.com) is Thanda Safari’s volunteer and research program.
Just as a major rain storm approach I ran into these two Cheetahs on the S-50 near the Mopani Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park.
A few minutes later the sun was gone and I could hardly see the road in the heavy rain.
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Yesterday afternoon we were looking for Elephants and found them busy munching fresh green grass in a broken dam basin. I recommend that you watch this video twice. Once with your eyes open and once with your eyes closed (to experience the sounds properly).
We stayed for a long time to observe them converting a ‘long grass field’ quietly into a nicely cut ‘sports field’ 😊
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This is what it looks like when an Elephant is photobombing a Spotted Hyena picture 😊
Near the Olifants river – H1-5 near S-89 intersection, Kruger National Park
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This is my favorite picture from this afternoon’s game drive. My Thanda Safari Wellness Weekend guests were fascinated by the beautiful orange eyes of this Southern White-faced Owl.
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These two Lion ladies were visibly upset about the gentlemen’s advances !
Tropic of Capricorn Road S-143 Kruger National Park
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When I picked up a stone which was resting against a tree in the Thanda House garden I interrupted this Scorpion having his Grasshopper-meal. It was fascinating to watch him trying to find a new hiding place to finish his dinner in peace and quiet.
I took this picture with iPhone which works very well for these type of macro shots.
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These two Striated (Green-backed) Herons were focused on the same thing at the same time.
Lake Panic, Kruger National Park
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