{"id":8252,"date":"2021-04-14T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/?p=8252"},"modified":"2021-04-14T08:45:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:45:35","slug":"wildlife-photography-weekend-at-thanda-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/activities\/wildlife\/wildlife-photography-weekend-at-thanda-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife &#038; Photography Weekend at Thanda Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thanda Safari<\/strong> &#8211; that great 5-star private game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal which puts a great emphasis on conservation, community upliftment and is the perfect place for holidaymakers and families to experience and discover the Big Five and all the other creatures in the bush \u2013 is still moving in its new direction and has another <em>\u2018weekend with a difference\u2019<\/em> planned for April.<\/p>\n<p>Thanda Safari invites you to join <strong>Christian Sperka<\/strong>, Thanda\u2019s resident<em> photographer-of-note<\/em> and the <strong>Wildlife Team <\/strong>to learn the \u2018art\u2019 of taking better, beautiful and brilliant photographs of the wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Thanda Safari <em>Wildlife &amp; Photography <\/em><em>Weekend<\/em><\/strong> will take place from <strong>Friday 23 \u2013 Sunday 25 April 2021. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ll be around all weekend to help with camera setups, answer questions and &#8211; if requested \u2013 will \u2018critique\u2019 your pictures\u201d,<\/em> says Christian.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJoining me in hosting is Vincent Hindson, Thanda Safari field guide and an expert photographer, there\u2019ll be a \u2018Best Photo Of The Weekend\u2019 competition, and I and Thanda Safari\u2019s Wildlife manager, Lorraine Doyle will be giving short talks about the supporting role of photography in wildlife conservation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanda Safari is home to a number of endangered species, including black and white rhino and cheetahs. Photographs taken of the endangered species during the weekend will be collected and analysed and will be used to assist the efforts of Thanda\u2019s Wildlife Team to individually identify the various animals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Wildlife &amp; Photography Weekend<\/em><\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: Friday 23 \u2013 Sunday 25 April 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> R2\u00a0995 per person sharing per night<\/li>\n<li><strong>Package includes<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<li>accommodation &#8211; two nights double occupancy at the luxurious Thanda Tented Camp (spacious colonial safari-style tents, each with private viewing deck and en-suite bathroom)<\/li>\n<li>two game drives daily with guide and tracker<\/li>\n<li>all meals<\/li>\n<li>selected local beverages (soft drinks, house wines, spirits and beers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Excluded: conservation levy of R200 per person per stay, gratuities and all items of a personal nature. Terms and conditions apply.<\/p>\n<p>Thanda Safari is a proud member of <em>The Leading Hotels of the World,<\/em> a multiple winner of <em>The World\u2019s Leading Luxury Lodge<\/em> award, ranked as one of the 20 Top Resorts in South Africa in the <em>2020 Conde Nast Traveller Awards, <\/em>and more recently was winner at the 27<sup>th<\/sup> World Travel Awards for <em>World&#8217;s Leading Luxury Private Villa 2020<\/em>: Villa iZulu at Thanda Safari, South Africa and World&#8217;s <em>Leading Safari Lodge 2020<\/em>: Thanda Safari Lodge at Thanda Safari, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>At Thanda Safari you are guaranteed a unique African experience and exclusive close-up encounters with Africa\u2019s Big Five.<\/p>\n<p>Booking is essential &#8211;\u00a0 to make your reservations contact:<\/p>\n<p>Thanda Safari<\/p>\n<p>E: reservations@thanda.co.za<\/p>\n<p>T: +27 (0) 32 586 0149 | www.thandasafari.co.za<\/p>\n<p>Facebook\/Instagram: thandasafari<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: Thanda_<\/p>\n<p><em>In keeping with new protocols regarding the Coronavirus, Thanda Safari is <\/em><em>adhering to stringent health and safety cleaning protocols \u2013 the<\/em><em> safety of guests and <\/em><em>staff being of the highest priority<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Thanda Safari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanda Safari is a Big Five game reserve situated on 14 000 hectares in the heart of Zululand, KwaZulu- Natal owned by Swedish philanthropists Christin and Dan Olofsson. It offers an authentic South African wildlife experience with excellent game viewing all year round and has a sincere commitment to the Zulu culture and conservation of the environment; actively involved in conservation and wildlife research, it works to uplift the local communities through \u2018Star for Life\u2019 and other projects. Meaning <em>\u2018love\u2019<\/em> in isiZulu, Thanda Safari is a proud member of <em>The Leading Hotels of the World,<\/em> a multiple winner of <em>The World\u2019s Leading Luxury Lodge<\/em> award, ranked as one of the 20 Top Resorts in South Africa in the <em>2020 Conde Nast Traveller Awards, <\/em>and more recently was winner at the 27<sup>th<\/sup> World Travel Awards for <em>World&#8217;s Leading Luxury Private Villa 2020<\/em>: Villa iZulu at Thanda Safari, South Africa and World&#8217;s <em>Leading Safari Lodge 2020<\/em>: Thanda Safari Lodge at Thanda Safari, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Thanda Safari offers three different accommodation types, Thanda Safari Lodge, Villa iZulu and Thanda Tented Camp.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanda Safari Lodge has nine bush suites &#8211; shaped like a traditional Zulu homestead, the suites have panoramic views of the surrounding game reserve.<\/li>\n<li>Villa iZulu is an outstanding safari hideaway for families, holidaymakers and wedding parties wanting privacy &#8211; situated amidst lush green lawns and surrounded by expanses of wild African bush, Villa iZulu can accommodate 10 guests in five suites.<\/li>\n<li>Thanda\u2019s Tented Camp, with 15 colonial safari-style tents, each with its own viewing deck and en-suite bathrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanda Safari is situated 23km north of Hluhluwe on the N2 approximately 220km north of Durban and is easily accessible from the N2 by gravel road (no 4&#215;4 required). Richards Bay is the closest commercial airport, with King Shaka International Airport, Durban being the closest international airport. Road transfers are available from and to Durban and Richards Bay Airports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanda Safari &#8211; that great 5-star private game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal which puts a great emphasis on conservation, community upliftment and is the perfect place for holidaymakers and families to experience and discover the Big Five and all the other creatures in the bush \u2013 is still moving in its new direction and has another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2706],"tags":[5594,5595,3143,2558,4635,4482],"class_list":["post-8252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-christian-sperka","tag-game-drives","tag-game-reserve","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn","tag-thanda-safari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}