A MULTIFACETED ECOLOGY VENTURE
A MULTIFACETED ECOLOGY VENTURE
In 2021, while celebrating 20 years of restoring, protecting and preserving the wild that is Zuka Private Game Reserve, Tara and Jessica created Getty Asterism.
By formalising the growing team, with their passion for the natural world and their extraordinary discoveries across the reserve, into a multifaceted ecology venture, Getty Asterism, our impact can evolve, ripple outwards and head into the future.
ZUKA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE
RESEARCH
MEMBERS
OPPORTUNITY
SOLUTIONS
PLATFORM
THE TEAM
DR. ANNE
PANDRAUD
SHAQUILLE
BARNES
MEMORY LANE
Three decades ago, long before an idea or the germination of Zuka as it is today, a young man was carrying bags at a newly created Phinda Resource Reserve.
Co-founder Tara Getty spent his early years learning, hands on and feet in the field alongside ecotourism pioneer and visionary Dave Varty.
This is how Zuka first took root.
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Aug 19
LEOPARD
These elusive cats, move in mysterious ways but their presence tells us about the state of the environment.
As apex predators, leopards are an important marker of the health of the reserve and the natural systems within it.
This wasn’t always the case, but now in our third decade of restoring and protecting this swathe of wilderness, alongside collaborative conservation partnerships, the leopards bear testament to a fully balanced landscape.
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Aug 17
THE START
Zuka’s co-founder Tara Getty traveled and worked in Africa in his early twenties. He fell in love with this wilderness area of Zululand in the northern reaches of Kwa-Zulu Natal and never looked back.
A Wild Constellation traces the story back to where it all began.
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Aug 14
HAPPY WORLD ELEPHANT DAY!
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Aug 12
LION ENERGY
World Lion Day falls within this time known as the Lion’s Gate Portal, a period in the year when our planet Earth is aligned with the sun and the brightest star in the sky - Sirius, bathing us in extra light and energy!
Positioned in this Leo season is World Lion Day, which asks for a moment of awareness of these big cats, the importance of conserving them and, preserving their place in the natural system.
Today we hope our lions inspire your deepest courage with an invitation to dream your biggest!
✨🌞💫🦁♌️🦁🧡🦁♌️🦁💫🌞 ✨
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#Courage
#DreamBig
#ThisIsZuka
Aug 10
GREEN FRONTIERS
Zuka is part of nearly 30,000 hectares of protected wilderness.
Zuka’s 10,000 hectares has helped this land assembly to expand and become the Munywana Conservancy.
Protecting, restoring and connecting wilderness - our endeavour from the beginning.
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Aug 7
CELEBRATING
Twenty-five years under the same wild sky.
A Wild Constellation premieres 19.09.26.
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Aug 5
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
We are close to 100 people working across seven teams, bringing skills, knowledge and energy to this shared endeavour we call Zuka!
Every role matters. Whether maintaining the infrastructure, equipment and vehicles, working with our neighbouring communities, carrying out research, growing food, guiding, tracking, hosting guests, handling emergencies, and ensuring the countless details of daily life run smoothly, every person you see in these images contributes to the whole.
Zuka has been about a partnership between people and place for 25 years. For our team, Zuka is more than a place of work. It is a livelihood, a profession, a passion, a community, a home, a life.
As we celebrate this milestone, we share it with the people at the heart of it; twenty-five years would not have been possible without their collective commitment and care.
This is our village 🧡
1. Habitat
2. Workshop
3. Getty Asterism
4. Khula Farm
5. Maintenance
6. Zuka House & Gladstones
7. Central Hub
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Aug 4
