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
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
#Zuka25
#AWildConstellation
#ThisIsZuka
Aug 4
A WILD CONSTELLATION
Twenty-five years ago, a wild idea took root in the South African bush.
This September we share the story of how it became Zuka.
“A Wild Constellation” film premieres at this year’s Wildlife Ranger Challenge in September. 🧡
#AWildConstellation
#Zuka25
Aug 1
WORLD RANGER DAY
Today on World Ranger Day, we honour the remarkable men and women who dedicate their lives to protecting wildlife, safeguarding biodiversity and caring for landscapes and seascapes that sustain us all.
To our wildlife guardians, rangers, trackers and conservation staff here at Zuka, our greater Munywana Conservancy and all who share this work far beyond our bounds here - thank you for your endurance and care.
#WorldRangerDay
#Wilderness
#FloraandFauna
#Inspired
#ForWildlifeRangers
Jul 31
EARLY LEARNING
For the first two months or so, a lioness will keep her cubs safely hidden away and unseen, in a secret protected “den”, only leaving them when she must hunt for herself.
When the cubs emerge, they are still totally dependent on her for the next few months - nursing, playing, learning to eat meat and how to hunt.
Staying with their mother for around two years, the cubs’ relationship with her is crucial crucial for their learning and survival.
#LionCubs
#LionPride
#wildlifephotographer
#AfricanBigCats
#ThisIsZuka
Jul 30
BIODIVERSITY
Biodiversity is the extraordinary variety of life that shares our planet and together with the habitats they depend upon and the relationships that connect them.
This web of life enables all life and systems to thrive.
Large wildlife often becomes the most visible symbol of biodiversity, but of course, their presence – as well as our own as humans – is only possible because of the support of an immense cast of smaller, often unseen life – pollinating insects, healthy soil, fungi, grasses, microbes and water bodies.
While we protect wildlife, we are also safeguarding the living systems that sustain them. We are protecting biodiversity itself: the richness and interconnectedness of life on Earth.
#Biodiversity
#Wilderness
#Wildlife
#Conservation
#ThisIsZuka
Jul 28
WORLD CUP FINAL energy ✨
Meet our starting eleven!
Team Zuka stationed for kick off 🏆 ⚽️
#TeamZuka
#FIFAWorldCup
#FIFAWorldCup2026Final
#WorldCupFinal
#ThisisZuka
Jul 19
QUIET PLEASE
Wishing JANNIK & SASCHA
THE VERY BEST OF LUCK
at WIMBLEDON today
💚🤍💜💙 from Zuka …
..“one of the most beautiful tennis courts in the world”…
#GentlemensFinal
#Champions
#ThereIsOnlyOneWimbledon
#ThisIsZuka
Jul 12
PHOTOGRAPHY
Patience and rewards in wildlife photography - capturing cheetah and wild dog in the same frame! 📸
#Cheetah
#Wilddog
#WildlifePhotography
#AfricanWildlife
#ThisIsZuka
Jul 11
