RESTORED PROTECTED PRESERVED WILD
Zuka Private Game Reserve is the cornerstone property of a pioneering land assembly founded by Tara and Jessica Getty in 2001. Today, this progressive rewilding project has thus far expanded to 10,300 hectares of environmentally restored and protected northern Zululand and stands as a beacon of light as to what is possible on our planet.
1990 – The Beginning of the Story
“Caring for wilderness, wildlife and people is multifaceted. There are many models. This is ours.”
~ TARA GETTY ~
“Caring for wilderness, wildlife and people is multifaceted. There are many models. This is ours.”
~ TARA GETTY ~
Where we are
Zuka Private Game Reserve is 10,300 hectares of the Munywana Conservancy, a formal Protected Area bordering a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Zuka Private Game Reserve’s proximity to the Indian Ocean, and the Lebombo Mountains creates dramatic topography with varied geology and soils from the ancient sea bed and historic volcanic activity; in turn supporting an array of habitats and vast biodiversity.
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
SAFARI
🦒Safari /səˈfɑːri/ (noun)
From the Swahili word meaning “journey”. A purposeful passage through wild places, where observation becomes understanding and every encounter deepens our connection with the natural world.
🦒Journey /ˈdʒɜːni/ (noun)
A passage from one place to another; an experience that changes the traveller.
🦒Journey of giraffes (collective noun)
As a journey of giraffes moves quietly through our Zuka landscape, the meaning of safari comes full circle🌍
#Safari
#Giraffes
#Journey
#WildPlaces
ThisIsZuk
Jul 10
OCEANS WITHOUT BORDERS
One of our earliest beneficiaries, and a longstanding commitment of Ocean Family Foundation is @oceanswithoutborders.
Across the western Indian Ocean, Oceans Without Borders works at the intersection of science, community and conservation - from the coral reefs of Mozambique, to the seagrass meadows of Tanzania, and the rich coastal ecosystems of Kenya and South Africa.
The projects within Oceans Without Borders include:
🦈 Apex Predators
🙌🏾 Community Development
🐙 Reef Diversity
🪸 Coral Reef Restoration
🎣 Fisheries & Food Security
🔊 Ocean Soundscapes
🐢 Sea Turtles
🌍 Seascape Mapping & Monitoring
💚 Terrestrial Biodiversity
🐳 Whales & Dolphins
This work is practical, visible, interconnected and effective, with partner communities, key stakeholders and school aged children who will inherit the impact of today.
Guided by Marine Programme Manager and Principal Scientist Dr Camilla Floros, Oceans Without Borders continues to help us better understand these seascapes and how we may protect them.
This work is positively safeguarding the health of our oceans, strengthening ecosystems, and supporting communities connected to these natural systems that sustain us.
#MarineConservation
#ScientificResearch
#CommunityDevelopment
#Collaboration
#ThisIsZuka
Jun 20
CELEBRATING
💙World Sea Turtle Day today!🪸
📷@ta_devs🤿
🎬@its_jamie_lucas
#SeaTurtles
#WorldSeaTurtleDay2025
#OceanMonth
#Turtles
#TurtleHatchlings
Jun 16
OCEAN TALKS
One of our first commitments as Ocean Family Foundation was to sponsor BOAT International’s Ocean Talks and we are thrilled to have continued this partnership for nine years, bringing together the yachting industry with the world of marine conservation.
Every year our speakers transport us with the power and nuances of science and story telling. Tonight, two extraordinary, deeply experienced women - Olivia Swaak Goldman, Executive Director of Wildlife Justice Commission, and Hanli Prinsloo, South Africa’s leading freediver - took us to places both seen and unseen; they educated us, inspired us and gave us much to take home.
We have put links in our bio for you to enter their worlds and see for yourselves!🐳🐋🦈
Thank you @boatinternational for another beautiful event and, to all who attended, for your spirit of connection - until next year!🪸
#MarineLife
#Freediving
#OceanTalks
#BoatInternational
#OceanFamilyFoundation
Jun 13
INDIAN OCEAN
Since founding Zuka in 2001, we have expanded our green frontiers to become more than 10,000 hectares of protected wilderness in northern Natal, and within this process, formed a greater land assembly of 30,000 hectares called the Munywana Conservancy, which was gazetted in 2019 as a formal Protected Area.
Munywana is the name of the river that flows through our conservancy and into the UNESCO World Heritage Site, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, that wraps itself around us on our boundaries.
Looking east over these wetland systems from Zuka, approximately 26 kilometers away, we see the world’s highest vegetated sand dunes, and right there, lies the Indian Ocean.
We were drawn to this wild corner of Africa three decades ago because of the ocean.
This year, in celebrating Zuka as an integrated conservation model of 25 years, we acknowledge that every species, habitat, community and ecosystem in our midst here, is because of our proximity to the ocean, and because of its very existence.
In this week of #WorldOceansDay we are thrilled to sponsor @boatinternational #OceanTalks once again in London on 11th June 2026.
See the link in our bio for more! 🧡🩵
#OceanTalks
#ConservationSuccessStories
#OceansWithoutBorders
Zuka25Years
Jun 10
REIMAGINE
“Beyond The World We Know,
A New Relationship With Our Ocean.”
This is the theme for United Nations World Oceans Day today!
We are invited to transform our perception that the ocean is vast, distant and separate from us, to understanding that it has always flowed through us, in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the climate that makes our lives possible.
Reimagine is to move together “from PASSIVE INHERITORS of the ocean’s generosity to ACTIVE GUARDIANS of its future.” 🌍🌎🌏
🤿📹 @ta_devs
🎬 @its_jamie_lucas
#WorldOceansDay2026
#ActiveGuardians
#OceanTalks
#OceanFamilyFoundation
#ThisIsZuka
Jun 8
LEGACY
Rhino conservation is not purely about protection of a species today, but also about securing a future where these ancient animals continue to shape ecosystems, interconnected landscapes, cultures and imagination.
In this endeavour, all our interventions, shared responsibilities, and partnerships within and far beyond the bounds of Zuka Private Game Reserve are part of a continuum of care.
This is what legacy looks like to us – action, partnership, patience and stewardship, carried forward for those who come after.
#Rhino
#WorldEnvironmentDay2026
#Conservation
#Legacy
#ThisIsZuka
Jun 5
THE PAINTED WOLF
As apex predators they face great pressure from loss of habitat and are officially “Endangered” on the IUCN Red List, with just around 6,600 individuals estimated to be living in the wild.
However, these mythological looking African wild dogs are also culturally revered for their outstanding endurance, for symbolising unity, and as the ultimate representation of a highly cooperative social structure.
#AfricanWildDog
#EndangeredSpecies
#ConservationSuccessStories
#ThisIsZuka
Jun 4
THE WEEK OF 100 YEARS!
It’s a simple fact: our story started at Londolozi.
Zuka Private Game Reserve today - the heart of an integrated conservation model and a living philosophy of stewardship - would not exist without our source code, Londolozi.
2026 sees us celebrate our 25th year of nature restoration and furthering innovation sparked from the original flame of Londolozi, as they celebrate their 100th year!
How do you go about telling a 100 year old story? @assouline had the answer to that. They chose to tell the story of Londolozi in their stunning new book, The Safari That Changed Everything.
The centennial collaboration was launched last week at Maison Assouline, and when Africa comes to London, the lantern is lit and the magic is real✨
@londolozi
@boyd_varty
@assouline
@maisonassouline
#Celebrating100years
#Londolozi
#TheSafariThatChangedEverything
#HoldingTheLight
#Zuka25Years
May 10
100 YEARS!
Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David, our guide and inspiration ✨
#HappyBirthday
#100Years
#DavidAttenborough
#Gratitude
#Inspiration
May 8
BIG CATS
When a cheetah coalition faces a leopard🐾🐾
📸 @its_jamie_lucas
#Cheetah
#Leopard
#BigCats
#wildlifephotographer
#ThisIsZuka
May 2
SECRETARY BIRD
This is the tallest raptor in the world!
Though the secretary bird is found widely across Africa, it as also listed as Endangered, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is believed this great decline in numbers correlates to habitat loss.
They are a wonderful sight and, as solely terrestrial hunters, the secretary bird walks miles across the savannah landscape every day, predating on small mammals, reptiles and snakes.
#SecretaryBird
#AfricanSavannah
#BirdLife
#WildlifePhotography
#ThisIsZuka
Apr 30
HAPPY International Hyena Day!
#SpottedHyena
#HyenaPups
#WildlifeConservation
I#nternationalHyenaDay
#ThisIsZuka
Apr 28
“Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work; a future.”
~ DAVID WHYTE ~
“Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work; a future.”