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Watch our collection of videos about Samara's wildlife, landscapes and experiences.

Featured Video: Safari for the soul

Lodge video: The Manor

Lodge video: Karoo Lodge

Sibella the miracle cheet

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You can see us on NatGeo WILD

The story of Samara's first cheetah, Sibella, is currently being told on NatGeo WILD. You can watch Sibella the Miracle Cheetah worldwide!

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Introducing the Funny Five

Watch as we introduce you to our child-friendly version of the Big Five – the Funny Five! Can you guess who they are?
Desert-adapted black rhino

There are fewer than 5,000 Critically Endangered Black rhino left in the world, and just a fraction of these are from the desert-adapted subspecies. Samara is one of only two private reserves in South Africa to be home to this subspecies.
Cheetah hunting kudu

Watch as a female cheetah hunts a kudu on Samara.

Experience video: Milky Way star bed

Explore our Milky Way star bed, for a night out under the Karoo skies.

Wildlife Video: Aardvark

Have you ever seen a nocturnal aardvark foraging during the day? Check out our video for footage of exactly that!

Wildlife Video: Birds at Samara

Take a look at some of the bird species found around Karoo Lodge.

Aerial footage of Samara

Aerial footage of Samara’s biomes taken by a recent guest.

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Stuck for ideas on how to make the lockdown time p

Stuck for ideas on how to make the lockdown time pass by? Why not make it meaningful as well as entertaining. With Snapshot Safari you can contribute to African wildlife conservation from the comfort of your own living room by helping to identify the wildlife in thousands of camera trap images taken in protected areas. ⁣
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Samara joined the project last year to assess mammal diversity and distribution on the reserve. A network of camera traps has been set up across the 67,000 acres and photos are collected every few months. ⁣
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➡️ Swipe for recent images captured at Samara (and yes, even the first one is a camera trap photo!) ⁣
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🔗 Visit the link in our bio for our latest blog with info on how to get involved⁣
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#ConservationInAction #ArmchairConservation #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul | 📷: @snapshot_safari_sa @mandelauniversity

We were very excited to capture the moment Chilli

We were very excited to capture the moment Chilli met the dominant male cheetah on the mountain grasslands. Chilli is a large, strong female but you can see from the video how much bigger male cheetahs are. ⁣⁣
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This encounter happened back in December, so if the courtship was successful, we should be expecting cubs round about now. Fingers crossed!⁣⁣
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#SamaraKaroo #Cheetah #SafariForTheSoul | 🎥: @marnus.ochse

Did you know that bees are a widely-used weapon in

Did you know that bees are a widely-used weapon in the conservation arsenal? 🐝🌳🐘⁣
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Nature's smallest guards are being deployed at Samara during the lockdown to serve a triple purpose - protecting several iconic tree specimens (including what our Reserve Team have dubbed 'The Royal Tree') from elephants, aiding the re-establishment of pollinators after the drought and providing local honey for our Karoo Kitchen.⁣
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🔗 Find the story at the link in our bio | #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul #BeeKeeping | 📷: @marnus.ochse

“Adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patienc

“Adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson⁣
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Wise words for the next few weeks as South Africa enters into lockdown, and other countries continue to advise their citizens to stay at home. ⁣
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Our thoughts go out to medical staff around the world, all those on the front line, those living in informal settlements and those for whom staying at home is a mixed blessing. We owe you all a huge debt of gratitude, and we will get through this. ⁣
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Good luck to everyone - stay safe, stay healthy, and stay sane. ⁣
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#SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul | 📷: @ourplanetinmylens

Humanity may be on lockdown, but life in the wild

Humanity may be on lockdown, but life in the wild carries on regardless. Dappled sunlight danced around this young cheetah’s head as he sat up to take a closer look at us. A special sighting. ⁣
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#SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul #Cheetah

As announced by our President, South Africa will e

As announced by our President, South Africa will enter into a 21-day lockdown to combat Coronavirus at midnight on Thursday 26 March. Citizens will be confined to their homes in an attempt to #FlattenTheCurve and Samara, along with most businesses across the country, will close its doors for the next few weeks. .

These are uncertain times for all of us, not least for the travel and tourism industry. We find ourselves in uncharted waters and we can’t help but worry about what the future holds. Tourism is the lifeblood of so many communities and conservation projects across Africa. As an industry, and as a company, we have no option but to weather the storm and emerge stronger on the other side. .

Our highest priority during this time will be the health and well-being of our wonderful, hard-working Samara team. We will continue to support them and their families through this temporary turbulence. .

We will also take advantage of this stoppage time to return to Nature, to bask in her healing power and to reflect on the greater message of this crisis - a reminder that we are mere mortals, bit players in Nature’s grand tapestry.

We encourage those of you that can get out into Nature to do so as much as possible. For those cooped up at home longing for Samara’s wide open spaces, or those who have had to cancel their upcoming trips to visit us, we hope you find solace in the ray of sunlight streaming through your window, in the birdsong that signals the dawn of a new day, in the wildlife that is reclaiming cities on lockdown around the globe.

Thank you Mr Ramaphosa for showing true leadership during this crisis, for making difficult decisions with compassion and a level head, for collaborating with parties across the political and business spectrum. We are proud to be South Africans, today and every day, and we are ready to play our part.

We will be thinking of all our guests, partners, family, friends and strangers near and far as we navigate these challenging times together.

Stay home, stay safe, and keep dreaming of the wilderness. It will still be here, magical as ever, waiting for you to return.
#SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul . 📷: Etienne Oosthuizen

🔈Sound on 🔈Family, wilderness and campfire t

🔈Sound on 🔈Family, wilderness and campfire tales. Clean air, splendid isolation and comfort food. If only all social distancing could look like this. #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul

The Karoo - beauty, big skies and solitude. Balm f

The Karoo - beauty, big skies and solitude. Balm for the soul in these trying times. #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul

Today’s Coronavirus distraction brought to you b

Today’s Coronavirus distraction brought to you by this lion family. ⁣
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📷: @ob_phepheng

In these rather disconcerting times let’s all ta

In these rather disconcerting times let’s all take a moment to appreciate the beauty and tenderness of nature. Here a young giraffe nibbles the ear of its even younger companion. #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul | 📷: @ob_phepheng

“Grass is the forgiveness of Nature - her consta

“Grass is the forgiveness of Nature - her constant benefaction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish but grass is immortal.” - John James Ingalls | 📷: @marnus.ochse #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul #Grasslands

Samara is one of the best places in Africa to see

Samara is one of the best places in Africa to see the elusive (habitually nocturnal) aardvark. Visit us in summer for a night-time glimpse or in winter for one of our famously-unusual daytime sightings. #SamaraKaroo #SafariForTheSoul #Aardvark | 📷: @julius.mkhize

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