Making the most of a wildlife hide, Masuma Dam, Hwange national Park Zimbabwe | SafariLife S1E28
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2020
- In this week’s episode we take over the Masuma Dam Camping Site in Hwange National Park - making it our home for 3 nights. What a unique way to experience one of Zimbabwe’s great parks!
Masuma Dam Camping Site is situated a short drive from the Sinamatella Lodges in Hwange National Park. Located on a high point it offers a spectacular view of the wildlife and the plains. The campsite is fenced and manned with a ranger which means visitors are allowed to camp here overnight. This is truly an amazing experience since most wildlife only came to the waterhole after dark.
We were lucky enough to have the campsite to ourselves for all 3 nights and we really took advance of it. (Some day visitors even apologized when they walked into the thatched hide - thinking they accidentally walked into our room). We even setup a little office in the hide - best office views ever!
The large thatched hide is great for watching wildlife as they roam around on their way to the nearby waterhole. It is also a great spot to escape the heat especially when visiting in th height of summer as we did.
Trip Information:
Days on the trip: 46 out of 90
Current Country: Zimbabwe
Current National Park: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Current Accommodation: Masuma Dam Picnic Site, Hwange National Park
Completed stops on the trip: Gonarezhou National Park, Great Zimbabwe, Harare, Mana Pools National Park, Matusadona National Park, Lake Kariba, Pamuzinda Safari Lodge, Victoria Falls,
Next up: Matobo National Park, Nxai Pan National Park, Makgadikgadi National Park, Moremi National Park, Chobe National Park
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Thanks to everyone who has entered our 1,000 subscribers competition. We are so overwhelmed by all the support 😍 We will be picking one comment from this video (as well as one from S01E27 and S01E29).
Tune in tonight - 4 June 2020 at 18:00 SAST for a livestream on TH-cam where we will be announcing the winners. We have also decided to throw in a little surprise for everyone who tunes in live 😉
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Such a privilege to be able to share a slice of your beautiful life. Your photos are otherworldly and yet, it is our world. A reminder that we must appreciate and protect what we have.
How beautiful and relaxing it is to watch elephants..reminds me of our safari watching them for hours
We felt the same way going through the footage now in lockdown. We had hours of footage of animals down at the waterhole. It is so relaxing
Coffee, elephants, and nature sounds. That's my jam 😍
Love the suggestion of staying near the water hole versus two game drives a day. Relaxing, lovely!
Wonderful storm footage - could just about smell the rain 💦
I like how we can see the behind the scenes to your final product. It makes us 'feel' more for the art at the end. I love your work. Thank you
That office setup is the dream!! :) also amazing to see the hippos coming up out of the water during the rain, something I didn’t experience of safari this year so incredible to watch!
Can't wait to see your storm photos across African plains. Making me very jealous stuck in relative lockdown. My wife and I were planning a Botswana trip some years back - but 8 years on, a lovely daughter reminds us of what scuppered our plans.
Stayed sinamatela 1969, amazing, also main camp, in UK now, wonderful memories, thanx for this x
They say ‘one leaves Africa but Africa never leaves you’ - your videos with B and pictures prove why. Hope to be back soon.
Wow! Spectacular ever-changing views from your "Hide Office". Such a privilege!
Dreaming of some time in the bush at the moment. Well done for the work and videos Adam and B - it helps to make us all travel with you!
Great videos Adam and B. Takes us right back to our holiday last year, where we saw your amazing work at the V&A Waterfront. Keep up the good work - these videos make life in lockdown magical!
Y’all are awesome! Thanks for putting together this docu-series! Such wonderful footage! Booking my flight back now 😀
This episode brought in the moody skies, which I loved! Especially those time-lapsed shots towards the end. You really feel like you are in another world I'm sure. Where the animals let you in patiently. What a privilege!
Glad you enjoyed those time-lapses - they take ages to shoot and just as long to edit 😂
That’s insane !
Again an awesome Video - I had no idea, safari could be like that without all the driving around and just enough time to really watch the animals, not just drive by to get a glimpse into they‘re world - Love it!
Such a refreshing video content while being stuck at Home in Germany and missing my time in south africa Last year 🙄
Hi Adam and B, really loving your footage. Particularly loved the footage of the hippos as I didn't really see those out of the water on my trip to Botswana. I hope things go will with your you tube page, thanks for taking the time to share a little glimpse of your photography life and what goes into those amazing images you have in Cape Town Watershed Market.
I wouldn't mind having that kind of view working from home!
Beautiful! Love your stuff man! Always enjoy visiting your studio in the waterfront when in SA.
Beautiful video ! Love the elephant taking a bath, and then shaking hands (trunks) with a friend!!!!
The elephants touching their trunks is sooooo sweet right?
This is such an awesome journey. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the amazing work!
African sunsets are definitely the most beautiful. Again another amazing video that made me travel staying at home saving life against Coronavirus. Hope I’ll be able to travel back to Africa soon :) Thanks Adam!
❤️❤️Elephants...my favorites and I can observe them for days
Video is so exciting to watch, so full of energy and life! Well done
I saw Adam's work for the first time when I was home in SA this last Christmas... his zebra print blew me away... and the rain in the desert! That he feels at home in the bush is so evident in the foto's. Great to see the love for all the elements (storms are my favourite too!!) of the african life!
And (if you watch the older videos) it is equally evident that B is not at home in the bush 😂😂😂
B - it's okay, not everyone has to love the bush!
Awesome stuff again, a Sunday afternoon treat!
Beautiful office, definitely beating all others in the world :)
I was lucky enough to be in S Africa and Vic Falls in January - just before all the COVID business - that's when I discovered your brilliant work, Adam, at the Watershed. Together with a friend and colleague, we'd brought a group for a tour (Mindful Africa). it was a magical experience for me and for all of us. your videos bring it all back, and add so much more. what an incredible experience to stay at the waterhole and in the hide. I hope to get to do it someday. love the elephants, and the thunder, and the rain. wow. thanks so much.
It is crazy to think how much the world has changed since January. Hopefully we can all go back to normal soon. I am so glad you enjoy my videos. Believe me it brings it all back for me too.
What an amazing location! #AdamandB stuck at home with nowhere to go and watching this video is a breath of fresh air!
You are so lucky to have a job that allows you to see the fabulous wildlife. It also reminds me of our holiday in South Africa where we met you in Cape Town, and we also had a wonderful safari - we were so fortunate to be able to do that just before the lockdown
Loving this!
Thank you
My family and I met you on a market in Cape Town this summer, and were really impressed by your beautiful photography! My mom contemplated buying a huge picture of a giraffe for about an hour and wanted to ship it back to the Netherlands, but ended up not to unfortunately.. at least we can follow your instagram channel to see more pictures, and also some awesome cinematogrophy of Africa to reminisce about the incredible nature (especially during these homebound times..)
Greetings from Amsterdam :)
I feel so connect to your artwork watching these videos. I love seeing the story and adventure behind your shots. Thank you for giving us a glimpse behind the scenes
Hey Megan. So glad you enjoy these videos - that is certainly the goal. So much goes into taking these photos and we would love to use this channel to share more of those stories, as well as the people that ensure these wild places continue to exist.
Adam!! We have been in your store in Cape Town near the aquarium and we absolutely love the pictures you take! It was so nice to meet you there and wishing you all the best with your YT channel and obviously with your business! We love watching your videos, it brings us back to the beautiful nature with the animals in its natural habitat. For us our absolute highlight of all our trips!
Makes dreaming of these places ....
Amazing video! So jealous you get to do what you do while I sit behind my laptop at home. Loving living vicariously through you and B :)
Love these videos... Helps me keep things in perspective! Thanks.
This video has inspired me to research and plan my next trip- amazing guys!
We were at this waterhole about 11 months ago but only spent about an hour there as we only came in for the day! Would love to go back and explore Hwange some more!
Your adventures are fun to view. Im amazed at your patience to wait for the perfect shot. Every time I visit waterfront I stop at your store and admire your photos. They are mesmerizing
Thanks Tania. I am so glad that you enjoyed the video and thank you again for the kind words about my work. I am looking forward to seeing you in the gallery soon. I can't believe it has already been shut down for 2 months.
Awesome....agree with Erik...at least once
Do you have a favorite safari animal? I really liked the footage of the two elephants intertwining their trunks. I'd love to see an elephant in Africa!
Congrats on reaching over 1,000 subscribers!!! I met Adam last year at the Watershed when I went back to purchase 'West Wind'. I saw the photograph of that magnificent lion and knew I had to have it. He hangs majestically over our sofa and every time I look at him he takes my breath away. Your passion for animals and your incredible photography is such an inspiration...I even booked a safari and bought a new camera after seeing your work. Hopefully my dream of taking beautiful photos in the wild will come true next year...in the meantime, thank you for your amazing work and letting me still dream...
Hey Nicole! It is so nice to hear that. Hope you will stay tuned to the TH-cam channel - we will actually be sharing the video we shot along with West Wind in the coming weeks as SafariLife goes to Botswana. Hope you will be able to join us tonight for the livestream too.
Loved the timelapses!
01.25 - that looks so cool, like having a meeting with the elephant :-D like you are discussing what the elephants should do in the next scene for the shooting.
Great way to socially distance!
What an office !!!!
Looks so fun 😍
This reminds me so much of my trip from vic falls to Cape Town. Good memories! Thank you for sharing these special moments!
That view and the animals 😍
Incredible. Don't think I've commented on a TH-cam video before but this is worth it
Keep 'em coming Shane :) feel free to ask any questions... and, fingers crossed, you might win.
What a life. Your shots are truly EPIC 🙌🏼
PS I saw your gallery in Cape Town when visiting from the UK and was truly inspired. The bull elephant blackout is incredible - I think I need to move back! :)
loved Zimbabwe and love my zebra picture adam! Great video
I am so glad to hear that. If you get a chance, please send me a pic of it hanging up?
@@AdamandB Unfortunately I lost my job in March and it is still in the tube. It is first on my priority list one re-employed! I will get my sister to send you her Giraffe
Your office is better then mine, that's for sure ;)
Loving the animals sounds in the background!
Ah that's awesome - it is actually something we changed - we decided to stop playing music all the time. So much of the experience is in the sounds.
All those elephants
Right now we all wish that. Cannot wait for lockdown to end so that we can head out to get new photos again!
Beautiful. I would love to make Zimbabwe my next destination.
Zimbabwe is so amazing! We could not recommend it enough. We will definitely head back - there is still so much we didn't see.
Love it.. keep them coming 🦏🦓
How refreshing was that Mazoe and ice on a hot day in Hwange?? Haha.
Met you in Cape Town last year, love your work! Greetings from Germany
Awesome! Thank you!
Gorgeous!! Missing being out in the wild! Thanks for this glimpse into your lives 😍
Thank you so much Camish :) I am also missing the wild. Did you go on safari in South Africa?
This was definitely our favourite 'private camp' in Hwange! Super clean and super relaxing!
Absolutely amazing. Thank you for bringing this beautiful wildlife closer to us, especially since this unexpected and challenging time. It is inspiriing and emphazises what is really important: protecting our beautiful planet and being brave enough to live your dream. Great!!!!!
This my first time ever subscribing to a youtube channel and you and your amazing photography are definitely worth it!
That's great to hear!!!!
Watching this while working from home during quarantine makes me seriously envy your 'office' - what a view :)
Best office view in the world 😊but the wifi SUCKS! 🤣🤣
I really really really need to do this at least once in my life
What an amazing office ❤ loved your work and the king 🦁 is in pride of place in my flat only wished i had bought the bigger version. Keep up the amazing work and hopefully can visit next year when covid is all over
Best office ever and there is no cell phone signal so it is really peaceful. If you have The King hanging up, please send me a pic? I'd love to see it up.
@@AdamandB i have inboxed you him, dont know how to work you tube proper yet 🤣 but hes in my office so i can dream of coming back to South Africa while working 🇿🇦🦁🐘🦏
Make that instagram i really cant work you tube 🤣🤣
Can’t wait to visit Zimbabwe one day, a place that feels like home, a place my entire family comes from, the day will come soon I hope.
Good video, well done. Visited your Galery in Capetown last year and met you there. Greetings from Germany
Thanks Markus. Hope to see you in Cape Town again soon :)
Great office guys! I’m glad I’ve never rolled up on a hide with you in it (okay I’d actually love it to get tips on photography)!
Hahaha that actually sounds like fun.
I wish I had same office knowing that my Paris office is not bad!
Wish I could work like this 😅 fist gotta get through high school, though!
The the office of my dreams and a bucket of juice!! Well Done Adam life looks good!
Yeah that office view was special. And that bucket of juice went down soooo well hahaha
Such a privilege to be able to spend time in the hide and let the animals come to you for a change.😁 So relaxing, and inspiring. The office we all Dream of having. Sigh.... 😍 Keep up the good work.
Love the stories and a glimpse into what goes into those amazing drop dead gorgeous pictures of yours . I prefer part 1 . Congratulations on the TH-cam channel !! I still think about the powerful elephant (inverted tusks ) picture staring into my soul lol . Lots of love from Melbourne xx
Hey Sudha! Thanks so much for popping by! That powerful elephant is called Wayne's elephant. I actually took that on this trip to Zimbabwe and will be chatting a bit more about the shot in tonight's livestream. Hope you can join us? I have linked the reminder in the pinned comment.
one more question, Adam - around minute 5 on, you captured a beautiful moment between two elephants holding on to each other's trunks. one's gray and the other much darker. what accounts for such a difference in the color? is this just the natural range of colors, are these different kinds of elephants? thanks.
HI again. I first saw this video which included that amazing sight of the two elephants holding "hands"/trunks only a few days ago, -- and yet so much has happened since then, especially in America, where I'm originally from. I was curious about what may account for the striking difference in colors between the elephants. Whatever the reason, I was very moved by this lovely moment of connection between these amazing animals. And now, given the recent upsurge of bigotry and violence in the US, I see this through an even more poignant lens. If only people were able to hold "hands" like this, notwithstanding differences in colors and hues, just connecting with each other… We humans still have so much to learn. thanks for the reminders of all that is beautiful -- and worth emulating -- out there in the world.
Absolutely incredible! I really did prefer Part 1 because of being able to drive around and see as many animals as possible but also to experience the bush. It is so nice to be able to travel around all of these amazing parks and locations while in lockdown. I miss the road and adventuring so much. Your videos and work are so inspiring and I really appreciate you two filming your adventures and allowing us to experience these amazing places with you. I met you in the Waterfront in Cape Town and have been following your work ever since. I even tried my hand at wildlife photography when I went to the Pilanesberg National Park in Sun City. Thank you for the amazing content too! So entertaining and different. PLEASE KEEP MAKING CONTENT. Never stop.
Sending lots of love and light!
All the best.
Magenta.
Oh my gosh Magenta, what a wonderful message. Thank you so much! And you will be glad to know that we have already started shooting videos for my current project to raise some awareness for the last population of desert lions left on Earth. But, that is on hold, because we are tucked in at home during lockdown. I miss going out into the bush too.
@@AdamandB ❤️
You guys really are awesome!
Wow! I cannot wait for that bell notification to ding for that content. I've seen segments and docs about desert lions on BBC in the past and it is truly fascinating. These lions are so intelligent! Also, the more awareness the better!
Goodluck for that new adventure, I wish you and B the best.
Hopefully soon we can get back to our adventures 🤞🏻
I need a new office!
Definitely prefer part 2 of the video: just when I thought my office was open plan.. you beat me, Adam!
hahahah I laughed out loud when I read that. Yeah that view is hard to beat. I wish I could work from there in lockdown :) What country is your office in?
@@AdamandB Official office is in Epping, sexiest place on earth as you know (!), now working from home in the CBD with a view over Devil's Peak and the City Hall clocktower, but probably 30 degrees wide..but still open plan!
Rather you than me 👍🏽
adam i want to be on a tour with you!! ill make you cahllah bread and you provide the view well fly on eagles wings all the way from israel xxxx
Beautiful, makes me want to go back.
When were you in Hwange? Where did you stay?
Combo camping and then lux with Wilderness Linkwasha- it helps to be members.