Mashatu has change into the primary personal recreation reserve to sponsor an expert rugby crew, aligning with English membership Bristol Bears for the rest of the 2024/25 season.
This revolutionary collaboration merges elite rugby and African wilderness with the shared values of neighborhood, sustainability, and a maverick spirit.
Nestled in Botswana’s Northern Tuli Sport Reserve, Mashatu, generally known as the “Land of the Giants”, spans 42,000 hectares of pristine, privately owned and conserved wilderness. Dwelling to the biggest elephant herds on a personal recreation reserve in Southern Africa, in addition to famend predator sightings, historic baobabs, and an untouched panorama, providing a luxurious safari expertise.
Mark Kelly, Director of Mashatu Investments, mentioned: “Mashatu is redefining the boundaries of what a contemporary safari expertise might be – an unique, tailor-made, and transformational journey. Past conventional recreation drives, Mashatu presents immersive safari experiences setting it aside, together with safari walks, photographic hides, nights below the celebrities, cultural neighborhood visits and extra.
“This partnership is about creating significant influence. As a part of the identical possession group, each Mashatu and Bristol Bears share a deep-rooted dedication to neighborhood and sustainability.”
From youth programmes throughout Bristol run by the Bristol Bears Group Basis to Mashatu’s conservation and native empowerment initiatives in Botswana, each organisations are grounded in the identical foundations of giving again.
Bristol Sport CEO and Bristol Bears Board Member Gavin Marshall mentioned: “We’re proud that Mashatu will probably be our principal associate for the remainder of this season. As with Mashatu, neighborhood sits at our core, and we share the identical imaginative and prescient to encourage and to go away a long-lasting constructive legacy.”
Bears followers can expertise an array of thrilling activations all through the season, together with the prospect to enter competitions to win safari experiences at Mashatu’s luxurious lodging.
Mashatu Nature Reserve Director Wendy Du Toit mentioned: “Friends can journey with goal to a vacation spot that embraces sustainable tourism and minimal environmental influence.
“Mashatu has a mission to encourage journey and drive sustainable change. Whether or not it’s supporting wildlife conservation and empowering native communities, we share a typical imaginative and prescient, and this collaboration celebrates the facility of bringing collectively two worlds to encourage what’s doable.”
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