Mashatu has grow to be the primary non-public sport reserve to sponsor an expert rugby workforce, 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 group, sustainability, and a maverick spirit.
Nestled in Botswana’s Northern Tuli Recreation Reserve, Mashatu, often called the “Land of the Giants”, spans 42,000 hectares of pristine, privately owned and conserved wilderness. Residence to the most important elephant herds on a non-public sport 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 could be – an unique, tailor-made, and transformational journey. Past conventional sport drives, Mashatu gives immersive safari experiences setting it aside, together with safari walks, photographic hides, nights below the celebrities, cultural group visits and extra.
“This partnership is about creating significant impression. As a part of the identical possession group, each Mashatu and Bristol Bears share a deep-rooted dedication to group 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 can be our principal associate for the remainder of this season. As with Mashatu, group sits at our core, and we share the identical imaginative and prescient to encourage and to depart an enduring optimistic 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 objective to a vacation spot that embraces sustainable tourism and minimal environmental impression.
“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 attainable.”
