Our Trail Cam and a Giraffe… and Absolutely Everything Else!

18 February 2026

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We’ve spied upon hippopotamus as it visited Mattikoko Safari camp, also the elusive bat-eared fox and the even more elusive aardvark. Now it’s time for something a lot less elusive and unmistakable!

One of our PIR trail camera captured astonishingly close footage of a giraffe feeding directly above the lens. So close the PIR burns out. The giraffe feeds from the tree the camera is tethered to. Then… nature carried on being nature! No narration. No interference. Just a giraffe getting on with life, entirely unconcerned about the camera below. These are the moments we love sharing with our safari guests when we review trail cam footage together. Trail cameras reveal the intimate, unseen side of the bush, sometimes majestic, sometimes funny, always real.

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Alan Hewitt

Director, African Photography Safaris. Wildlife photographer and private safari guide. Beer expert, fieldcraft junkie and nerd.

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2 responses to “Our Trail Cam and a Giraffe… and Absolutely Everything Else!”

10 September 2026

Josie Steel

Amazing to see this going on – how far is this from your sleeping tents? I saw the hippo too. Do they ever wake you up?

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1. 10 September 2026
  
  Alan Hewitt
  
  Hi Joise, we choose to use an unfenced camp, it’s the right thing to do as we are in their habitat. Because wildlife is free to move around, we do hear all sorts throughout the night which is why we use the trailcams – to answer the “Did anybody hear….” questions the next morning! It’s absolutely safe though, like vehicles, animals don’t see tents as such – it’s just another object and we do have wonderful askari (maasai guards) throughout the camp.
  
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