Leading Dutch film director, Herco Van Houdt decided to place a BeetleCam in the wild to capture unique angles of wildlife. The end product was spectacular, with never-before-seen angles of our famous Ross Pride of lions. Herco spent a couple of weeks at two of our camps, nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve.
When using a standard camera for filming and photographing predators it is difficlt to capture unique angles. A BeetleCam offers quirky footage and interesting vantage points of wildlife. The BeetleCam is a camouflaged, armoured remote-control buggy that houses your camera. You can place the BeetleCam in weird and wonderful areas where humans don’t have access.
Herco captured one of the Ross Pride trying to extract a warthog bone from her tooth. She eventually managed to remove the bone. The Ross Pride are quite skinny and malnourished at the moment – hopefully the warthog bone is an indication that the pride made a kill!
The breakaway females from the Ross Pride were also captured on camera. One of the curious females approached the BeetleCam, inspected it and walked away. A pack of wild dog tentatively approached the BeetleCam but seemed to be more weary of it than our Ross Pride !
Enjoy the videos and images.
Photos & videos taken by Herco Van Houdt
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