Pete’s Pond Cam

Pete’s Pond offers LIVE coverage from the Mashatu Game Reserve, a wholly preserved and untainted wilderness in eastern Botswana (at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers).

NB: This camera is now offline and it does not look like it will ever come back. We will definitely keep you posted if anything changes. In the meantime, you can watch other webcams here. Thank you.

Be on the lookout for…

It’s not mere coincidence that Mashatu is called the “Land of the Giants”, as it is home to no less than seven of Africa’s “giants” – the African elephant, the lion, giraffe, the baobab tree, the eland, ostrich and the kori bustard.

Other species of interest may include monitor lizards, baboons, vervet monkeys, warthogs, guineafowls, and many other bird species (like the hamerkop).

What did you spot today?

Feel free to comment below to share your latest wildlife sightings. 😉

Cheers and enjoy your virtual safari!

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180 thoughts on “Pete’s Pond Cam”

  1. Jana Grznárová

    Fascinating experience, I just watched the wonderful lions. Have you been following for about three quarters of the year and so far I have seen lions here. This was a wonderful experience and they were wonderful. Thank you Africa Freak.

  2. Barbara Anderson

    What is that interesting little rodent (?) near rhe hut this morning.??? Three young, perhaps, pointy snouts, small round laid-back ears, striped rump, stripes going around the body and tail tip, gray and black tones, seem to be insect-eaters.

  3. Janet Patton Browning

    Did the cam for Djuma close down, Michael? I noticed I haven’t been able to keep it running the last couple of days…not sure why. I remember I read something about them having to eventually close it down…did I read that right? It’s the only one that I have seen any of the big cats on…love them all, but this one and Kwa are my favs…thanks so much for having these for all of us too…take care, Michael

  4. Janet Patton Browning

    It’s a herd of elephants now drinking and getting themselves a dust bath…they are foraging in the trees now…this pond is little more than a mud hole right now…looks really shallow.

  5. Janet Patton Browning

    Elephants came for a drink…they are all wet now giving themselves a dust bath on the bank now…the water in the pond is really down…they need some rain to fill it back up.

  6. Janet Patton Browning

    A lone cow elephant drinking from the water and then foraging in the trees for a late nite bite to eat…lol

  7. Janet Patton Browning

    Croc up on the bank now…there are more warthogs now in a little routed out water are, taking a mud bath…cooling off, I suppose.

  8. Janet Patton Browning

    A big male warthog is scratching himself on the edge of the bank…I bet they really mess with the bank of the water holes.

    1. Glad you spotted Pumba! 😉 Janet, we really appreciate your valuable comments. Feel free to share the cams with your friends, and also encourage them to share their sightings (the more the merrier). I tell you what: from now on you are officially our “LIVE Cam Ambassador”! Deal? 😉 Thanks again for your support!!!

  9. Janet Patton Browning

    Oh now, one of the older baby elephants, in this family, has a missing bottom part of his trunk…he is having a time trying to get water. Poor baby…

  10. Janet Patton Browning

    A family of elephants at the water hole drinking now…I hear a hyena somewhere in the background here too.

  11. Janet Patton Browning

    Not sure which of the cams the sound is coming from, but I’m pretty sure I am hearing a lion call.

  12. Janet Patton Browning

    The experts say that an African black-footed cat is the rarest of all their small cats to actually spot there; they are also a protected species. It is truly amazing all the wild animals you can spot at any of these African cams…I can’t say it enough, “Thank you, thank you, Michael”. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to see all of these beautiful animals in the wild…as all wild animals truly should be, Ah…what I thought was rain, I think may have been Michael cleaning the lens…the picture is soo clear now…thank you, Michael, if that was you too…lol

  13. Janet Patton Browning

    A real treat this evening…an African black-footed cat…it is the smallest wild cat in Africa…way cool and it is beautiful.

  14. Janet Patton Browning

    I would think though, that being responsible for young in your group, would be enough to make any animal in Africa more wary. Finally, they are all drinking…a long wait for thirsty animals.

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