Too Wild productions making a difference in the community

Too Wild, based in the Timbavati Game Reserve, are offering the first-of-its-kind, immersive wildlife filmmaking course to help build the next generation of wildlife filmmakers. Living in the heart of South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park, the students will learn to capture the wild as never before.

Together we have the power to inspire change and uplift the youth! To nurture local talent and produce the next generation of South African wildlife filmmakers, Too Wild fully sponsors a student from one of the local communities on the periphery of the game reserve through this course. Supported by the Timbavati Foundation and Wild Shots Outreach, the student will also be kitted out from head to toe in bush apparel from local clothing brand Ruggedwear.

What is knowledge anyway if it is not shared? After working with wildlife for over 18 years combined, Lauren and David, the founders of Too Wild, realised they could give back, share their knowledge and begin to break down the “metaphorical fence” separating the local communities from the game reserve. Many people living on the periphery of reserves have never set foot inside or even seen an elephant. We have the power to change this and Too Wild wants to bring down the “fence” for the future of wildlife filmmaking.

Fabian Mdluli, 23 years old from a small rural village called Acornhoek in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa which is surrounded by nature and game reserves. However, Fabian himself never had the chance to experience the wildlife firsthand. After studying Civil Engineering, he took a short course in wildlife photography with Wild Shots Outreach which sparked his real desire to capture nature through film. Fabian was the first sponsored student in the first-of-its-kind wildlife filmmaking course with Too Wild based in the Timbavati Game Reserve. A life-changing opportunities where he was trained by industry experts, used industry-standard equipment and was guided by experienced naturalists to ethically film wild animals”