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One Big Mud Party for the Elephants - As the Smallest to the Biggest Get Involved!

The bulls and cows in the herd get involved in this muddy scrum, with Zindoga and Mambo pushing for prime spot, Tokwe the matriarch getting her whole body on...

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Have You Ever Wondered How an Elephant Drinks? | Baby Khanyisa & the Herd Show You How

Many people expect that those great big trunks on elephants act as straws when it comes to drinking, but this is not exactly the case. Elephants use those lo...

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Baby Elephant, Khanyisa Comes Speedwalking For Her Bush Milk Bottle 🍼 🐘

While out with the herd in the bush, the time comes for Khanyisa's milk bottles. Adine and the team call her and she comes "jogging" down the path. She knows...

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Pink baby elephant, Khanyisa goes swimming with her herd! | Carer Cam Scenes

New on the Carer Cam! 🎥 Our carers recently sent through a batch of new videos from their last month in the bush with the elephants, and we loved these scen...

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Baby Elephant, Khanyisa’s Growing Tusks & Sweet Bond With Jabulani

Enjoy some peaceful moments munching with Khanyisa, Herman & Adine at the Orphanage! The sky is a beautiful blue and the grass lush green, a lovely morning i...

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A Day with the Elephants: From Evading Lions to Milk Bottles at Sunset

No day is the same in the bush, whether we're discovering little critters of the wilderness, new growth in the bushveld, or lion prides in our path. The herd...

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Young Elephant, Klaserie Turns 15, with Mother, Setombe by Her Side ✨💕

Sweet, Curious, Brave and Caring! That's Klaserie!You may also recognise her by the notches in her ears - one in the top right ear and one in the bottom of t...

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Elephants, Khanyisa, Kumbura & Timisa Enjoy a Rainy Day Together 🌧

Elephant Manager Tigere captured these beautiful rainy scenes this week with Khanyisa foraging beside her beloved allomother and fellow orphan, Kumbura as we...

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Baby Elephant Khanyisa Gulps Down Two Milk Bottles & Grazes With Pal, Lammie 🐑🐘

We all know that elephants are extremely intelligent animals so it should come as no surprise that from the very beginning Khanyisa has been able to connect ...

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Cleaning Time at the Homestead 🧹 Getting Up Close with Elephant Dung

Adine takes us for a walk around the homestead and orphanage while the elephants are all out in the bush! Adine is not one to be afraid of a little elephant ...

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Swimming elephants on a hot day in Africa with pink baby Khanyisa fully submerged!

Together with Jabulani, we recently hosted an elephant workshop at the lodge, in the Greater Kruger region of South Africa in our reserve, with wildlife vet,...

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A beautiful blue sky walk with the elephants | Khanyisa & Timisa are as close as ever!

Let's go on a beautiful walk with the herd!Bubi and Fishan leads us and then slow down to wait for the dominant bull, Sebakwe to join everyone. Sebakwe does ...

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A magnificent African sunset as the elephant herd pass the waterhole 🐘 Can you spot Khanyisa? 🌞

A beautiful family silhouette with the whole herd 🌞 As we watch the herd’s dedication to each other, their emotional complexity and needs, their protectiven...

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Khanyisa topples Adine over with a light elephant trunk flick

Playtime at the orphanage ends with Khanyisa toppling Adine over with a light trunk flick while Adine holds down the inflated tyre tube 🐘🌿 Khanyisa is much...

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Fishan & the females at the mud wallow! And elephant, Limpopo doesn’t want to leave!

Lundi and the females enjoy a glorious afternoon in the wallow with Fishan in the middle of the wet cool mud. Khanyisa and allomother Kumbura both enjoy a ro...

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Bubi & Khanyisa Time - Albino baby elephant, Khanyisa just wants to play 🐘

A sweet moment out in the bush as Khanyisa holds the whole herd up by playing in the soft soil and mud! The calf finds a ditch to scratch about in with the w...