The Elephant
Enjoy and/or contribute to our photo gallery of the Elephant. We asked visitors to share their holiday snaps with us. Below is a gallery and some of the experiences that travellers had while game viewing in our beautiful country. Click on any photo to enlarge and view a slideshow.
Submitted by South Africa Editor (SA)
Elephant seen in the Entabeni Game Reserve.
Submitted by Sue (SA)
Elephant family in the Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province
Submitted by Sharon Versfeld (SA)
This photo was taken on Fathers' Day in the Addo Elephant Park, which is the only park in the world offering the "Big 7"!
Submitted by Jean Graham (SA)
This baby elephant was seen in an elephant breeding herd on the S21 road in Kruger Park. It was making itself as scary as possible but reversing at the same time!
Submitted by Jean Graham (South Africa)
A bit too close for comfort
Submitted by Jean Graham (South Africa)
Great sighting in the Kruger Park
Submitted by Christine Lucas (SA)
The older elephants like to laze in the river, so the boat passed right next to them.
Submitted by Alexandra McGowan (South Africa)
Taken at Marakele National Park 16th July. It came out of the bush very suddenly and chased our car for about 5 minutes thus this photo was taken with me kneeling in the front seat looking backwards It was very scary and all the cars behind him could ot pass for about 45 minutes
The Elephant {Loxodonta Africana}
The African Elephant is the largest living land mammal, one of the most impressive animals on earth. The Elephant’s muscular trunk serves as a nose, hand, extra foot, signaling device and a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, digging and a variety of other functions. The long trunk permits … read more about The Elephant.
Big 5 Photo Series
- The Leopard
- The Elephant (this article)
- The Rhino
- The Buffalo
- The Lion
