Elephants in the bar?

Teenage elephants like their human counterparts like to explore. One young bull started visiting Nkwali Camp in South Luangwa National Park some months ago. Elephants often come through camp.  But the key word is “through”.  However he has now become somewhat of a resident and rather too familiar!

The first time he walked INTO the bar was quite a moment.  Here is the story from the guest who experienced it.

  "It was our first afternoon at Nkwali, in fact our first day ever in Africa when we had a very close encounter with an elephant!  Following lunch, we went to sun ourselves on the deck over the river.  After a while we heard a noise and an elephant appeared. We watched with excitement as he made his way closer to the bar, snacking from the trees. However, our excitement turned to a bit of anxiety as he came closer and closer.  We moved into the bar. By then we were feeling very nervous so we slowly started backing up toward the rooms.  As we did so, the elephant actually stepped up into the bar, knocking over a few chairs.  Not finding anything of interest, he turned around and walked down the deck stairs, then back down the riverbank. Quite a moment on our first day in Africa"

Nkwali Camp is one of several camps operated by Robin Pope Safaris in Zambia’s magnificent South Luangwa National park and Safari Club would be pleased to include it in your itinerary.

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