🐘🌿 When Elephants Walk into Reception! 🏨🐾

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  • čas přidán 4. 06. 2017
  • Get ready for a wild and wacky sight as our tusky friends, the Mfuwe Elephants, make their grand entrance into our lodge's reception! 🐘🎉
    Every year, like clockwork, these majestic elephants and their adorable families stroll into Mfuwe Lodge between late October and mid-December. Their mission? To savour the mouthwatering fruits from the giant Wild Mango tree on the lodge grounds. 🍃🍈
    But here's the twist: they have a unique shortcut! Instead of going the long way around, they opt for the fancy route, complete with steps and a tiled reception lobby. Why not, right? 😄🚶‍♂️🏨
    For generations, one special elephant family has been making this annual visit, captivating us with their unconventional dining habits and charming antics. 🐘📸 Their story has been featured in TV documentaries, photographs, videos, news articles, and even children's books! 📽️📚
    Join us in celebrating the wonder of nature and these delightful elephants. And while you're here, let's also talk about something sweet-protecting honey bees and beekeeping! 🍯🐝 Because just like these elephants, bees play a vital role in our ecosystem. 🌍💚
    Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more incredible encounters with the wild! 📹✨
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Komentáře • 238

  • @therealaaroncollins6486
    @therealaaroncollins6486 Před 7 lety +148

    I just love how the herd casually walks through the lobbies of those buildings.

  • @bluedailyelephantcaresanct5945

    Amazing filming indeed.

  • @hotchick8320
    @hotchick8320 Před 4 lety +3

    Africa is Beautiful 😍🥰

  • @gordongo7919
    @gordongo7919 Před 5 lety +67

    and the very best part is the music instead of narration

  • @sally-3830
    @sally-3830 Před 5 lety +31

    No chains, no hunting, PEACE for these Beautiful Souls!!

  • @ouraniamurphy8022
    @ouraniamurphy8022 Před 4 lety +4

    OMG!!! They are gorgeous!! God Bless them all!!

  • @skipper4126
    @skipper4126 Před 5 lety +40

    lol that ones like "Ahh! A GIFT SHOP!!"

  • @guitaristssuck8979
    @guitaristssuck8979 Před 4 lety +126

    And that's how the expression "Elephant in the room" was born

    • @AWARHERO
      @AWARHERO Před 4 lety +2

      I was going to comment something to that effect ;)

    • @eliomorgan7773
      @eliomorgan7773 Před 4 lety +6

      With a literal elephant in the room

    • @markcobuzzi826
      @markcobuzzi826 Před 3 lety

      “Francine... happy birthday.”

  • @dianamarquez4774
    @dianamarquez4774 Před 4 lety +56

    This is just wonderful, just wonderful. Hope to someday see this myself. If only I could wake up everyday of my life and see this. No kids screaming, no booming cars, love the music, just love the music too. May we protect all creatures of Nature.

    • @crosbonit
      @crosbonit Před 4 lety +1

      Tigra and Bunny like the cars that go BOOM.

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 Před 4 lety +69

    They didn’t damage anything, didn’t break anything. Extraordinary animals.

    • @priyesh3238
      @priyesh3238 Před 4 lety +6

      They know are to respect other's territory...... But we don't

    • @spockmcoyissmart961
      @spockmcoyissmart961 Před 4 lety +1

      ya, that's why they don't say "like an elephant in a china shop". Now, the Bulls, that's another story....

    • @RainAngel111
      @RainAngel111 Před 3 lety

      There's a clip from the breakfast buffet somewhere on CZcams. They wreck shit up. No table manners at all

    • @iceman1287
      @iceman1287 Před 3 lety

      @@priyesh3238 that's a bit insensitive, there's thousands of humans out there who respect animals territory.

  • @annelizebuitendach7523
    @annelizebuitendach7523 Před 3 lety +1

    This is on my bucket list. 🐘🐘🐘

  • @scottiebrinker3346
    @scottiebrinker3346 Před 3 lety +1

    WONDERFUL!

  • @RoamaroundAndy
    @RoamaroundAndy Před 5 lety +50

    Omg, this is so amazing, I like when he visits the gift shop 😅

  • @dylanh8957
    @dylanh8957 Před 4 lety +10

    They all just act like it’s normal, that’s fantastic, I wish the rest of the world was like this with animals

  • @DinnerForkTongue
    @DinnerForkTongue Před 4 lety +3

    Is anyone else constantly impressed at how these big boys make _absolutely no noise_ while walking? Especially over paved surfaces.

    • @crosbonit
      @crosbonit Před 4 lety +1

      I noticed that. They're like 13,000 pound ninjas. Compare that with 160-pound human women who can be heard 150 feet away as they clatter in their heels.

  • @jeronimoangulo4166
    @jeronimoangulo4166 Před 7 lety +36

    ELEPHANTS A SACRED MAMMALS.
    PRETTY NICE VIDEO THANKS ✌💓🌏👍👍👍

  • @ull893
    @ull893 Před 5 lety +12

    They are not on chains. Freedom!!

  • @bettymatlock6474
    @bettymatlock6474 Před 5 lety +6

    Gods beautiful creation large and small ❤

  • @MrJohn1966elliott
    @MrJohn1966elliott Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful elephants.

  • @katherineuribe2952
    @katherineuribe2952 Před 4 lety +3

    Good Wonky Tusk, she's a great matriarch and mother, always leading the herd to good grazing and fresh water. She's teaching her baby Wellington aka Wellie to be a proper little elephant! I love this herd, and the lodge that is smart enough to let the elephants through. The elephants are very well-mannered and come through the reception area to get to the wild mango trees on the grounds. This herd has probably been going to those trees for centuries and have adapted to having humans in close proximity without conflict. That's why Wonky is such a great leader/matriarch! Elephants really are amazing creatures! I hope Wonky, Wellie, and the entire herd will continue their peaceful visits forever!💕🐘🐘🐘💕

  • @JohnSmall314
    @JohnSmall314 Před 3 lety +1

    The nicest video I've seen is when some of them lie down to sleep. They will only do that if they feel completely safe.

  • @annehudson800
    @annehudson800 Před 5 lety +2

    I love elephants so much,they regal,loyal if you have had the pleasure for knowing one for a lot of years....BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

  • @chancekuehnel8448
    @chancekuehnel8448 Před 4 lety +177

    Even in the wild, you gotta go through the gift shop

    • @mosesm6040
      @mosesm6040 Před 4 lety +11

      Chance Kuehnel You are right in your peculiar way. The tourists centre(motel) was built on a super high way of these wild elephants. Locals and most Africans know that elephants don’t change course. They had a hard time building that centre because the workers had to stop for a while whenever the herd of elephants was crossing! These elephants aren’t like their Asian cousins! Nobody crosses them, let alone chaining them and forcing them into servitude. Besides they are wild and will trample on anything/body when agitated! Ignore them and they usually pass in peace unless they are on heat or protecting their infants(calves)!

    • @Onigirli
      @Onigirli Před 4 lety +1

      @@mosesm6040 Someone named Moses called YOU peculiar, Chance

    • @mosesm6040
      @mosesm6040 Před 4 lety +1

      Edriss Scofield Yes, that’s my real name and I really don’t mind that much! Thanks.

    • @lastoutlaw3882
      @lastoutlaw3882 Před 4 lety

      This is a way to earn money 4rm tourists

    • @lastoutlaw3882
      @lastoutlaw3882 Před 4 lety

      @A Girl Has No Name Its laziness not ease.

  • @dracodracarys2339
    @dracodracarys2339 Před 4 lety +8

    now that we've seen a literal elephant in the room, where is the bull in the china shop

  • @servantoftheonetruegodalmi7212

    Wow awesome .Stop Trophy Hunters and Stop the poachers too .

    • @salvationkandela9017
      @salvationkandela9017 Před 5 lety +2

      On a serious note....

    • @servantoftheonetruegodalmi7212
      @servantoftheonetruegodalmi7212 Před 5 lety +1

      SunEagle Cherokee And you are e very naive about the killings by trophy hunters because they are rarely list or appear on news .Because it gives white tourists a bad image that they are going to Africa and killing like colonial times .Well as it's easier to mention if its black poachers to say see it's the blacks killing their own wildlife.Never mentioning American trophy hunters especially and a few Europeans .

    • @lowesonia8551
      @lowesonia8551 Před 4 lety

      @@servantoftheonetruegodalmi7212 As everywhere in this World Humans that respect they are a species . And lead life with a minimum imprint on nature . And the others accumulation of possessions and respect nothing except there own desires.

    • @Digitalfairy
      @Digitalfairy Před 4 lety

      @Dw K Yeah I'd be on board.

  • @debrabolton9372
    @debrabolton9372 Před 4 lety +144

    How hunters and poachers can kill these gentle giants for personal gain is beyond me. They have no hearts nor souls. 🐘🐘🐘

    • @satpurush2592
      @satpurush2592 Před 4 lety +2

      Heart less human beings we are... animals slaughtered everyday to fill our stomachs!

    • @omaroidrissa1996
      @omaroidrissa1996 Před 4 lety +6

      China's Fault.

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 Před 4 lety +7

      F**k those chinese(not all but some of them) that do all the weird ass medicines from animal parts.

    • @artvogt8135
      @artvogt8135 Před 4 lety +1

      Please don't equate hunters with poachers. That's ignorant.

    • @yeshualionofjudah7107
      @yeshualionofjudah7107 Před 4 lety +1

      Lastnite we have more people than you poacher.

  • @athensmajnoo3661
    @athensmajnoo3661 Před 4 lety +3

    They are so well behaved and decent, minding their own business!!!

  • @debraj2698
    @debraj2698 Před 4 lety +6

    The best animals on this planet💚 it will be a sad day when these beautiful souls are extinct .. I pray and hope that this will not happen in my lifetime♥️🤞

    • @lastoutlaw3882
      @lastoutlaw3882 Před 4 lety

      This will never happen as long as there are ppl like us.

  • @christianemontazer1825
    @christianemontazer1825 Před 5 lety +7

    What a wonderful experience ‘‘tis must be to be there🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘

  • @renatedebruyn9612
    @renatedebruyn9612 Před 5 lety +12

    Gorgeous video with divine music ❤️

  • @bogdang.7627
    @bogdang.7627 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing..

  • @n1london258
    @n1london258 Před 3 lety +1

    oh my god . beautiful

  • @cB3n.5jBtAA9.-a
    @cB3n.5jBtAA9.-a Před 20 dny

    Toujours passer devant la réception avant de profiter des installations en toute convivialité 😅😉

  • @mdshazadshazad8483
    @mdshazadshazad8483 Před 4 lety +1

    Very nice

  • @tonyuhak5261
    @tonyuhak5261 Před 5 lety +8

    Maybe oneday love to go there

  • @Mathin3D
    @Mathin3D Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful!

  • @johnparven6187
    @johnparven6187 Před 5 lety +3

    This makes my heart sing!!!

  • @Elisabeth596
    @Elisabeth596 Před 4 lety +3

    It is awesome to watch something like that isn‘t it an experience you never will forget

  • @fredgardner2870
    @fredgardner2870 Před 5 lety +8

    Love it

  • @nygelburwell8538
    @nygelburwell8538 Před 5 lety +18

    Now I have to add this place to my bucket list.

  • @caryndominessy7750
    @caryndominessy7750 Před 4 lety +1

    I love elephants.❤

  • @rachelzabel7198
    @rachelzabel7198 Před 5 lety +9

    That was so awesome, i would love to work their. They are so lucky to have a cool job. Love it.

  • @ilovesmoky5118
    @ilovesmoky5118 Před 4 lety +1

    Très bel animal

  • @volgawolfhounds741
    @volgawolfhounds741 Před 4 lety +2

    My parrot freaking LOVES the music. he's been whistling to it since it started and has not stopped. I had to play it again 2 more times! LOL!

  • @pacerodi
    @pacerodi Před 4 lety +1

    The Marula tree makes everyone happy! Indeed! Plant some more, all around the Paradise!

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 Před 4 lety

    wellington is so gorgeous. lovley mother and son

  • @patricaub
    @patricaub Před 4 lety +1

    Vert very nice !
    C'est bien d'apprendre à connaitre et à vivre avec les éléphants. C'est super !

  • @harveyprince3628
    @harveyprince3628 Před 4 lety +1

    WOWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MultiTetley
    @MultiTetley Před 4 lety +3

    I want to go there ❤️

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer Před 4 lety +3

    Elephant chillin' checking out the gift shop. Yup. Just a normal day at this place...

  • @keithm4393
    @keithm4393 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing

  • @CetinAmsterdam
    @CetinAmsterdam Před 4 lety +1

    So cool ❤️🙌🏼

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown8998 Před 4 lety +6

    This is way cool. Why does it make me shed a tear? O the girlfriends cutting onions again.

  • @karoonboomie2813
    @karoonboomie2813 Před 4 lety +2

    When I go back to Africa again, I will be going to this place, it’s in our Safari game planner Map. Cannot wait, I am so stoked!!!!!!

  • @sathishyadav9533
    @sathishyadav9533 Před 5 lety +1

    Africa my favourite continent in the world

  • @nancypiglosi666.piglosi6
    @nancypiglosi666.piglosi6 Před 4 lety +1

    Dream job! It could only be better if they held one another's tail walking through. Big, beautiful and deserving of a peaceful life! I want to go there before I die!

  • @slw59
    @slw59 Před 5 lety +1

    Nothing cuter than a baby elephant.

  • @ronvavra
    @ronvavra Před 4 lety +10

    Mr. Elephant, do you have any bags you will need brought to your room.
    I just have one trunk.

    • @athensmajnoo3661
      @athensmajnoo3661 Před 4 lety

      Lol 😁😁😁😁🐘🐘🐘😁😁😁🐘🐘🐘

  • @daviddenison2097
    @daviddenison2097 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful just plain beautiful

  • @tatijanacaldrmoska9418
    @tatijanacaldrmoska9418 Před 4 lety +1

    just passing through to say hello to the human's

  • @rockychaudhry3641
    @rockychaudhry3641 Před 5 lety +7

    That’s so cool. Awesome man thanks for sharing

  • @kasession
    @kasession Před 5 lety +1

    Might have to put this on my bucket list

  • @fukatrumume9750
    @fukatrumume9750 Před 3 lety

    WoW, wow, truly exquisite, visceral & the true meaning of elephant in the room.

  • @dobbins2550
    @dobbins2550 Před 5 lety +5

    I have never seen an elephant walk through a hotel lobby!

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 Před rokem +1

    Nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room until it is in their motel room.

  • @meilinpang6562
    @meilinpang6562 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing 😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘

  •  Před 7 lety

    Great video

  • @latteauk
    @latteauk Před 4 lety +1

    i would like to visit this place some time.

  • @zohmingikawlni7955
    @zohmingikawlni7955 Před 5 lety

    OMG this is so beautiful and peaceful ...👍

  • @shakerog2358
    @shakerog2358 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing 😎 really 👍 💯 💯 🔝

  • @2dasimmons
    @2dasimmons Před 5 lety +30

    I recognize the Matriarch named FANG because of the one backwards tusk she has. Wow she really gets around!

    • @rockychaudhry3641
      @rockychaudhry3641 Před 5 lety +1

      2dasimmons true enough. So do I. But I thought she’s in SA ?

    • @ayina111
      @ayina111 Před 4 lety +3

      Wow, cool Fang. she and her herd travels to various countries without worrying about passport :)

    • @samwarmate9291
      @samwarmate9291 Před 4 lety +1

      Rocky Chaudhry who said elephants only exist in South Africa? They exist in Botswana Zimbabwe,Zambia,Rwanda,Namibia,Uganda,Kenya,Malawi etc.these are Zambian elephants,I know because I am Zambian myself and I used to go camping as a scout there in my youth.

    • @tempaccount3249
      @tempaccount3249 Před 4 lety

      @@samwarmate9291 I think you misunderstood what they're saying. They're not saying all elephants only exist in South Africa, they're saying this particular elephant used to live in South Africa. The elephant called Wonky Tusk in this video has been spotted on several livestreams from Sabi Sands game reserve (in SA) where she is called "Fang." So they're saying they thought she lived in South Africa and were unaware/surprised she traveled all the way to Zambia.

    • @lastoutlaw3882
      @lastoutlaw3882 Před 4 lety

      Are u sure this is fang

  • @sergiosalamanca4475
    @sergiosalamanca4475 Před 5 lety +6

    I just love this song and video thank you for your work

    • @LionMountainTV
      @LionMountainTV  Před 5 lety +1

      You might also like czcams.com/video/NdTII_unZSA/video.html&lc=Ugz5IsxrG_xfptLt7zJ4AaABAg

  • @ClerRose
    @ClerRose Před 4 lety

    ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,lindissimos

  • @foldelops
    @foldelops Před 4 lety +1

    Short cut plz! 😄
    So FREAKIN COOL!!!
    Luggage to Hut #...plz
    What an awesome way to wake up & start ur day!!!

  • @cucuca7281
    @cucuca7281 Před 4 lety +2

    i WISH ONE DAY GO AND BE THERE! IT IS HEAVEN. ASIAN PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS - STOP TRADING IVORY!

  • @JuanMunoz-pr6dx
    @JuanMunoz-pr6dx Před 3 lety +1

    Muy bueno e interactivo

  • @kirbystarnino4199
    @kirbystarnino4199 Před 4 lety +1

    Can you imagine standing there in the lobby and look up to see 3 elephants walking by?

  • @gloriaisabelechavarria4710

    Amo cuando el hombre y los animales están en armonía

  • @conniecrawford5231
    @conniecrawford5231 Před 4 lety +22

    Of man builds on land that is traditionally an “ elephant walk”, the elephants will continue to use that walk.Their food sourvesjave been there for generations and this knowledge has been passed on!

  • @thegreatnormad3424
    @thegreatnormad3424 Před 5 lety +1

    I will definitely be In Zambia

  • @sibhuskyguy
    @sibhuskyguy Před 2 lety

    They should rebuild the steps to make them more elephant accessible.... They seem to have a little trouble navigating them..... Also like the one elephant poking into what looks like the gift shop.... It's like the elephant wants a shirt in it's size..... :P

  • @robertjames-life4768
    @robertjames-life4768 Před 2 lety

    Elephant to the bellhop, “I only brought the one trunk”.

  • @andytheworld.
    @andytheworld. Před rokem +1

    가야지 😋

  • @2eleven48
    @2eleven48 Před 4 lety

    Elephants have the most wonderful bottoms.

  • @cucuca7281
    @cucuca7281 Před 4 lety +1

    MI CASA ES SU CASA!

  • @ROSUJACOB
    @ROSUJACOB Před 4 lety

    Zambia,here I come!

  • @mariannp.6606
    @mariannp.6606 Před 5 lety

    Csodálatosak :)

    • @LionMountainTV
      @LionMountainTV  Před 5 lety

      Thanks for the message, maybe you would like this video as well czcams.com/video/NdTII_unZSA/video.html&lc=Ugz5IsxrG_xfptLt7zJ4AaABAg

  • @michellesheaff3779
    @michellesheaff3779 Před rokem +1

    Well, the lodge did build their buildings around the fruit trees the Ellies have looked forward to every year for countless generations! I read that the Ellies with their timeless memories feel compelled to walk ancestral migration routes leading them to their much-needed food sources at the right time of year.
    And fruits are precious with their nutrients, calories, hydration and easy digestibility. Elephants, obviously, require a lot of food, and most of the time it comes in the form of nutrient-poor, hard-to-digest, grass, leaves, twigs, bark, etc. So the mangoes are manna from heaven for the Ellies, so much so that, when the lodge was built, they took the risk of going through to the courtyard with the trees, gambling these humans were safe. Thank goodness they were! And now a relationship of trust has developed spanning generations. This is wonderful because in so many other cases where humans have built around and blocked an ellie ancestral migration route, it has ended in gunshot, spear and arrow wounds, and accidents with vehicles and wells, or in elephant populations being cut off from the water, food and fellow Ellies they need to survive.
    So I'm so happy this is a heartwarming story where humans and wildlife have found a way not only to cohabit peacefully but also benefit each other. The Ellies get their annual windfall of wild mangoes and a safe place to sleep (the scene of them all napping together was very sweet: in the wild lying down makes them vulnerable to predators so they normally doze standing up.) The humans get some wonderful ecotourism as well as an awesome experience!

  • @justRemeberTheDAY
    @justRemeberTheDAY Před 5 lety

    I would like a painting of Wonky Tusk 😍😍😍

  • @gisella2646
    @gisella2646 Před 4 lety

    Meravigliosi animali e tramonti

  • @womanofsubstance7026
    @womanofsubstance7026 Před 6 lety +14

    Who is the group who performs the theme for this and some other videos? I love it, and would like to find more of their music. I also love Wonky and Wellie and the whole story of their visits to Mfuwe. I would love to experience them, but I suspect the music will be as close as I will ever get. :-(

  • @linjubar
    @linjubar Před 4 lety

    This music made me want to dance. I was half expecting the elephants to sway and swing to the music.

  • @lovedforever3578
    @lovedforever3578 Před 4 lety +1

    My Mother Land

  • @wamulonjezodi2690
    @wamulonjezodi2690 Před 5 lety +1

    Please , Mfuwe is in North Luangwa National Park in Eastern Province of Zambia
    It's reported to have the highest concentration of big game in Africa.

  • @danaand6547
    @danaand6547 Před 5 lety +63

    I wish that all the wild animals have luxury and peaceful life from hunters @demon's

  • @catsndogs98
    @catsndogs98 Před 4 lety +1

    Might not be so fun if one takes a dump right there

  • @premierfong
    @premierfong Před 4 lety +1

    I feel like petting them.

  • @sharkhunt9476
    @sharkhunt9476 Před 4 lety +1

    👍❤️👍

  • @BradTheThird
    @BradTheThird Před 4 lety +3

    2:25 Can we just address the Elephant in the room?

  • @Paka1918
    @Paka1918 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful.
    Are there more than one elephant with twisted tusk?