Overview

• Video from Sept. 27 shows a bull elephant charging two mokoros in Botswana’s Okavango Delta after the canoes drifted close to a cow with calves.
• The canoes carrying British and American tourists were flipped, and the guides appeared to retreat toward the riverbank as passengers fell into the water.
• A second clip shows the elephant returning to push a female tourist underwater with its trunk before moving off with the herd.
• All four visitors made it to shore without serious injuries reported, though camera equipment and phones were lost or damaged.
• Local operators have not named the company involved, and the incident has renewed concerns about proximity rules on mokoro trips following similar regional encounters, including a July boat charge in the Delta.