Have you heard of Mfuwe Lodge

[Chisamba]

In South Luangwa, ( zambia where i was born) is a game park that works hard to preserve Zambian wildlife. It is built along the Luangwa valley. Well they built a lodge, called Mufwe Lodge. the lodge was built surrounding a grove of wild mango trees, that was the feeding place of a family of elephants. the other side of the grove is open, but the elephants have taken to walking a short cut through the reception, and then napping in the courtyard. sorry its spelled Mfuwe lodge, i tend to spell it like i say it


https://youtu.be/K5D3BwZOlCo

[Moutaineer]

That was lovely, thank you for sharing!

[Chisamba]

The valley is a fantastic place. Planning a trip, don't know where to go. Talk to me abour Zambia.

[amygdala]

the video is amazing! thank you for sharing!

[khall]

Absolutely amazing! Gave me chills and brought tears. Thank you for posting Chisamba. My family wants to make a trip to Africa at some point, this looks like a great place.

[Imperini]

I've seen this before but it's wonderful enough that I'm happy to have seen it again, thank you for sharing!

[KathyS]

What an amazing video! That would be so cool to see in real life!

[boots-aregard]

Wow! That looks like a great place to stay!

I spent a little time at Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming, and the moose used to meander right thru the property there, but elephants have about 3000 lbs on moose!

[Tarlo Farm]

Bucket list. Thanks for posting

[demi]

Thanks for posting this. It's nice to see elephants happy. For some reason I feel a strong attachment certain animals and elephants are one of them. I told DH about Mufwe after i saw the post and he said we could plan to visit.

[Josette]

I had seen this link once before and thought it was incredible and beautiful how these magnificent animals trusted people there.

Demi - another closer trip for you is the Elephant Sanctuary in TN.

https://www.elephants.com/

[demi]

Thanks, Josette. What a nice place. I am so glad they do that for elephants. I only went to a zoo once in my life, and it was one of the better ones. It still made me sad beyond words. I never even saw the elephants there because I had to leave after I saw the gorillas. I am still haunted by the picture in my mind of the big silverback. He was so beautiful and did not belong in captivity.