Qorokwe

Newborn Baby Elephant at Qorokwe

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Wildlife

Kate MacWilliam

12/18/2018

Guests at Qorokwe, our Wilderness camp situated in a famously high-density game area of the south-eastern Okavango, recently watched in absolute awe as a newborn elephant took its first wobbly steps.

 

Wildlife photographer Marius Coetzee of ORYX – Worldwide Photographic Expeditions was at just the right place and time to capture this special moment on camera. Take a look at his beautiful sequence and video, a once-in-a-lifetime sighting!

 

 

 

Images and video by Marius Coetzee:

 

mariuscoetzee/oryxphotography.com

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