Elephant - Caroline Gibello

A pair of elephant bulls cajole happily in the Chobe river, in play

Two African elephants move slowly across the savanna at dusk in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia

A matriarchal family of elephants glide across the plain of Africa savanna at dusk making their way to the river

Two large male elephant bulls greet the sunset from the Chobe River Botswana

A lone african elephant drinks at the Zambezi River as dusk settles and geese fly windward across the horizon

A small herd of elephants wander the grassy river banks of the Chobe River Botswana at sunset whilst egrets create a magical backdrop to the scene

African elephants graze the fertile banks of Lake Kariba Zimbabwe

A herd of African elephants gather at Khwai river Botswana to water themselves and cool off in the midday heat

African elephants wander through the intense midday heat of Lower Zambezi Zambia

Two African elephants mill around Lala palms in Lower Zambezi Zambia, foraging for fallen date nuts

An African elephant wanders through the hazey landscape of Lower Zambezi Zambia where lala palms dot the treed landscape

An African elephant moves through lala palms of Mana pools Zimbabwe

African elephants wander through Albida Fibida or Ana tree forests along the Zambezi River Zambia

An African bull elephant forages for seed pods in Ana tree glades along the Zambezi river Zambia

A breeding herd of African elephants while away the heat of midday amongst riverine glades of Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe

An African elephant rests in the dappled shade of Acacia at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe

African elephants walk through riverine forest at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe towards the river

A group of African elephants mill around the shade of Albida Fibidas searching for fallen seed pods in Lower Zambezi Zimbabwe

A small herd of African elephants graze the glades of Ana trees for fallen seed pods at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe

A breeding herd of African elephants cross a dry riverbed to seek the shade of Acacia trees walking in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A lone African elephant approaches through a haze of midday heat walking through the forest at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe

An African elephant walks through an amphitheatre of Albida Fibida trees in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A lone African elephant stands centre frame amongst an amphithetare of Acacias in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

Albida Fibida trees stand sentinel to a distant African elephant gliding through a glade of trees in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

African elephant grazing the riverine forest at Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

Lone African elephant idles in the shade of an Albida Fibida Acacia tree in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A small family of elephants walks across a dry riverbed in search of water in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

African elephant flares its ears in a riverine glade of Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A small herd of African elephants walk through a riverine forest of Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A glade of Ana trees creates a shaded amphitheatre for a lone African elephant walking through the forest in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A lone African elephant disappears in to the distance of a regal forested glade in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

An African female elephant walks through a forest with her calf in Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe

A small elephant calf nurses from its mother amongst the shade of an Albida Fibida glade in Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe