Hwange & Vic Falls, Zimbabwe: Too many elephants? [61 Days Overlanding Ep 6]

[@satishpatel5260]

ZIKHOMO 🎉🎉🎉ZIMBABWE NATIONAL PARKS, 🇿🇼 ☝👍

[@longinamakumbe6118]

i am zimbabwean and i love my country ,the beauty of the nature is unreal.God bless Zimbabwe

[@overlandersa]

Yes, it is indeed beautiful. I join you in a prayer that God will bless Zimbabwe.

[@ppoletto]

great video. And amazing picture of the bird at 15:07. Congratulations! If you don't mind me asking: what lens and camera were you using? greetings from Brazil

[@overlandersa]

Hi, thanks for the compliment. The wildlife photos and video footage was taken with a Canon R6 Mark II and a Canon RF 100-500mm lens. Regards

[@overlandersa]

Hi, thanks for the compliment. The wildlife photos and video footage was taken with a Canon R6 Mark II and a Canon RF 100-500mm lens. Regards

[@ianmansfield9654]

Well done, thank you for sharing. I was in Hwange in Aug 2019. Did not see as many elephant just the result of their destruction on the veld and environment. As much as I love Elephants i agree that the population needs to be lowered 😢

[@danielfetys1813]

I have seen reports on African reserves but that one is very interesting

[@overlandersa]

Thanks! Would you mind sharing what you specifically found interesting, so I can try and maintain the standard?

[@markyeadon7271]

The little one tryinto feed makes me think of Boswell at Mana.

[@overlandersa]

Yes, it is interesting how he uses her leg as a support.

[@toshavanniekerk6230]

Hi love your travel throught Africa beautiful sightings can't wait for the next episode keep it coming. Tosha van Hoedspruit

[@overlandersa]

Thanks! The videos take ages to edit, so the next one should be out in about two weeks.

[@wilkinsonsworld]

Beautiful footage there. Well done. Holding thumbs that the baby elephant got to stand up and survive.

[@overlandersa]

Thank you. Your compliment is highly appreciated.

[@loksterization]

I've heard that in the dry season, many Hwange elephants migrate north to the Zambezi/Vic Falls area, and return to Hwange after the rains.

[@overlandersa]

The thing is that we were there in November, right at the end of the dry season and encountered thousands of elephants in Hwange. I think we saw more elephants than any other single species!

[@drup2013]

🤣🤣🤣 "If a lion starts leaking you..."?? How would i still be alive by then?? Nice video by the way.. Sad to see what is happening to the poor elephants.. hopefully some people will start using their minds not their emotions to solve this conundrum..

[@overlandersa]

That is indeed the question! Thanks for the compliment. I agree that the problem is that emotional decisions are usually bad decisions.

[@Francois-y8y]

It's sad to see the elephants dying.....Hope that the one's making the decisions realize the horrible death of hunger and change the emotional decision to a practical one....

[@overlandersa]

Yes, indeed. It seems that Botswana has resumed limited hunting outside reserves.

[@juanitacalderon6660]

Pobrecitos 😭😭😭que lastima 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘❤️😢😢😢

[@overlandersa]

Yes, indeed

[@Oursimplelifeinbotswana]

To many elephants we have the same problem in Botswana even the CKGR is nowadays full of them

[@overlandersa]

Yes, I was quite surprised by that the last time I visited the CKGR.

[@tabishshaikh6402]

Which month was this...beautiful video

[@overlandersa]

Thank you. This was in November 2023. Regards

[@tabishshaikh6402]

@@overlandersa How do I connect for more information. I am planning a similar trip in the coming year.

[@overlandersa]

@@tabishshaikh6402 I don't actually know how to achieve that, as I think neither of us wants to reveal our email addresses in a KZbin comment. What I would suggest is taking a look at the Tracks4Africa forum, as this is a valuable source of information for overlanders. If you join the forum you can also ask questions.

[@sydelephant]

Great content from my hometown, i'd like to offer my services as an editor should you need help while you focus on filming 😊

[@overlandersa]

I cannot afford assistance! 😁

[@SurendraSingh-nz1qm]

Hindi mein translater kar sakte to Karke isko

[@marpro765]

It is Zimbabwe's responsibility to look and find homes throughout Africa for these magnificent, iconic, incredibly empathetic, sentient, highly intelligent creatures - the elephant herds. And they must remain within their herds. It is essential for their survival and ours. There are NOT too many elephants. There are TOO MANY AVARICIOUS HUMANS. How sad and shameful that the government of Zimbabwe does NOT recognize or understand the value of nature and wildlife. Conservation and preservation of biodiversity is essential for survival of all life. Teach the people how to live WITH these animals and protect and cherish them.

[@overlandersa]

@@marpro765 I really fail to see how you can blame the government of Zimbabwe for being TOO successful in elephant conservation. South Africa and Botswana have similar overpopulation problems leading to the same ecological problems as in Zimbabwe. The number of elephants in the Kruger National Park are now 5x more than the calculated carrying capacity. South Africa has tried to move some of them with very limited success. There are very few takers and few areas suitable to take them. Nature needs to be conserved as an eco system. Allowing it to become unbalanced by allowing unchecked growth in the elephant population harms other species and can end up destroying the whole system.

[@GrumpyTinashe]

​@@overlandersaEven I can't believe what I read. If the government didn't care about them they would all have been wiped out by poachers no? Some people just like to criticise I think our government should offer some to SA, Namibia and other friendly countries in SADC. Zambia and Botswana already have enough and taking them further north like Congo etc they would just be killed

[@how5851]

Please keep quite if you don't have anything to say. What is the human population of Zimbabwe? Do you even know or you are just talking. The entire country has around 16 million people, which is very low especially, considering the country's size. You people keep talking about over population in our countries without reading facts. You clearly just talking from the point of a hater. South Korea has a population of 51 million, whilist it's size is just half of our own country. That's almost the population size of South Africa. So where do you want us to leave if we were to give every our lands to wildlife. We given out much of it. Much of rural Zimbabwe is already Bushes.

[@southernafricanboy4148]

​@@how5851Facts. Hwangd national Park is bigger than some small countries

[@overlandersa]

@@how5851 Hi, I'm not sure which specific comment you are responding to, but in case it is mine where I referred to "overpopulation" I was specifically referring to elephants.