Skip to main content
Southern & East African Tourism Update - Home Page
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Search

User Account Menu

  • Subscribe
  • Subscribe
  • News
  • Features
  • Columns
  • Useful Info
    • Useful Information
    • Business Travel
    • Children
    • Food
    • Hidden Gems
    • Job
    • Marketing
    • Visas
    • Webinars
  • Destinations
    • Destinations
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • East Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Rwanda
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Eswatini
    • Indian Ocean Islands
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Mayotte
      • Reunion
      • Seychelles
    • Lesotho
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • South Africa
      • Garden Route
      • Gauteng
      • Kruger Park area
      • KwaZulu Natal
      • Western Cape
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
      • Victoria Falls
  • Interests
    • Interests
    • #LetsGrowTourism
    • #RevivalShowcase
    • Accommodation
    • Adventure and activities
    • Air services
    • Attractions
    • Comment of the week
    • Conservation
    • Culture and Heritage
    • Experiential travel
    • Luxury
    • Meetings and Incentives
    • People On The Move
    • Pic of the week
    • Safari
    • Tech
    • Wellness
  • Markets
    • Markets
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • Russia and East Europe
    • South America
    • United Kingdom
  • Jobs
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Advertise
    • Send Us News
    • Editorial Guidelines

Monday Smile: Aah!

19 Jul 2020
Comments | 0
  • Share to Facebook
  • Share to LinkedIn
  • Share to X
  • Share to E-mail
  • Print this page

This video of young elephants playing in a sand dune should put a smile on your face and make you say “aah!” at least once!

The elephants are residents of South Africa’s first dedicated elephant orphanage, HERD, in Hoedspruit.

Sign up to our mailing list and get daily news headlines and weekly features directly to your inbox free.
  • De Lille to provide clarity on Meetings Africa

    Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille
    26 Jan 2026
    Comments | 0
  • SA students to work at top Mauritius hotels

    3 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Tour operator launches carbon labelling on trips

    3 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Zimbabwean hospitality group announces senior appointments

    3 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Launch date for remote work visa still up in the air

    2 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • SAA heads to Côte d’Ivoire

    2 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • LAM’s JNB-INH flights are back

    2 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Latest feature - Setting sights on summer season

    2 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • ‘Chatbots helpful, but not hospitable’

    2 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Visas the biggest challenge to intra-Africa travel

    2 Oct 2023
    Comments | 0
  • SA’s golf tourism offering ‘largely untapped’

    29 Sep 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Travellers increasingly seeking meaningful interactions

    29 Sep 2023
    Comments | 0
  • Hermanus Whale Festival weekend cancelled

    29 Sep 2023
    Comments | 0

Pagination

Load More

Feature Click to view

Romantic getaways January 2026

View PDF

Vic Falls January 2026

View PDF

Poll

Latest Columns

  • Managing evolving risks in 2026 - Kevin Watson

  • Luxury is not the opposite of sustainability - Alice Maina

  • A letter from a hotel to its guests - Scott Eddy

  • Rewriting the skies: A decade of Cape Town Air Access - Wrenelle Stander

  • Tourism’s triple-digit growth tells only half the story - David Frost

More

Footer

  • © Now Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Tourism Update on Facebook
  • Tourism Update on Twitter
  • Tourism Update RSS
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Send Us News