At least the ellie was fine: A crash course in gamewatching

Spotting animals in the wild was high on the Adriaanse family’s list as they toured the northern part of Botswana.

What they did not count on was an all-too-personal meet and greet with an elephant – and getting the side-eye from a hyena. But all was not lost because a chance meeting with a mechanic was thrown into the unusual mix.

Well-known Afrikaans author Wilna Adriaanse and her family walked away unscathed from a potentially deadly encounter when their car hit an elephant on a dark road in Botswana last week.

Adriaanse‚ her family and her soon to be daughter-in-law’s family were traveling in convoy from Maun to Kasane when their car struck the large animal.

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