Baby Elephant Rescue
Series following a family who moved to Kenya to run a safari camp. Saba and the elephant rescue team race to save the life of a recently orphaned calf.
Wildlife expert Saba Douglas-Hamilton, together with her husband Frank and their three young children, move to the romantic Samburu National Reserve in Kenya to run a safari camp for the first time. But life out there isn't easy. There are monkeys in the kitchen, floods threatening the camp and, with no fences to keep out the wildlife, elephants are regular house guests. This series follows their ups and downs as the family struggles to keep guests, elephants, lions and even crocodiles smiling.
Wildlife expert Saba Douglas-Hamilton and the elephant rescue team race to save the life of a recently orphaned calf. The baby elephant is flown to an elephant orphanage in Nairobi. But with a terror threat on the Kenya's east coast, the family's safari camp is in crisis. Saba must work to save the business and do all she can to try to protect Samburu's trusting elephants.
On TV
Clips
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Web exclusive: Frank on shower duty
Duration: 00:42
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Social media in the Kenyan bush
Duration: 02:16
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Baby elephant Sokotei is rescued
Duration: 01:42
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Sokotei arrives at the elephant rescue centre
Duration: 01:15
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Saba Douglas-Hamilton |
Participant | Frank Pope |
Narrator | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
Series Producer | Susanna Handslip |
Executive Producer | Ted Oakes |
Presenter's blog post: 'The more you watch elephants, the more you see the world through their eyes'
Saba Douglas-Hamilton writes for the 大象传媒 Love TV Blog.
Saba & Frank
The family devoted to saving elephants in Kenya.
Things that go bump in the night
Cameraman Max Hug Williams is rudely awakened by the roof of his tent being crushed.