The elephant camp (Wild Horizons) in Zimbabwe

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The elephant camp (Wild Horizons)
Typecamp
Founded2008
First elephant arrived2008
Place Victoria Falls National Park
Country Zimbabwe
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Telephone+263 (83) - 2844571, 2844426, 2842313, 2842029.
Mobile: +263-712 - 213 721
Related persons
Owner


Directors-2008: Brad White
-2008: Gavin Best


Key People
Zoological department
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants

2008-: Zenzo Sibanda
2008-now: Zenzo Sibanda (also previous location until 2008)

Record history
History of updates2022-07-14

Latest document update2022-07-14 12:39:22
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Description

The elephant camp (Wild Horizons), in Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe , was founded in 2008 and the first elephant arrived in 2008.

Living elephants

At the The elephant camp (Wild Horizons) lives 13 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. Coco born ~1977
  2. Doji (Madojwa)
  3. Emily born 1986
  4. Izibulo born 2004-00-00
  5. Jake
  6. Janet
  7. Jock
  8. Jumbo born 1983
  9. Lulu
  10. Mapfumo
  11. Miss Ellie
  12. Naledi born 2009-09-23
  13. Tembi

Comments / picturesElephants previously located at Wild Horizons Elephant Camp and also known as Wild Horizons Wildlife Sanctuary and Orphanage concession (earlier website http://wildhorizonstrust.org/ not working) https://www.theelephantcamp.com having similar content, but seems to be more focused on the lodge.

2008-12-18: Representatives of Wild Horizons have confirmed that earlier this week Gavin Best, an experienced and well respected handler of captive elephants used in their tourist elephant-back safari rides, was killed in a horrific and tragic incident by one of the elephants in his care.

2009: Naledi was born on the 23rd of September 2009.

References for records about The elephant camp (Wild Horizons)

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Koehl, Dan (2025). The elephant camp (Wild Horizons), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1276. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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