Dramatic footage of a large bull elephant "charging" at tourists on safari in Sri Lanka.

The video, filmed in Uda Walawe National Park, shows the elephant possibly warning the tourists to keep their distance by throwing dirt in the air with his trunk.

Then, all of a sudden, he dummy charges towards the jeep.

"We pulled up close to this big bull who was all on his own," the filmer wrote online.

"He seemed docile as he threw mud on his body with his trunk then he suddenly got agitated by our presence and charged full pelt towards our jeep."

On safari in Uda Walawe National Park, Sri Lanka, we pulled up close to this big bull who was all on his own. He seemed docile as he threw mud on his body with his trunk then he suddenly got agitated by our presence and charged full pelt towards our jeep!

There were 6 of us in the jeep and two in the drivers cab, we were all in stunned silence as it happened! We couldn't believe what we were experiencing until a few moments after the charge when all of us took a communial sigh of relief. It was incredible! Such a powerful animal!

We were told this bull male was in mating season which explains his aggression towards us, all other elephants we saw were very chilled out.


My name is Christian Elderfield, 29 and I'm travelling with my girlfriend, Rhiann Mead, 24. We caught a jeep safari from our stay at a place called 'Private Organic House' in Uda Walawe, Sri Lanka.