The adorable moment is captured as a baby elephant struggles to maintain his footage and instead take a dive into the mud at Kruger National Park in South Africa on Monday (September 30).

"My attention was drawn to one particular young male elephant, having the time of his life while rolling around in the mud like a real pig. When it was time for the youngster to get out of the mud, the clumsy young elephant suddenly lost his footing, slipped and fell flat on his side with a loud splash sound that followed after hitting the earth with meaning!," said Edrich, the filmer.

It was in the middle of a hot day at a private rest camp in the Kruger National Park. I was sitting on the viewing deck that overlooked a waterhole, situated in front of the camp. I spend some time on the deck watching a herd of elephants drinking water while others were playing in the mud. My attention was drawn to one particular young male elephant, having the time of his life while rolling around in the mud like a real pig. When it was time for the youngster to get out of the mud, things became rather clumsy and very entertaining for me to watch at the same time. On his first attempt to get out of the muddy wallow, the clumsy young elephant suddenly lost his footing, slipped and fell flat on his side with a loud splash sound that followed after hitting the earth with meaning. The young male looked a little flustered for a second or two. Slowly but surely, he got back onto his feet. Getting out of the slippery mud wallow still seemed to be a clumsy affair, with the young elephant’s two back feet struggling to get some traction in the slippery mud. Eventually the young elephant got himself out, ready to continue the journey with the rest of the herd.