An amazing video has emerged of an elephant getting really close to a tourist at Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania.

The footage, shot last month, shows the father elephant, followed by its baby, walking up to the safari truck and staring at the filmer.

"I made a popping noise off the top of the truck and spooked them and he went to shove the truck.. He quickly eased down after but such an exhilarating and amazing experience to be so close to these wonderful animals" the filmer wrote online.

Elephant Family at Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania

Father stares down me in the Land Cruiser for 40 seconds, then comes across street, stares some more and begins to eat.
Baby seemed to want to play and reached out her trunk to me..
I made a popping noise off the top of the truck and spooked them and he went to shove the truck.. He quickly eased down after but such an exhilarating and amazing experience to be so close to these wonderful animals. Mom is seen in the back.