Sleeping 2 nights overlooking an elephant boma, feel like I’m the guy to ask.  Yep, they snore.  Sleep on their sides.  Wake middle of the night & trumpet.  Watched one sleep: one leg up, one leg down.  Guessing elephants are as unique as humans.  Lucked out visiting during African winter (colder evening temps).  Counted 6 in the boma, 2nd night.

Strong family pod.  Devour 5% of their body weight EVERY SINGLE DAY.  Herbivores —  diet varies on the day, varies by the elephant.  That’s a whole lotta roughage.  HA!

Same lifespan as humans, 80 to 100 years old.  Sadly, they last as long as their last set of molars.  After their 6^th set goes, they slowly starve to death.  No way to eat; crummy end.  Suppose we’re not so different.  Oatmeal & breathing tubes highlight our expiration.

Learn a bunch at an Elephant Sanctuary.  Surrounded by guides, absorb facts like a sponge.  6 rooms at the Lodge.  Gotta/hafta/must stay at Knysna Elephant Park  🐘 ✔

Boma Sleep-Over

Sleep Over with the Elephants

Built within the elephant sleeping quarters, our Extraordinary Elephant Lodge offers guests the unique opportunity to spend the night with a herd of African elephants. The Parks’ elephants enjoy world-class facilities: during the day they roam the property, but at the end of the day they hurry back to their boma / night camp for a pampered night’s sleep.

 

Enjoy your elephant sleep-over in unique accommodation overlooking the boma; or spend the evening relaxing in the communal lounge, watching the elephants browse, feed and snooze.