In fact elephants are reflected everywhere, from charming ornaments placed by the baths, to carved elephants walking down the centre of the table at dinner time. So, whether one wishes to commune quietly with the silence of the bush from the veranda of one's own tent, or exchange stories around the fire at the mess tent, Abu Camp is the perfect hideaway for a safari to remember and savour for ever. The camp is named after Randall Moore's legendary elephant 'Abu', the star of such motion pictures as White Hunter Black Heart , and The Power of One . Abu is an Arabic word meaning 'everything to do with elephants'. He leads a herd of thirteen African elephants, comprising five adults and a 'Brat Pack' of eight youngsters.
Elephants are complete hedonists.
Their stately being is animated by a streak of pure frivolity. Always unthreatened, except by drought and man, they have been able over aeons to cultivate and polish a daily routine of relaxed enjoyment, eating, bathing, meditating and going for long walks through the bush. And that is exactly what this safari is all about. Abu Camp has elaborated this lifestyle into a series of dreamlike adventures, simple dawn and sunset rambles or daylong outings across the floodplains in the company of Africa's finest travelling companions. There is no better way of interacting with the wilderness and wildlife of the Delta.