A group of tourists on a canoe boat tour had a once-in-a-lifetime close-up encounter with a herd of elephants.<br /><br />The group were traveling down the Kinabatagan River in Borneo, Malaysia, when they spotted a herd of elephants taking a dip.<br /><br />The shy elephants retreated into the mangroves at first.<br /><br />But the guide mimicked the elephant's call and the group of jumbos re-emerge from the bush.<br /><br />The person recording said: "My host and guide was born and raised there, so he knows everything about the wildlife in the area and is able to call some of the elephants.<br /><br />"We slowly approached the riverbank while the elephants backed up.<br /><br />"Our guide then makes some sounds and the elephants turn around and come towards us until they are literally just in front of our boat."<br /><br />The video was filmed on November 21, 2022.
