Here is your elephant sanctuary/holiday rom-com movie:

[demmiblue]

Regarding the production:

In May 2018, it was reported that Ernie Barbarash would direct Christmas in the Wild for Netflix from a screenplay by Neal Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky. It stars Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis.[3] Filming was to take place in Hoedspruit and Drakensberg, and on sets in and around Cape Town.[4] Principal photography began in June 2018.[4]

The elephant scenes were filmed at a sanctuary in South Africa, and at Game Rangers International Elephant Orphanage in Lusaka, Zambia. Huge efforts and systems were in place to safeguard the elephants, including a focused behaviour study, personnel and distance restrictions, and international animal welfare inspectors.

Due to GRI's strict elephant management protocols and minimal impact policies, and in alignment with Netflix's high animal welfare standards, it became apparent that a ‘body double’ would be required for the majority of filming, and Netflix invested hugely in ensuring that the puppets required were the spitting image of the real-life orphaned elephant Mkaliva!⁣⁣ Mkaliva was rescued by GRI and the Department of National Parks & Wildlife in Zambia in August 2017. Her story closely aligns with that portrayed in the film, as both elephants experienced the same physical and emotional traumas when losing their mothers and herd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_in_the_Wild

[sinkingfeeling]

1. A year ago today, I fell in love with Africa when I watched a leopard

trying to sleep in a tree. How I wish I had stayed there. I cried landing back in the US and had decided by Jan. 18 to sell my house and belongings to prepare for a permanent move to another continent. And then Covid-19 hit. So, everything's sold and I'm sitting in an apartment in Illinois waiting.

[Karadeniz]

2. If you LOVE elephants, you'll love reading The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony. It's also the

Story of what it takes to establish a sanctuary in S. Africa. He also wrote Babylon's Ark, what he went through trying to save the Baghdad zoo after the war. Both are fantastic!