Stand your ground
NEWSSTAND COVER PHOTOGRAPH: BEN HERNDON/TANDEMSTOCK.COM. SUBSCRIBER COVER: FRANS LANTING/ GETTY IMAGES. PHOTOGRAPHS: HELEN CATHCART, JONATHAN GREGSON, SHOTSTOCK/ALAMY
Writer Amanda and photographer Jonathan put all their trust in guide Julian Brookstein of Camp Hwange on a walking safari in Hwange National Park for our feature on Zimbabwe (p56). A large bull elephant took against them and charged, ears flapping wildly. ‘It was very hard to resist the temptation to flee screaming into the bush,’ says Amanda, ‘but Julian had briefed us to stand our ground.’ He kept walking calmly towards the elephant, and it eventually turned tail and wandered off.