I’ve been waiting years to see one of these. Most of the other guides have seen them, although only very rarely, and I was finally lucky last night when I found one crossing the road from a lagoon where it had been drinking.

Amazingly, it stood for long enough for me to take some photos, even if they weren’t very good in the failing light!

We don’t think that Bush Pigs are rare in the Luangwa, but they are generally nocturnal and certainly shy.