For centuries, elephants have been drawn to the scent of ripened marula fruit across the plains of South Africa.
Generations of families have learned from the elephants’ instincts and as soon as the animals begin to gather below the ancient marula trees, the locals know the fruit is ready to be harvested.
Men, woman and children rush out of their homes to hand-pick sackfuls of the prized fruit that have dropped on the ground during the summer harvesting season.
Locals