{"id":197691,"date":"2025-05-09T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/zimbabwe-tour-guides-quick-thinking-saves-tourists-from-charging-rhino-encounter\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T00:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:01:37","slug":"zimbabwe-tour-guides-quick-thinking-saves-tourists-from-charging-rhino-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/zimbabwe-tour-guides-quick-thinking-saves-tourists-from-charging-rhino-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Tour Guide&#8217;s Quick Thinking Saves Tourists From Charging Rhino Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">In the heart of Zimbabwe&#8217;s unspoiled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/travel\/south-africa\/2025-04-29-watch-unexpected-lioness-visit-turns-self-drive-safari-into-a-wild-adventure\/\" rel=\"noopener\">wilderness<\/a>, an electrifying encounter between campers and a pair of rhinos has reignited interest in safari camping across Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"42\">A video that trended on TikTok depicted a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/travel\/south-africa\/western-cape\/2024-09-04-the-cango-cave-tour-guide-who-wows-the-crowds-with-opera-performances\/\" rel=\"noopener\">tour guide<\/a> demonstrating a remarkable display of composure as he carefully pacified a female rhino and her calf during a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/sunday-tribune\/travel\/2024-03-19-3-reasons-to-ditch-a-solo-drive-and-go-on-a-guided-safari\/\" rel=\"noopener\">guided safari<\/a> walk, shedding light on the delicate balance of human interactions with wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">The video, shared by @kierakalmanguest, showcased a tense moment as the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202505080712.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Zimbabwe\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the heart of Zimbabwe&#8217;s unspoiled wilderness, an electrifying encounter between campers and a pair of rhinos has reignited interest in safari camping across Africa. A video that trended on TikTok depicted a tour guide demonstrating a remarkable display of composure as he carefully pacified a female rhino and her calf during a guided safari [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":188473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[248],"tags":[258,256,29688,7775,25913,257,14330,4114,10641,254,18913,8160,2013,4686,421],"class_list":["post-197691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zimbabwe","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-charging","tag-encounter","tag-guides","tag-news","tag-quick","tag-rhino","tag-saves","tag-south-africa-today","tag-thinking","tag-tour","tag-tourists","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}