Shawu The Elephant - Sun City Editorial Image

Sculpted by renowned South African artist, Danie De Jager, the resplendent Shawu guards over the Palace of the Lost City in all his glory. Shawu was one of the original Magnificent Seven and got his name from the Shawu Valley in which he roamed, westwards along the Lebombo Mountains, between Letaba and Shingwedzi. He stood 3.4m tall and had the longest tusks on record in Southern Africa. Shawu’s tusks are the longest on record in the Kruger National Park and one of the 6th longest to ever come out of Africa.