Australian tourists film moment angry elephant rams car on safari

A group of petrified tourists, believed to be Australian, have filmed the moment an elephant charges their jeep while on safari.

A group of tourists have filmed the terrifying moment an adult elephant stormed their Jeep while on an animal safari.

The footage, which was posted to YouTube and has been viewed more than 16k times, shows the vehicle — believed to be filled with Australian tourists — reversing at high speed to escape the rampaging wild animal.

The tourists can be panicking as the male elephant charges towards a safari tour inside a Jeep.

The elephant stormed the tourists in the Jeep

Some of the passengers inside the vehicle use their phones to film the ordeal, with vision showing the driver desperately trying to lose the elephant while instructing those in the car to “hang on”.

The elephant appears to ram the front of the vehicle and makes trumpeting noises while flapping its ears during the attack.

Some people filmed the terrifying event on their phone.

The elephant could be heard making trumpeting sounds while it ran towards the car.

The average African elephant will grow to between 2.5 to 4 meters from shoulder to toe and weigh between 2268kg to 6350kg, according to the National Geographic.

Male elephants can grow to be significantly larger than their female counterparts.

The trunk is an extension of the upper lip and nose and is used for communication and handling objects, including food.

Tusks, which are large modified incisors that grow throughout an elephant’s lifetime, occur in both males and females and are used in fights and for marking, feeding, and digging.

Elephants will hold their ears out to the side during an attack to try and appear bigger and intimidate.