Africa's Last Waterhole Is Running Dry | Wildlife Documentary

Across the African savanna, shrinking rivers are forcing elephants, buffalo, lions, wild dogs, crocodiles and many other species towards the same last waterhole. This African wildlife documentary follows the savanna through a season of rising pressure. Herds crowd the water's edge. Predators use patience, speed and cooperation. Families protect their youngest members, while scavengers return what remains to the land. When rain finally arrives, the landscape changes again—but the struggle is never truly over. Watch to the end to see how water reshapes the entire savanna, from the final crowded pool to the first signs of renewal. CHAPTERS 00:00 The Last Safe Place 01:11 Land Shaped by Water 02:41 The Last Waterhole 06:40 Families Under Pressure 09:13 Packs and Rivals 10:57 The Cost of Survival 12:21 When the Land Returns 14:38 The Cycle Begins Again WILDLIFE EXPLORED IN THIS FILM African elephants, Cape buffalo, lions, African wild dogs, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, wildebeest, zebras, warthogs, vultures, hippos and Nile crocodiles. MUSIC CREDITS “Adding the Sun,” “Expeditionary,” “Exotic Battle,” and “Kumasi Groove” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ANIMAL SOUND CREDITS Elephant trumpet — CC0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El... Lion roar — public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Li... VISUAL FOOTAGE ATTRIBUTION The following Wikimedia Commons clips appear in edited form. Changes include trimming, reframing, scaling and color adjustment. “Nile crocodile ambushes a wildebeest” — Bettina May — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=48771957 “African wild dogs playing” — Paul Hayes — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=59474372 “Cheetah family at a kill” — Lennart Hessel — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=63808467 “Elephant giving birth in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya” — Louwrens van der Voet — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=59426754 “Elephants at Naibosho Conservancy, Kenya” — Regina Hart — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=61253427 “Lion cubs” — Bettina May — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=48769788 “African wild dogs and puppies” — Paul Hayes — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=53236523 “Cheetah, Madikwe” — flowcomm — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=13056... “Lion kill, Madikwe” — flowcomm — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=14626... “Leopard with its kill in Masai Mara” — Christopher Michel — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=41076924 “Giraffe eating leaves” — Lennart Hessel — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=63808329 “Juvenile cheetahs at a kill” — Lennart Hessel — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=63808450 “African bush elephants” — Paul Keller — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=46623908 “Elephant rise on hind legs” — Lennart Hessel — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=63808326 “Elephants, Mana Pools National Park” — Lennart Hessel — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=63808464 “Lions in the wild” — Coverr — CC0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=72571381 CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional stock footage is used under the Pexels License. Pexels attribution is not required; source records are retained in the production rights ledger. Subscribe for more immersive wildlife documentaries about animal behaviour, predator–prey dynamics, drought, migration and changing ecosystems. #WildlifeDocumentary #AfricanWildlife #NatureDocumentary