After nearly a week of public diplomacy and outreach in Africa, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her family went on safari on Saturday and had an encounter with an elephant

The Obamas went to see wildlife at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa, roughly an hour away from Gaborone, Botswana, where she had spent the previous night.

Together with her daughters, niece, nephew and mother, the first lady roamed the game park in an open-air vehicle, spending her final full day on the African continent engaging in a little touristic fun.

The elephant encounter happened toward the beginning of their tour, while reporters were waiting nearby for the one photo opportunity with the first lady in the park.

As her vehicle approached the spot where the press waited, it stopped and the family — with mouths gaping — turned their heads to see an elephant.

Journalists, not realizing what was happening nearby, walked toward the vehicle to get a picture, before a guide said it was not safe for them to be walking around (SowetanLIVE Ed says: no kidding! it's not called a wild life experience for nothing). Elephants, apparently, are the most dangerous animals in the park.

Reporters scrambled back to their vehicle and got the picture of the first lady — without wildlife — a little later.