This was the moment wildlife enthusiast Ewan Wilson went diving with a 5-metre-long (16ft) crocodile in Cango Wildlife Ranch, Oudtshoorn, South Africa.

The clip, filmed on January 10, shows Wilson, 23, nervously getting ready to be lowered into the water to join the huge croc, named Freddie.

“As well as terror there is a strange amount of beauty when looking at on of these modern-day dinosaurs and photographing them was an incredible treat!” Wilson told Newsflare.

In Cango Wildlife Ranch South Africa there lives a 5meter long nile crocodile named Jason who occasionally shares the water with crazy tourists. Wildlife mad photographer Ewan Wilson (23) joins Jason in this video as Ewan is suspended above the beast and then lowered into his enclosure.

As well as terror there is a strange amount of beauty when looking at on of these modern day dinosaurs under there waterer world, and photographing them was an incredible treat!

Video was shot in a South African zoo named Cango Wildlife Ranch on January 10th.