A tourist has sparked fury after he shockingly poured beer down an elephant's trunk during a safari in Kenya.

Footage shows a Spanish man drinking a can of Tusker, a popular Kenyan beer, before emptying the rest down the bull elephant's trunk at the Ol Jogi Conservancy wildlife reservation, in Laikipia County.

'Just a tusker with a tusked friend,' the man captioned the video on Instagram.

The elephant, named Bupa, has been identified because of its distinctive damaged tusk.

It was reportedly rescued from a mass cull in Zimbabwe in 1989 before being brought to the sanctuary aged eight.