UNDER THREAT FROM poachers, climate change and habitat loss, elephants are highly intelligent creatures, with very strong emotional bonds. Watch a baby elephant nuzzling up to its mother at least once in your life.
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.
Among the acacia trees, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.
Malawi isn't considered among the great wildlife viewing countries, like Kenya or Namibia. Lions have recently been re-introduced, and leopards are sometimes seen. On the Shire river, there is no shortage of elephants or hippos though.
The number of elephants we saw this morning was a surprise.
Two elephants make their way across the river in Malawi'sLiwonde National Park. The river is quite wide and deep. They are definitely swimming, not walking.
Shire river, Liwonde National Park, Malawi.
In Kafue National ark, Zambia, elephants bath.
South Luanga National Park, Zambia.
South Luanga National Park, Zambia.
Just near the centre of the frame, a safari car has a great view of passing elephants, Tsavo West, Kenya.
Tsavo West, Kenya.
Masaai Mara National Park, Kenya.
In Kenya's Amboseli National Park, two elephants challenge for dominance.
Frollicking in the wetlands of Amboseli.
Amboseli, Kenya.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Probably the first wild elephant I saw, in Sri Lanka's Yala National Park.
On my lst afternoon in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park, finally, I found elephants, after many close calls.
A mother and baby in Khao Yai NP. I had smelled and heard elephants in a couple of Thai parks before.
A morning stroll in Liwonde National Park, Malawi.
Breakfast time on the Sire River, Malawi.
Campsites in Namibia's Etosha National Park have flood-lights at the waterholes, where you can sit and wait and watch.
A clash of giants in Etosha.
A baby stays right by her mother's side, again at Etosha.
In the Caprivi Strip, where Namibia meets Angola, Zambia and Botswana, elephants come to the Okavango River.