If you spot this rare elephant, you’ll never forget it
Kenya’s fabled national park covers 13,747 square kilometres, but the big tuskers for which this region is renowned are now scarce. Hope is on the horizon, however.
“Where are the elephants?” asks guide Nganba Malingi.
There they are, outlined flimsy as ghosts behind a dust cloud rising from the desiccated plains of Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park. Their trunks caress the branches of an acacia tree festooned with weaver birds’ nests. I point to them, victorious.
Catherine MarshallTravel writerCatherine Marshall has worked as a journalist for more than three decades and has received awards for her travel writing and reportage in Australia and abroad. She specialises in emerging destinations, conservation and immersive travel. Connect with Catherine on Twitter.
