I had read and watched on YouTube about elephant spotting. I remember watching on television a splendid documentary named the Queen Elephant. And I was spellbound! Amboseli being our very first African Safari adventure, we were super excited ! This trip happened in May 2020 and unfortunately, Tim, the oldest and very famous elephant in Amboseli had passed away in February that same year.
Spotting elephants was what we had expected. Watching herds of elephants was possibly on our wish list too. But what Amboseli showed us was beyond our wildest imagination. These majestic mighty ones at Amboseli gave us a rare sighting indeed! We were very lucky. Herds of elephants, at least three herds, were walking in their absolute grace and disciplined strides in groups, the elders guarding and guiding the little ones…and the solo male elephants wandering alone in the vast bush lands, calm and quiet. They looked like the natural owners of the land!
From a distance far from where our Cruiser along with other cars waited patiently, these elephants grouped under a lone Acacia tree and made their slow walk to cross the road. There were at least one hundred of them, big and small, old and baby. And then they began trumpeting. The sound reverberated across the Savanna grasslands. Our hearts skipped several beats.
No words, neither pictures can ever do justice to their majestic strides, their poise. When a herd of over a hundred crossed the road, blowing their trumpets, we watched in silence and utter wonder.
If such perfect nature and her creatures as these aren’t God, then who is? Here’s to the awesome African Elephant!
