African Elephant at Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley's dramatic escarpments & volcanic peaks give way to a mosaic of soda lakes, savannah grassland, acacia woodland & scrubby bushveld, all offering superb backdrops for photographing African Elephants against this ancient tectonic landscape. October tends to be the most productive month for capturing elephants moving through this varied terrain, with the interplay of open grassland & woodland providing plenty of compositional options. Travellers joining the Wildlife of Shompole Wilderness holiday can expect to explore this stretch of the Rift Valley in search of these iconic animals. The scale of the valley itself, framed by its distinctive escarpments, adds real drama to any elephant photograph taken here.