Before he could do this, however, he’d have to find them. African bull elephants may be hard to miss when up close, but the big tuskers of Amboseli and Tsavo range over 23,000 km2, an area larger than Wales. The rarity of these elephants makes their protection a priority of park staff and organisations like the Tsavo Trust, whose CEO Richard Moller worked closely with David on this assignment. The elephants’ colossal tusks understandably make them a desirable target for ivory poachers, and for this reason the big tuskers’ exact locations are kept tightly under wraps. Although no elephant has been poached in Amboseli for seven years, a big tusker named SATAO 2 was killed in Tsavo just six months before David arrived there. Making use of local knowledge, the expertise of park staff and the team at Tsavo Trust, as well as jeeps, bush planes and radio collar data, David was able to locate, approach and photograph the big tuskers that he travelled to Africa in search of.

Kenya Photographic Safari
Experience the Kenyan wilderness in the private Naboisho Conservancy. Covered in savannah grassland, acacia plains and rocky hills, this diverse habitat supports a whole host of wildlife including giraffe, elephant, lion (the highest density in the area), and cheetah, as well as hippos and huge crocodiles lazing in the river. There is also a growing leopard population, with 7 resident leopards including a cub in the area.