Elephant charge. (Ear to the Ground).

Kenya has Africa's largest concentration of elephants, which are experiencing resurgence. Trekking with a local guide in an area known as Elephant Valley, we witnessed a herd of 50 crossing the valley wall. Our guide led us on the trail of six of them to get a closer look.

They disappeared into thick bush, so we followed the path higher to relocate them. As we scanned the forest below an almighty rumbling and crashing of undergrowth came from behind us. You know you may be in trouble when you hear your guide shriek and see him hot-foot it down the valley without a second glance. I didn't hesitate in following. Reaching the valley floor he turned and laughed, `The elephants were just playing with the white man!' If so, why did he run so fast?

Although elephants can decimate acres of crops in a night and cause dozens of fatalities each year, the Kenyan authorities have been at the forefront of eradicating poaching. No time more so than in 1998 when President Moi lit a bonfire of over a million dollars worth of ivory.