Spot the Big Five, glimpse super tusker elephants and meet the Maasai on a Kenya adventure

Elephants roaming Amboseli National Park and hiking with a Maasai guide along a seasonal riverbed in Kenya. PHOTOS: KAREN TEE, RJ TURNER
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KENYA – Suspended in the air while peering over the edge of a wicker basket, I am drifting along in a hot air balloon.

The rising sun illuminates the grasslands of Kenya’s iconic Maasai Mara National Reserve, highlighting the walking trails that elephants have eked out through the shrubs.

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