Across the water, a small herd of elephants, two adults and a child, emerged from the brush, and closer to the canoe, a herd of water buffalo lay all but submerged in the bleary green waters, escaping the late morning sun.

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History has moved on, leaving behind a herd of white elephants, at present 3, 000-to 4, 000-strong by his reckoning.

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Firstly, the idea that there was a need to thin the herd of elephants because of an overpopulation problem sounds like what a hunting operator would say, but it is not the truth.

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Elevated wooden walkways connect the great house to guest rooms and the villas, and nature is on display day and night, including a herd of more than two dozen elephants that visit frequently.

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The open savannahs of the Mkata floodplain, at the heart of the park, are reminiscent of the famous Serengeti plains and a popular feeding ground for herd animals such as elephants, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest.

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