A family of African elephants in Amboseli National Park, with the female matriarch in the lead .. .note the protected position of the calves in the middle of the group .. Amboseli National Park, covers 150 square miles in southern Kenya, near the Tanzanian border .. the Masai (who live nearby) have always been very protective of their local wildlife, and do not tolerate any poaching of elephants by outsiders, so the elephants of amboseli have seen little disturbance, even during poaching's heyday in the 1980s .. today, amboseli is one of the most popular national parks in Kenya, and is one of the best places in Africa to watch elephants .. Mount_Kilimanjaro is in the background..