Today our intrepid 100 Miles for Elephants team are setting off on their journey across the Serengeti in Tanzania. They will be walking 15 miles a day for a week, across a wild area where no jeep safaris are allowed, and camping in the bush by night. This is a fantastic time of year for a long walk in the Serengeti - the landscape is lush after recent rains and the temperatures have cooled. Best of all - the Great Migration has begun its push south from Masai Mara, following the greening pastures, and our group will be witnessing this fantastic spectacle of thousands of wildebeest and zebra on the move. They are in the best of hands, led by Tanzania’s top walking guides, and a support group who will go ahead each day and set up the comfortable camps. No roughing it- there will be hot 'bucket' showers and buffet style meals served at a table with chairs! But the walk itself is a big challenge, and it is for a crucial purpose: raising funds to protect and conserve Africa’s wild elephant population. Our team have done a sterling job in this regard; the funds raised this year will go to #spaceforgiants for their African-wide work and #honeyguidefoundation for their grassroots projects in Tanzania - specifically to support their Anti Poaching Tracker Dog Unit, which is a huge deterrent to elephant poachers. When they arrive in the Serengeti, the team will met Honeyguide Foundation’s top dog trainer/handler and his dogs. Tomorrow, after the day’s long walk, they will meet Damien Bell, the founder of Honeyguide Foundation. They will be out of cell phone and wifi range for much of the trek, so we’ll be posting more photos and stories when they return. We wish them all the very best of luck on this challenging walk! And big thanks from the elephants! . . . #elephants #tanzania #serengeti #greatmigration #walkingadventures #walkingsafari #adventuresforacause #hundredmilesforelephants #trekking #fundraising #@yamsiol @ginaberko