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Meet the Mammoth Team
Collectively, we have lived and experienced all the corners of the African continent and surrounding islands. As professional guides, lodge managers, consultants, independent travelers and professional guide trainers we have a great feel for what different safaris are all about. We look after all the details of your safari ourselves and we #livesafari
In the spirit of the African Mammoths
The best evidence may be seen in the fossilised molar teeth found in Langebaan on the South African west coast just one hour north of Cape Town. They were cousins of the African and Asian Elephants that we are still privileged to see on safari today in the last protected wilderness areas.
These first mammoths walked and browsed the tropical woodlands of Africa before the time of early humans. Later mammoths left Africa and migrated across the globe, surviving until just after the last Ice Age 10-14,000 years ago. These mammoths co-existed with the humans and their lives have been reconstructed from human art in caves and the many skeletons unearthed.
We take our name from these animals who walked the earth all those years ago, first in Africa and then beyond. The mammoths were explorers and adventurers and we celebrate this in all we do.
It is in and around Africa’s Great Rift Valley that the first mammoths emerged some 4-5 million years ago – yes, the first mammoths were African! The first fossils were identified in 1920’s – Mammuthus subplanifrons – found essentially in the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia, East Africa and South Africa.