Wildlife videographer and safari guide Rob the Ranger observes an up-close wild elephant encounter in the Maasai Mara.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors get a close-up view of an elephant eating during an Elephant Valley media preview. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...

Visitors get a close-up view of an elephant eating during an Elephant Valley media preview. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo ...

Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we come face to face with destruction, only the wreckage is beautiful. A long, winding path takes guests around and under ...