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Journalist in baby elephant viral clip rewarded with trip to Maasai Mara

Alvin Kaunda

Expeditions Maasai Safaris CEO Pancras Karema (left) presents a dummy ticket to the Maasai Mara to KBC wildlife journalist Alvin Kaunda.

Photo credit: Courtesy

What you need to know:

  • The journalist was reporting on wildlife conservation at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust when one of the adopted baby elephant interrupted him on camera.
  • Expeditions Maasai Safaris CEO Mr Pancras Karema commended the journalist and encouraged him to continue raising awareness on wildlife conservation.

A Kenyan journalist whose video of a baby elephant interrupting his live reporting went viral has been rewarded by Expeditions Maasai Safaris, a leading safari company in the country. 

The travel agency has rewarded Alvin Kaunda, a Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reporter, and his camerawoman with a three-day safari in Kenya’s most famous game reserve, the Maasai Mara.