Mali elephants rarely made trips longest migration of elephants on earth when migrating 300 miles inland rotation center of Mali in West Africa. Migratory trip south of the border to go through the Sahara desert - the only way to survive. We must always move through the land withered to find water, food and places a temporary food source for them. They feed on plant foods: leaves, branches, twigs, bark and roots of trees and shrubs, the proportion of feed depends on habitat and time during a year. In search of food and water, African elephant can run up to 500 km per day on average, covers a distance of about 12 km.