The Great Elephant Migration is a global fundraising adventure to amplify Indigenous knowledge and inspire the human race, to share space.

A collaboration between Indigenous artisans, contemporary artists and cultural institutions, it is raising millions of dollars to power human-wildlife coexistence projects and protect migratory animals making spectacular journeys across land, rivers, skies and oceans.

The creators of the herd live in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India - a place where humans and elephants share space more closely than anywhere else on Earth. Here, Indigenous communities see every part of nature as alive, intelligent, and deserving of respect. The wind has a spirit. The rivers have memory. Animals, plants, rocks, and stars are all part of one family.

In this worldview, humans are not separate from nature but woven into it. What we do to the earth, we do to ourselves. Treat the elephants with respect, and they will return it. This mutual care is not poetic thinking,  it is the foundation of survival and coexistence.

The Great Elephant Migration is powered by an influential network of environmentalists, writers, philanthropists and creatives, known as The Matriarchy, who amplify the herd’s message of coexistence.  

Members include Her Majesty Queen Camilla, Kris Tompkins, Cher, Kirsten Davis, Cristina Mormorunni, Anoushka Shankar, Diane von Furstenberg and renowned conservationists. Their support mirrors real elephant families, who are led by experienced females.