We left Hide and Sheep with childlike glee, our arms filled with beaded slippers. We were starting off on a game drive with Nicky Dyer. To our right a large elephant bull was silhouetted on a hill. We all snapped away competing for the best creative shot. More ele were in front of us. More pics were taken. We moved on, they were all around us. We slowly made our way through loads of ele towards the water hole, happy snapping away! Our jaws dropped. There were over 200 elephant of all shapes and sizes coming and going with some sense of order. Juveniles jostling, play-fighting. Matriarchs sorting out unruly youngsters. Silly young boys dipping and diving like ducks. Babies desperately trying to keep up with their mothers, their barely manageable trunks being used as snorkels. A seething mass of elephant enjoying the relief of the water. Hundreds of them. Eventually our trigger-happy fingers couldn’t keep up with the photo opportunities; instead we just sat and watched this wonderful natural theatre.
Lois Kuhle. Borana Ranch. 20th April 2010
