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| Ezulwini and three smaller bull elephants emerging from the early morning mist |
Regular
readers of our blog will remember Soshangane and Ezulwini visited the waterhole
a couple of weeks ago. This week they
were back again accompanied by three young bull elephants. We first became aware of them on Tuesday
night as we were sitting around the fire after dinner. The crack of breaking branches always sounds
extra loud in the cool evening air and we were all watching and hoping to see
elephants coming into the open area or down at the waterhole.
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| One of the smaller elephants |
Unfortunately, we were not to see them that
evening, but early the next morning, with the mist still hanging in the valley,
Ezulwini and three smaller male elephants came to the waterhole and
drank. It was a magical sight.
They then slowly made their way up the hill
towards the lodge and our house.
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| Ezelwini enjoying a branch from his favourite marula tree |
Ezulwini has a favourite marula tree on the corner of our house and this is where he was headed. Luckily he only took down one of the small branches and then headed off
with the others down to the lodge where they stopped outside Kudu hut and fed
on another favourite, a euphorbia plant.
These particular plants receive regular pruning from the elephants, and
seem to grow ever bigger because of it.
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| Ezulwini outside Kudu hut |
The group then turned and headed past our entrance gate, thankfully
deciding not to come inside, and then made for the water tanks, where they took
a drink from the overflow tank - another favourite stopping point.
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| Ezulwini at the gate |
Ezulwini then took another turn around our
house, removing several raison bushes whilst the others headed off down the
road.
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| Bush clearing! |
It was another marvellous wildlife
encounter for us. Our final view of the
group was on Friday lunch time when they were seen far off on the distant
ridge. We look forward to their return.
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