Another productive day with the girls and the elephants.

The whole elephant herd is so relaxed these days it’s great to be around them. I’m sure having all this fresh food available and water everywhere takes the stress out of life for the elephants.

The herds were back in the Albizia woodland and heading east when I left them to take the girls back to camp as temperatures soared again.

I went back and joined them, now wallowing at Chivi pan.
They kept coming and going from the pan for several hours before heading south.

I followed in fits and starts as my now repaired car splattered after them and then finally packed up. For 2 hours I was under the bonnet(hood) stripping the carburettor, pulling apart the distributor, playing with all the wiring, cleaning out the fuel system and more. Eventually she started and purred so beautifully as if there was never anything wrong. I think in the process I gave her a major overhaul that sorted out all the niggly problems and am confident she’s now fit to go another few years.
Back on the road again just before sunset the elephants had now moved all the way down to Makeche. In the same area I surprised these 4 Black rhino and 2 White Rhino. The blacks didn’t hang around and I last saw them disappearing into the bush with tails curled over their backs.

But this white rhino cow and calf turned out to be very photogenic, although they weren’t keen with the vehicle following them. When I got out and followed on foot I was able to get that much closer and get some great photos before the sun set on me.