Elephant bulls swap places: Video

At dawn a huge herd of buffalo were on the southern end of Banyini. I desperately wanted them in the open at sunrise for some evocative backlit dusty shots. But they just didn’t cooperate and ended up stampeding into the mopanie woodland.

Dawn stampede
And then I think I had the same herd at Hwata pan at dusk coming in to drink. This time the sun was on the horizon. Just perfect. But with so many buffalo in a rush to get to the water the clouds of dust obscured everything and only with a huge imagination would you see a buffalo.

Buffalo dust
All day I was out searching for the elephant herds. Their tracks indicated they’d moved south of the hills but even that clue didn’t get me any closer to finding them.
So I took my chances that they might go to Hwata or Chekwa pans around late morning.

Lichtenstein's hartebeest
Hwata proved productive with herds of zebra coming to drink, followed by a herd of Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest. But no elephant!

Zebra at Hwata
Then I got lucky with an elephant bull drinking at Chekwa pan. He was soon joined by a second bull and they traded places drinking at the good clean water. And that was my elephant experience for the day.

Chekwa elephant
I travelled into the hills where there were more fresh tracks but no elephant had visited either Lojaan or Nduna dams. Or even Malilangwe dam. So where the herds watered today is a mystery.

3-Legged Elephant

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