The rains kept me camp bound all morning. Except I did venture to the dam for a paddle. It’s the best in the rain.
By midday it was clearing and I found the elephant herds to the east of the airstrip. I spent most of my time with Mama-notch. She’s another of those great elephants, of course different in character to the others. They all have different characters, which makes them all so special.
Mama-notch will feel nothing to share the same shade as me. She’ll walk past my vehicle almost scraping it without a worry in the world. AND she’s got a new calf only a couple of months old. Unlike One-tusk, she’s never touched my vehicle and never shown any interest towards it. Just treats it like it’s a rock. Although she hasn’t tried rubbing on it yet.
The herds were moving west and I was hopeful they’d end up swimming at Simbiri dam. They stayed in the woodland to the south of the airstrip.
Having not filmed anything today I was then hopeful they’d cross the airstrip against the beautiful sunset that I was sure would materialise.
I got all excited when a bull crossed but nobody followed. It was only just before dark that the herds starting crossing.
But in the meantime I was lucky when some giraffe arrived on the airstrip. When they saw me crawling along the airstrip to get closer and low on the ground, they stopped and stared for some time before giving up on this mad thing trying to ‘stalk’ them in open ground.
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