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Kilaguni, Chaimu and Sabachi joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne and slowly parted ways an hour later as they wondered back into the bush. The orphans walked to the Kanziku area where they spent most of their day. Soon after taking milk at the mud bath Garzi and Vuria headed straight to drink water. They were joined by the rest of the group. Ziwa left the group for a brief moment to go and scratch on a nearby Acacia tree. Shortly afterwards Vuria came and pushed poor Ziwa away so that he could use the tree. Later, two wild bulls emerged from the bush and joined the orphans in drinking water. Kanjoro took some time in sniffing the wild bulls In order to figure out who they were and what they wanted, it didn’t take long before Kanjoro was back in the safety of all the orphans.

Kilaguni, Kijana and a wild friend were at the stockade at 4am with Kilaguni having a slight constipation problem. At six o'clock in the morning the babies were let out and as they settled for Lucerne, we helped Kilaguni by squeezing his back and then gave him Epsom salts. Kilaguni seemed to feel much better afterwards and he showed his gratitude by swinging his trunk sideways, before heading back into the forest. Kijana joined the juniors in feeding on Lucerne while Shukuru, Bomani, Narok and Teleki were busy scratching themselves on a nearby rock. The orphans left for Kanziku area where they settled to browse and about half an hour later the Suguta group consisting of Kamboyo, Suguta, Murka, Melia, Olare, Chaimu, Naisula, Kandecha, Chemi Chemi, Sabachi, Kalama and Kitirua reported for water at the stockade. They left immediately after drinking enough water. At eight o'clock in the morning, Lualeni, who appears to be recruiting more members in her group, reported at the stockade with Madiba, Ololoo, Buchuma, Kora, Tomboi and three wild elephants., all of them bulls with Lualeni the only female. As soon as they took the water they needed, they also left but only after Tomboi and Buchuma had a strength testing exercise. At mud bath time, only Teleki enjoyed a good wallow. Ziwa was lucky to be splashed with mud as he passed behind a wild elephant that was mud bathing. The other orphans joined wild bulls that were drinking water at the mud bath water trough. Bongo, the water clown, did a funny thing and got into the drinking water trough but he was pushed out by one of the wild bulls. In the evening the orphans had a road side dust bath whilst Vuria had a strength testing exercise with Bongo which Vuria lost. To show his anger, Vuria nose dived and rolled on the ground before resuming browsing.

The sky was clear in the morning as the orphans left the stockade and settled for Lucerne. Shortly later Yatta’s group consisting of Yatta, Yetu, Chyulu, Rapsu, Orok, Olenana, Naserian, Taita, Ithumbah, Loijuk, Kina, Nasalot, Wendi, Buchuma and 3 wild elephants came for water at the stockade. Buchuma joined the orphans eating Lucerne as the rest lined up for water. Bomani had a nice time scratching on the nearby rocks while Ziwa opted to give space to the ex-orphans when he saw them coming for Lucerne. Ziwa dislikes being pushed and that's why he always gives way to other elephants whenever he sees them approaching. After finishing Lucerne, the orphans left for browsing. Suguta and her group in the company of two wild elephants reported at the stockade an hour after all other elephants had left. Kilaguni was looking fine after he had some Epsom salts. At ten o'clock in the morning, the temperatures soared high forcing the orphans to feed under the trees. At mud bath time the sun was still hot but amazingly only Turkwel and Teleki participated in mud bathing; the rest went to share water with Half Trunk and two other wild elephants that were at the mudbath water trough. At one time Bongo was pushed by one of the wild bulls after he misbehaved. Bongo made a lot of noise which prompted the other orphans to stop drinking water. Teleki went to scratch against a nearby tree as Vuria and Orwa competed to use one tree for scratching with Orwa eventually pushing Vuria away from the tree. Kanjoro and Bongo returned later to share the water with the big bulls, but this time round Bongo was very careful not to mess with them. In the afternoon the orphans concentrated on browsing and browsed close together. In the evening all the groups; Yatta, Mulika, Lualeni and Suguta, reported for water at the stockade.

Kamboyo and Suguta’s group arrived at the stockade early before dawn and since there was no water in the trough yet, they opted to wait till day break. The Suguta’s group consisted of Suguta, Melia, Kilaguni, Chaimu, Tumaren, Kibo, Olare, Kitirua, Kalama, Chemi Chemi, Kasigau, KilabasI, Makireti, Kandecha, Murka, Naisula, and Ishanga At six o'clock in the morning, the water was turned on but three bulls arrived and pushed Suguta’s group away. Suguta and her group joined the juniors for Lucerne as they waited for the bulls to leave. Laragai, who always gets trouble with the boys because she doesn’t settle in one place was pushed by Kanjoro when she passed near him and stepped on Lucerne he was feeding on. Laragai went to where bongo was feeding and again stepped on Lucerne. Bongo chased her away. After being chased, Laragai headed to the water trough where she joined the three wild bulls in drinking water. When the bulls left, Suguta and her group went for the water while the juniors left for browsing. At the browsing field the orphans concentrated on feeding without any fun or games. At mud bath, the weather was chilly and none of the orphans wanted to jump in the cold water. The other orphans drank water whilst Teleki and Bongo had a brief strength testing exercise. Later Mulika with Mwende, Sunyei, Challa, Rapsu, Tomboi, Kina, Galana, Meibai, Kijana, Kenze, Nasalot, Makena and three wild elephants joined the juniors at mud bath. Teleki tried to challenge Rapsu but changed his mind. Nasalot went to where Vuria was standing and said hi to him. Later on Mutara led the juniors away leaving the ex-orphans at mud bath. Sunyei was very brave and opted to mud bath despite of the chilly weather. The orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area until the time of returning back to the stockade.

Vuria was limping slightly when he was leaving the stockade in the morning. It appears that he had a pushing game during the night that ended with him hurting his leg. When the orphans settled for Lucerne, Yatta group consisting of Napasha, Wendi, Loijuk Sidai, Chyulu, Ithumbah, Kora, Buchuma, Kilaguni, Yetu, Naserian and a wild boy joined the orphans. Two wild bulls arrived at the stockade water trough and continued to drink as the orphans and ex-orphans were still feeding on Lucerne. Kilaguni who is alright at the moment, opted to join the wild bulls in drinking. Ever since giving him the Epsom salts, he has not had a repeat of constipation. Laragai went to share water with wild bulls as Orwa and Yetu engaged in a pushing game. In the browsing field the orphans were scattered all over each trying to get enough food. Vuria led the way to the mud bath where Mutara, Shukuru, Narok and Kanjoro put on a spectacular wallowing show. At one time Narok nearly got stuck when she used the wrong way to get out. She struggled for awhile until she managed to stagger our. After the mud bath, Shukuru and Ziwa shared the same tree from scratching while Teleki used a different tree to scratch against. Scratching is an important routine to dislodge the ticks. Orwa tried to pull a root up using his feet but it was hard for him and he soon gave up. At soil bath time Shukuru and Kainuk did their best as the rest disappeared into the bush one by one. Vuria and his friend Garzi browsed together all afternoon while Shukuru fed close to Narok.

Seventeen wild elephants, a wild baby, Kibo and Kalama arrived at the stockade early before dawn and waited for the water trough to be filled. At six o'clock in the morning, the orphans took their milk and strolled nonchalantly out from the stockade. As they settled for Lucerne, Kibo, Kalama, the playful wild baby, his mother and sister joined them. The wild baby was chilled today and wasn't playful instead intend on taking flakes of Lucerne from his mother's mouth since she was piling lucerne in! On the other hand the baby’s sister was giving Kanjoro a hard time as she tried to confiscate flakes of Lucerne that Kanjoro had in his trunk. Kanjoro was wise and opted to run away from her trouble. Later Kanjoro passed near the baby sniffed at him then went and settled near Bongo. Shukuru, Laragai, Garzi and Vuria did their final touches of scratching before eventually leaving for browsing. The orphans passed at the water trough where the wild elephants were taking water. On seeing the juniors with the keepers, the wild elephants stepped back giving way to the orphans and the keepers. At the Kalovoto area the orphans browsed on shrubs. At mud bath time, only Kanjoro, Bongo, Mutara, Shukuru, Narok and Kainuk participated in the mud bathing exercise as the others watched from the banks of the mud wallow. Vuria opted to lie down under a tree for few seconds then woke up again. Soon after mud bath, Shukuru and Kainuk dusted themselves in red soil and later scratched against a nearby tree. The orphans later returned back to the browsing field where they occupied themselves in kicking grass to uproot and later putting it in their mouths to feed. In the evening, Suguta with her sixteen member team, in the company of Kamboyo, reported for water at the stockade. Later, Lualeni with her small group of Tomboi and Ololoo checked in for water. At the time of leaving, Kilaguni joined Lualeni as Suguta and her group headed east.