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The orphans settled briefly for lucerne soon after leaving the stockades. Kuishi and Esoit decided to go straight for the green vegetation in the browsing field, with the rest of the group following later. Vaarti came across a nice rock, which he used to scratch his buttocks. Lodo browsed with Kinyei, while Suguroi teamed up with Roho. The orphans settled to browse at the Kanziku area, enjoying the lush vegetation brought by the current rains.

Naleku developed an itchy eye and used her trunk to scratch it. When the trunk didn’t quite satisfy her, she found a nice tree stump and gently rubbed the itching part against it. Bondeni engaged Esoit in a strength-testing exercise that lasted a few minutes before Esoit decided to surrender. Mukkoka browsed with Larro, and at eleven o'clock, Suguroi led the way to the noon bottle feed.

In the afternoon, the orphans browsed west of Ithumba Hill. Larro took a break from feeding to have fun rolling on the ground. Lodo played with Bondeni, while Vaarti played with his friend Mayan.

The weather changed abruptly, and it began raining. The orphans enjoyed playing in the running water and lying down to smear themselves with red mud. The rain stopped an hour later, and the orphans resumed browsing.

It was still wet in the morning following the rains received the previous day. The orphans settled for lucerne soon after leaving the stockades. Shortly after, Lualeni, Lexi, Kilabasi, Kofi, Roi, Mteto, Tumaren, and Tembo emerged from the eastern side and joined the orphans. With the arrival of the ex-orphans, the orphans decided to give them space, and Kuishi led the group to the browsing field.

Bondeni engaged Vaarti in a light strength-testing exercise, while Esoit stayed close to his elder sister, Kuishi, and browsed. Roho decided to have some fun rolling on the ground, and his game attracted Lodo, Kindani, Kuishi, Kinyei, and Olorien, who joined in. After having enough fun, Lodo engaged Vaarti in a light pushing game, while Roho played with Mayan.

At eleven o'clock, Larro led the first group to the noon bottle feed. After taking their milk, the orphans drank water and then returned to the browsing field. In the afternoon, Kuishi, Naleku, Larro, and Esoit came across a bush mud bath and enjoyed cooling themselves down by jumping into it. Roho teamed up with Kinyei and Bondeni for browsing.

In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockades.

The orphans briefly settled for lucerne before heading out to browse. Kindani began her day by enjoying a moist soil bath, while Sattao and Naleku engaged in a scratching session before resuming their browsing. Lodo paired up with Roho, while Suguroi teamed up with Sattao as they settled to browse in the Kone area.

Later, Lodo opted for an early mud bath at Kone Dam and was briefly joined by Naleku and Kuishi, who only washed their feet. Vaarti, Kinyei, and Bondeni enjoyed a long soil-bathing session before returning to browse.

At eleven o'clock, Vaarti led the first group to the mud bath, followed by Suguroi leading the second group. After their milk, the orphans, led by Kuishi, returned to the browsing fields. In the afternoon, they browsed west of Ithumba Hill, where Sattao found a perfectly sized tree stump to scratch his belly.

In the evening, Mayan led the group back to the stockades for another night.

Ithumba Hill was partly covered by clouds as the orphans left the stockade in the morning. They briefly settled for lucerne before Naleku led the way to the browsing field. The orphans chose to browse north of the stockade, with Mukkoka teaming up with Naleku and Larro.

A male lesser kudu disrupted the peace when it sprinted past the orphans, causing them to panic and start running. The keepers quickly intervened, calling to the orphans and assuring them there was no danger. Thankfully, the orphans heeded the keepers' calls and calmed down.

Roho settled to browse with Bondeni, while Suguroi entertained herself by rolling on the ground. Vaarti and Mayan took a break from feeding to scratch against some rocks they found. Olorien and Lodo had a minor disagreement, which they resolved through a brief pushing match. When the conflict escalated, Lodo chose to surrender and moved to join Kinyei in browsing.

Later, Roho had a brief chat with Mayan, while Naleku and Suguroi seemed to have a ‘girl-to-girl’ moment. In the afternoon, Kuishi teamed up with Larro while Kindani and Lodo enjoyed a soil-dusting session before resuming their browsing. Bondeni and Vaarti engaged in a short-lived strength-testing game.

Olorien, Naleku, Suguroi, and Kuishi came across a bush mud bath and had fun rolling in the muddy water. In the evening, Vaarti led the group back to the stockade.

Orwa, Sapalan, and Enkikwe showed up early in the morning before the orphans were let out. After having their six o'clock milk, the orphans came out and joined the three ex-orphans. Kuishi, Mukkoka, and Sattao exchanged morning greetings with Orwa, Sapalan, and Enkikwe before settling for lucerne. Once lucerne feeding time was over, the ex-orphans escorted the orphans to the browsing field and then departed to an undisclosed location.

Kuishi settled to browse with Olorien, while Kindani chose to start her day with a soil bathing exercise. The morning was peaceful as the orphans browsed, enjoying the lush vegetation brought about by the recent rains. Esoit took a break from browsing to engage Roho in a light strength-testing exercise but surrendered when the challenge became too difficult. Roho then moved on to play with Bondeni.

At eleven o'clock, Mayan led the first group to the mud bath. After having their milk, the orphans enjoyed a mud-bathing session. Kuishi and Larro kept an eye on their favourite, Esoit, as he indulged in an extended mud bath. Once Esoit was satisfied, the two girls took him to rejoin their friends.

In the afternoon, Bondeni engaged Roho in a pushing game that went on for quite some time before Bondeni eventually lost. Roho then moved to play with Vaarti.

In the evening, Mayan led the orphans back to the stockade for the night.

Shortly before six o'clock in the morning, Kinna, who had been away for over a week, appeared from the eastern side, followed by her daughters, Kaia and Kama, along with Mundusi, Kilabasi, Kofi, Nasalot, Noah, Roi, Tusuja, Ishanga, and Nusu. But most excitingly, there was a tiny, new baby in the group — who turned out to be Kinna's third daughter! We named her Kito.

It was, as usual, a surprise to us — our ex-orphans always give us what we do not expect. Kaia is only three years old, and we didn’t expect Kinna to have another baby until next year. All the same, it brought joy to us since the family is growing. Kaia and Kama protected their little sister, and they didn't allow the orphans to get close to Kito. Shortly later, Kinna and her team left after introducing her young one to the human family.

Kuishi entwined her trunk with Mundusi in the morning greetings, then parted ways. The orphans settled to browse in the Kanziku area. Mukkoka came across a nice tree that he used to scratch his neck, while the water boy Lodo came across a water pan that he used to have an early mud bathing exercise. After having enough wallowing, Lodo quit and joined Vaarti in browsing and later had a light pushing game.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Naleku led the first group to the midday bottle feed. After getting their milk, Kuishi led the team into mud bathing. Lodo and Suguroi were the last ones to quit the wallowing exercise. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill.

In the evening, Kuishi, Mukkoka, Larro, Sattao, and Esoit dodged the Keepers and disappeared into the thick bushes. The Keepers mounted a search, but before they could locate them, Kuishi brought her team back to the stockades. Everyone was in their bedrooms before seven o'clock in the evening.

Ukame, Lualeni, Lulu, Lexi, Lili, Lisha, Loijuk, and Chaimu reported in the morning and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. We were concerned to see that Chaimu had not reunited with her baby, Chapa — we can only hope that he was kidnapped by other elephants. Happily, Lualeni has reunited with her babies. 

Vaarti settled to scratch on his favourite rock, while Esoit engaged Lisha in a light pushing game. Lodo had a misunderstanding with Lulu, and the misunderstanding ended in a competitive sparring match. Lodo surrendered and moved a distance away.

At the browsing field, Bondeni engaged Roho in a pushing game. When the going got tough for Bondeni, he was left with no other option apart from surrendering and running away. Naleku teamed up with Mukkoka and Sattao in browsing, while Olorien settled to browse with Larro. Kinyei came across a nice tree that she used to scratch her neck and buttocks.

Suguroi spotted two lesser kudus browsing nearby and decided to scare them. She ran towards the antelopes, charging and trumpeting. Luckily, the lesser kudus ran in the opposite direction away from the orphans; otherwise, if they had run towards the orphans, hell would have broken loose, because the orphans are secretly frightened of any creatures that charge at them, no matter how harmless.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Kindani led the first group to the mud bath, while Mayan led the second group. The orphans had their milk, then participated in mud bathing before being led away to the browsing field by Kuishi. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. They browsed calmly throughout the remaining part of the day.

After getting their morning milk, Esoit was the first to leave the stockades, followed by Mayan and Vaarti. Kuishi then escorted the team for lucerne and thereafter headed for browsing. At the browsing field, Roho settled to browse with Larro, while Bondeni teamed up with Kindani. The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area. Later, Bondeni, Kinyei, and Kindani had a brief meeting, but it wasn't clear what the meeting was about.

The orphans browsed calmly up to mud bath time when Suguroi led the first group. The temperatures were moderate, and the orphans had their milk, then headed to the water trough where they had water before returning to the browsing field. Roho engaged Lodo in a light strength-testing exercise and later moved to play with Vaarti. Mayan came across a nice tree that he used to scratch his itching neck.

Mukkoka, Sattao, and Larro split from the main herd and browsed a distance away. Later, the trio rejoined their colleagues, and Vaarti led the way back to the stockades.

The orphans settled for lucerne soon after leaving the stockade. Vaarti and Mayan scratched on their favourite rock. After feeding on lucerne, Olorien led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled at Kone area and browsed calmly until eleven o'clock in the morning, when Kindani led the way to the mud bath.

On the way to the mud bath, the orphans came across a bush mud bath and enjoyed a cooling-off exercise before proceeding to their noon bottle feeds. The orphans had their milk, then headed to the water trough to drink water before returning to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse in the Kanziku area and concentrated on browsing without any major observations.

Enkikwe and Olsekki joined the orphans early in the morning. The two boys settled to share lucerne with the orphans and later escorted them to the browsing field. Naleku settled to browse with Roho as Esoit found a suitable rock that he used to scratch his belly. Vaarti took a break from feeding to engage Bondeni in a strength-testing exercise. Their game didn't last for long as Mukkoka passed by and pushed the two boys out of his way. Bondeni and Vaarti decided to walk a distance away and settled to browse while conversing privately.

Mayan teamed up with Suguroi and Lodo in browsing. Esoit walked to join Kinyei soon after having enough of scratching. Later, Kuishi picked Esoit and walked a distance away from their colleagues and settled for a wet soil bathing exercise. Kindani, Roho, Mukkoka, Larro, Olorien, and Suguroi came across a bush mud bath and enjoyed rolling in the mud.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Naleku led the way for the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, Lodo led the team into wallowing. While wallowing, Lodo engaged Roho in a pushing game that lasted for quite some time. The two boys were the last ones to quit wallowing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Esoit and Lodo had a light strength-testing exercise that ended soon when Esoit surrendered. The remaining part of the day was quiet as the orphans concentrated more on browsing without any major observations.

Olsekki, Sapalan, and Enkikwe joined the orphans in the morning for lucerne. The feeding time didn't take long, as the orphans were in a hurry to go for the green, lush vegetation out in the bush. The three ex-orphan boys didn't follow the orphans but remained at the stockade compound, where Olsekki engaged Enkikwe in a strength-testing exercise.

Mukkoka settled to browse with Roho, while Olorien decided to have fun by engaging in a moist soil dusting exercise. The soil dusting exercise attracted Kuishi, Bondeni, Suguroi, Kinyei, and Mayan, who joined Olorien and went down to roll on the ground. Later, Kindani teamed up with Suguroi in browsing, while Vaarti settled to browse with Lodo.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Larro led the first group to the midday bottle feeds, while Esoit led the second group. The orphans had their milk and thereafter headed for wallowing. Lodo and Roho engaged each other in a pushing game while still in the water. Larro was the last one to quit wallowing.

In the afternoon, Lodo settled to browse with Kinyei, Suguroi, and Mayan. The remaining part of the day was quiet, as the orphans concentrated more on browsing without any major observation. In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockade.

Sapalan and Olsekki joined the orphans in the morning. The ex-orphans shared lucerne with the orphans and later escorted them to the browsing field. Shortly after, the two boys tried to convince Mukkoka, Sattao, Roho, and Kuishi to leave together. Sapalan and Olsekki nearly succeeded, but it appears there was some disagreement a distance away that made the four orphans return and rejoin their colleagues.

Esoit had started complaining when he tried to look for Kuishi and couldn’t find her. It was a happy moment for Esoit when he saw Kuishi coming back. Naleku met with Mukkoka and settled to browse together while trying to find out where Mukkoka and his colleagues had been and why they had returned early. It’s not clear what answer Mukkoka gave to Naleku, but they walked together, heading to the mud bath.

Vaarti teamed up with Mayan and Bondeni in browsing, while Lodo, Sattao, Suguroi, Kindani, and Kinyei decided to have fun rolling on the ground.

At mud bath time, Olorien led the first group, while Larro led the second. After getting their midday bottle feeds, Kuishi led the way back to the browsing field.

In the afternoon, the sun was hot, prompting Larro, Esoit, Bondeni, Sattao, and Kuishi to take a break from feeding to relax under a tree with a nice shade. Later, Vaarti engaged Bondeni in a light pushing game.

In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockade.

Naisula, Nyx, Olsekki, Mapia, Karisa, Enkikwe, and Sapalan joined the orphans for the feeding of lucerne. Nyx enjoyed a good time with Suguroi and Naleku before Kuishi led the orphans to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area.

Mapia decided to leave the ex-orphans and spend time with the orphans instead. He settled to browse and play with Sattao. Lodo jumped into the Kone dam for an early mud bath. Roho joined Lodo in the water, and the two boys had fun for quite some time. They eventually quit wallowing when they felt they had had enough.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Vaarti led the first group to the mud bath for their bottle feeds. After having their milk, the orphans visited the water trough at the mud bath and then returned to the browsing field.

The orphans browsed calmly throughout the rest of the day.

Shortly after the orphans settled for their morning lucerne, several ex-orphans and their babies arrived. These included Ithumba, Iman, Kilabasi, Kofi, Naisula, Nyx, Mapia, Sapalan, Enkikwe, and Olsekki. The ex-orphans joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne for some time before parting ways.

Kuishi, Mapia, Vaarti, Esoit, and Kindani used nearby rocks to scratch their bellies. Afterwards, Kuishi engaged Mapia in a light strength-testing exercise, though it didn’t last long. Mapia then escorted the orphans to the browsing field before leaving for an undisclosed location.

Roho decided to have fun rolling on the ground, but Lodo came over and tried to push him. Roho defended himself by sitting down, forcing Lodo to quit and move on to play with Suguroi. Roho then stood up and joined Mayan in browsing.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Olorien led the way to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk before heading for wallowing. Larro, Roho, Lodo, Kindani, Suguroi, and Naleku had a prolonged wallowing session.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. As the clouds cleared, the sunshine prompted them to take cover under trees with good shade. They resumed browsing later when the temperatures dropped to a more comfortable level.

In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockade.

Wendi, Wiva, Wema, Wimbi, Sidai, Sita, Silas, Sid, Naserian, Njema, Ithumba, Iman, Narok, Loijuk, Lili, Lisha, Naisula, Nyx, Ukame, Kilabasi, Kofi, and Pare joined the orphans for their morning lucerne. After the orphans left for browsing, more ex-orphans arrived. Most excitingly, Lenana appeared with a young baby, estimated to be about four weeks old. Following her were Lapa, Nasalot, Noah, Nusu, Chyulu, Cheka, Charli, Lualeni, Lulu, Lexi, Yatta, Yogi, Yoyo, Yetu, and Yebo. We named her new baby Laki.

There was no visible excitement among the ex-orphans, suggesting they had already met Lenana’s new baby and were aware of its arrival. Later, all the ex-orphans headed east towards Kalovoto.

The orphans settled to browse near Kone Dam, where Kuishi teamed up with Sattao, and Mukkoka browsed alongside Suguroi. Roho took a break to roll on the ground for fun, and Esoit came over to use Roho as a scratching post. Bondeni engaged Vaarti in a pushing game that lasted quite some time.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Kindani led the orphans to the mud bath. After their milk, Lodo led the group into wallowing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Olsekki, accompanied by a wild friend, briefly joined the orphans before disappearing to an undisclosed location.

The rest of the day was uneventful as the orphans focused on browsing. In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockade.

Most of the ex-orphans, totaling sixty in number, presented themselves early in the morning and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. Due to the congestion and pushing from their seniors, the orphans decided to give them space and slowly walked away to the browsing field. Noticeable that morning were the new wild-born calves, Kito and Laki.

Suguroi and Naleku didn’t get a chance to interact with the newborns as they usually like to whenever they are around. The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area, where Mayan engaged Roho in a strength-testing exercise that ended with Mayan losing to Roho. The orphans were briefly joined by Loijuk, Lili, and Lisha. Suguroi tried to interact with Lisha but was blocked by Lili.

At eleven o’clock, Vaarti led the first group to the mud bath while Olorien led the second. The orphans had their milk before heading to wallow. Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, Lualeni, Lulu, and Mundusi were also present at the mud bath but didn’t interact with the orphans as they were busy browsing.

After wallowing, the orphans headed south of the mud bath and settled between the Imenti area and Ithumba Hill. Roho browsed alongside Larro, while Vaarti engaged Bondeni in a pushing game. Esoit had a light pushing game with Kinyei, and later, Roho challenged Mukkoka to a match but had to surrender when Mukkoka proved much stronger.

The rest of the day was quiet, with the orphans browsing calmly throughout without any major observations. In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockades.

Most of the ex-orphans, totaling sixty in number, presented themselves early in the morning and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. Due to the congestion and pushing from their seniors, the orphans decided to give them space and slowly walked away to the browsing field. Kinna and Loijuk’s new wild-born calves, Kito and Laki, were present with their families.

Suguroi and Naleku didn’t get a chance to interact with the newborns as they usually like to whenever they are around. The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area, where Mayan engaged Roho in a strength-testing exercise that ended with Mayan losing to Roho. The orphans were briefly joined by Loijuk, Lili, and Lisha. Suguroi tried to interact with Lisha but was blocked by Lili.

At eleven o’clock, Vaarti led the first group to the mud bath while Olorien led the second. The orphans had their milk before heading to wallow. Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, Lualeni, Lulu, and Mundusi were also present at the mud bath but didn’t interact with the orphans as they were busy browsing.

After wallowing, the orphans headed south of the mud bath and settled between the Imenti area and Ithumba Hill. Roho browsed alongside Larro, while Vaarti engaged Bondeni in a pushing game. Esoit had a light pushing game with Kinyei, and later, Roho challenged Mukkoka to a match but had to surrender when Mukkoka proved much stronger.

The rest of the day was quiet, with the orphans browsing calmly throughout without any major observations. In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockades.

The ex-orphans showed up in the morning in large numbers. They joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. Shortly afterward, the orphans decided to give their seniors space and left for browsing. The orphans settled to browse at the Kone area.

Bondeni browsed with Vaarti, while Esoit teamed up with Kuishi and Lodo. Larro settled to browse with Sattao as Suguroi came across two dik-diks, which prompted her to charge and run after them. The ever-active Suguroi was joined by Roho, Mukkoka, and Mayan in the chase. The two dik-diks ran as fast as their legs could carry them, disappearing into the thickets. Suguroi and her team were left searching and charging at empty bushes, as the dik-diks had long gone. After some time, Suguroi’s team calmed down and resumed browsing after failing to locate the dik-diks.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Olorien led the first group to the mud bath. Immediately after getting their milk, the orphans enjoyed wallowing and smearing themselves with mud.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Roho played with Bondeni, while Vaarti played with his friend Mayan. Kinyei found a suitable rock to scratch her belly, and in the evening, Naleku led the way back to the stockades.

Naisula, Nyx, Maramoja, Tumaren, Tembo, Chaimu, Esampu, Naseku, Sidai, Sid, and Mapia joined the orphans this morning. Naleku walked close to Sid and spent some time enjoying the baby’s company. Sattao engaged Maramoja in a brief pushing game that didn’t last long.

Suguroi had a disagreement with Nyx, which escalated when Suguroi bit Nyx's tail. Nyx cried out while running toward her mother. Suguroi chased her for a short distance before changing direction, stopping before Nyx could reach her mother.

Mayan and Vaarti settled to scratch themselves on a nearby rock. Later, Kuishi led the way to the browsing field. The ex-orphans headed west of the stockade while the orphans settled to browse at Kone area.

Kindani and Suguroi visited the Kone dam for water before resuming browsing. Meanwhile, Naleku, Larro, Mukkoka, Roho, Vaarti, and Lodo enjoyed a game of rolling on the ground together.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Olorien led the orphans to the mud bath. After having their milk, they returned to the browsing field. In the afternoon, the orphans settled west of Ithumba Hill, browsing calmly until five o’clock in the evening, when Vaarti led them back to the stockade.

It was a quiet morning. The orphans left the stockade immediately after taking their morning milk. No ex-orphans showed up during the lucerne feeding time, allowing the orphans to enjoy their meal without being pushed around by seniors. After having enough lucerne, Esoit, Kuishi, and Mayan walked down to the water trough to drink water. Naleku then led the way to the browsing field.

At the browsing field, Mayan engaged Roho in a strength-testing exercise that lasted for quite some time before Mayan surrendered and walked off to join Vaarti in browsing. Roho walked to join Suguroi, Sattao, and Olorien in feeding. Kuishi stayed close to Esoit, her favourite boy, as they browsed together.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Lodo led the first group to the mud bath while Kindani led the second one. The orphans had their milk, then Naleku led the team into the mud bath. Kinyei decided to use Vaarti as a scratching surface when Vaarti lay down to roll in the mud. Suguroi, Larro, and Olorien were the stars of the day, enjoying a prolonged mud-bathing session and being the last ones to quit wallowing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Kinyei had a brief meeting with Suguroi and spent time having a "girl-to-girl talk." Vaarti played a pushing game with Bondeni, while Naleku picked up a stick from the ground and used it to scratch between her front legs.

In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockade.

After getting their morning milk, Esoit led the way out, followed by Vaarti and Mayan. The orphans settled briefly for lucerne, then decided to go for the fresh vegetation out in the bush. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area and scattered all over, each trying to get the best out of the variety of vegetation available. Kinyei developed an itchy ear and looked for a nice tree that she used to scratch against. Bondeni, Mayan, Kindani, and Suguroi took a break from feeding to have a game of rolling on the ground. Kinyei and Vaarti joined them later. After having enough of rolling on the ground, the orphans resumed to browse. Lodo browsed with Mukkoka, while Vaarti teamed up with Roho.

On the way to the mud bath, the orphans came across stagnated water and decided to have a mini mud bath before heading to the main one. At eleven o'clock in the morning, the orphans headed for their midday bottle feeds and thereafter jumped into the water for a cooling-off exercise. Only Bondeni boycotted the wallowing exercise. The rest participated fully in the wallowing exercise. After wallowing, the orphans settled for a soil-bathing exercise before heading back to the browsing field.

In the afternoon, Lodo browsed with Bondeni while Kinyei settled to browse with Kuishi. Essoit engaged Larro in a light pushing game. Shortly before evening, the cloudy sky opened up and gave way to rains that lasted for quite some time. The orphans enjoyed the cooling effect brought about by the rains and decided to have fun by rolling on the wet soil. In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockade.

Kitirua was outside the stockade when the orphans were let out. Kuishi, Mukkoka, and Sattao were the first ones to leave the stockade and headed straight to say hello to Kitirua. Kuishi had a brief conversation with Kitirua as she wanted to find out why she was on her own without a group. It's not clear what answers Kitirua gave to Kuishi. Kuishi then moved to check on her favorite Esoit. The orphans settled briefly for lucerne and thereafter headed for browsing. Kitirua wasn't left behind but accompanied the orphans to the browsing field. 

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Mayan, Bondeni, Kindani, Suguroi, and Roho took a break from browsing to have fun rolling on the ground. Kinyei came across a bent tree that she used to scratch her neck. Lodo settled to browse with Mukkoka while Sattao teamed up with Kuishi and Esoit. At around ten o'clock in the morning, Kitirua raised her trunk up and thereafter left to an undisclosed location. 

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Naleku led the way to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk then headed for a cooling off exercise. Only Bondeni boycotted the wallowing exercise and just walked through the water to wash his feet. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill where they were joined again by Kitirua. Lodo settled to browse with Bondeni while Kuishi teamed up with Kindani. 

At four o'clock in the evening, it started raining. The rain lasted for half an hour. After the rain stopped, the orphans settled in a game of sliding on wet grounds and later rolling on wet grounds. In the evening, Kitirua escorted the orphans back to the stockade.

Kitirua arrived in the morning shortly after the orphans had been let out. Vaarti appeared to have had stomach problems as he lay down two times while the rest of his colleagues were feeding on lucerne. Larro moved closer and touched Vaarti with her trunk, assuring him that all would be well. Vaarti woke up and played with Esoit briefly before Naleku led the way to the browsing field.

Kitirua accompanied the orphans and this time browsed with them throughout the morning session. Larro, Kindani, Mayan, Kinyei, and Suguroi took a break from browsing to have a game of playing on the ground. Their game was disrupted by Roho who came to ride on Larro. The other orphans stopped playing for fear of Roho getting a free ride from them.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Olorien led the first group to the milk feeds. After the orphans had their milk, Kitirua led the orphans into wallowing and later to the browsing field. Only Vaarti, Bondeni, and Sattao didn't participate in wallowing. Vaarti engaged Bondeni in a pushing game that lasted for quite some time, which was an indication that he was healing from the stomach problems.

The rest of the day was quiet as they browsed calmly throughout without any major observation.

Yatta, Yogi, Yoyo, Kinna, Kito, Kama, Kaia, Naserian, Njema, Pare, Siku, and Kitirua arrived early before dawn and relaxed outside the stockade. At six o'clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk, then Vaarti led the way out. Vaarti briefly exchanged morning greetings with Njema before going to wait for the lucerne. Kuishi had a light pushing game with Yoyo while Olorien tackled Yogi. Larro had a brief interaction with Kito. Kito pulled some grass from Larro's mouth. Larro accepted and released a bit to Kito.

Vaarti walked down to the water trough and had water before joining his colleagues who had started walking to the bush. Kuishi and Mukkoka lagged behind, enjoying the company of the ex-orphans. The two orphans joined the others later at the browsing field after they had enough interaction with the ex-orphans.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Kindani, Lodo, and Roho visited the Kone dam and decided to have an early mud bath. Lodo and Roho spent some time having a pushing game while still in water. The two boys quit when they felt that they had enough of playing in the water.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Vaarti led the way to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk then headed for wallowing. Only Bondeni and Vaarti boycotted the wallowing exercise. The rest of the team had a spectacular wallowing. Kuishi, Larro, and Esoit were the last ones to quit wallowing.

In the afternoon, the orphans were joined by Kitirua, and by evening, Kitirua had snatched Mukkoka and Kuishi from the human family. Kitirua later, at dark, brought Kuishi and Mukkoka back to the stockade.

It was a quiet morning. The orphans left the stockade immediately after getting their six o'clock milk. Mayan and Mukkoka settled to scratch their buttocks on a nearby rock. Later Mayan engaged Roho in a pushing game but surrendered when the going got tough for him. Lodo walked down to the water trough and had water before leaving for browsing.

Naleku led the way to the browsing field soon after she had enough of lucerne. Kinyei teamed up with Esoit while Vaarti settled to browse with his friend Mayan. Suguroi had a disagreement with Lodo that ended in a fight. Sattao, who passed close by, intervened by pushing the two away.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Olorien led the first group to the mud bath while Kindani led the second group. After getting their milk, the orphans headed for wallowing. Only Vaarti didn't participate fully in the wallowing exercise. He only walked through the water washing his legs then went out for a soil bathing exercise. The orphans had a prolonged wallowing.

Immediately after the orphans had enough of wallowing, Naleku was the first one to quit while trumpeting. The rest of the team followed and all got into a charging mood and excitement while running in different directions. It took the keepers some time before they calmed them down, but Kuishi and Larro had disappeared with Esoit. It took the keepers an hour of searching before finally finding their location and walking them back to join their colleagues.

Olorien settled to browse with Roho as Mayan, Bondeni, Vaarti, Suguroi, and Sattao took a break from feeding to have a game of rolling on the ground. In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockade.

The orphans settled for lucerne immediately after leaving the stockade. Esoit exchanged morning greetings with Roho by entwining their trunks. Kindani and Mayan settled for a scratching exercise on a nearby rock as they waited for the distribution of lucerne.

After lucerne feeding time, Naleku led the way to the browsing field. Olorien settled to browse with Sattao while Kinyei teamed up with Bondeni. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Later, Kuishi, Esoit, and Kinyei took a break from browsing to have fun rolling on the ground.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Suguroi led the way for bottle feeds. After having their milk, the orphans settled for a mud bathing exercise. Naleku decided to scratch her belly on Suguroi who was rolling in mud.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill and browsed calmly throughout the remaining part of the day without any major observation. In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockade.

The orphans settled for lucerne soon after leaving the stockade. After feeding on lucerne, Mayan led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Kuishi, Esoit, Lodo, and Suguroi visited the Kone dam and had water before resuming browsing. Kuishi took Esoit to teach him how to peel bark from trees.

Later, Esoit engaged Roho in a light pushing game. Roho won the game and walked to join Naleku in scratching on nearby rocks. The orphans met with Kinna, Kama, Kaia, and Kito. Larro interacted with Kito briefly before Kama pushed her away.

Mayan tackled Roho and later led the way to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans had a brief mud bath then returned back to the browsing field. On the way, the orphans started trumpeting while charging. It wasn't clear what had caused the excitement. The Keepers ran after them as they tried to calm them down.

Finally, the orphans heeded the Keepers' call and calmed down and resumed browsing. In the evening, the orphans returned safely to the stockade.

Wendi, Wiva, Wema, Wimbi, Galana, Gawa, Gala, Oltaiyoni, Naseku, Esampu, Tumaren, Tembo, Ithumbah, Iman, Mundusi, Wanjala, Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, and Chaimu arrived at the stockade compound early at dawn and decided to wait for the orphans to come so that they could have lucerne together.

At six o'clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk then left to join the ex-orphans outside. Vaarti left with a leftover branch in his mouth that he continued to enjoy feeding on before the distribution of lucerne. Kuishi entwined her trunk with Mundusi in morning greetings while Sattao did it with Wanjala. Kindani settled to feed on lucerne close to Wema, but Wema, who has inherited her mother's character, drove Kindani away. Esoit enjoyed giving Gala a light pushing game as Olorien shared her pile of lucerne with Kinyei.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area where they were joined briefly by Enkikwe and Sapalan. Suguroi and Roho visited the Kone dam for a drink and thereafter returned to join their colleagues in browsing. Naleku settled to browse with Esoit while Bondeni teamed up with Lodo.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Kinyei led the way to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk then headed for wallowing. Only Bondeni and Vaarti boycotted the wallowing exercise. The two boys only washed their legs then headed for soil bathing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Imenti area. It was a quiet afternoon as the orphans concentrated more on browsing without any major observation.

Nasalolt, Noah, Wendi, Wiva, Wema, Wimbi, Sapalan, Enkikwe, Galana, Gawa, Gala, Chaimu, Oltaiyoni, a wild bull, and Nusu joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne in the morning. The wild bull kept charging at the Keepers, so they decided to give it space by walking away. The rascal Noah engaged Sattao in a pushing game that ended when Noah surrendered. Wema bullied Mayan. Mayan initially defended himself, but when the going got tough, he had no choice but to run away. Vaarti and Olorien had a brief interaction with Gala before heading out to browse.

The orphans settled to browse at the Kone area. Kuishi, Suguroi, and Esoit visited the Kone Dam for water and later returned to join their colleagues in browsing. Vaarti settled for a soil dusting exercise and was joined by Bondeni, Naleku, Lodo, and Larro. At eleven o'clock in the morning, Mayan engaged Lodo in a pushing game before following their colleagues to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk, then Kinyei led the team into wallowing. The two boys, as usual—Bondeni and Vaarti—only washed their legs, while their colleagues enjoyed a prolonged cooling-off exercise.

When the orphans had enough of wallowing, Sattao, Mayan, Suguroi, Olorien, and Mukkoka participated in a soil bathing exercise before being led away back to the browsing field by Kuishi. Two wild bulls showed up at the mud bath as the orphans were leaving. The orphans settled to browse at the Kanziku area. Olorien settled to browse with Kindani, while Kinyei teamed up with Kuishi. Mukkoka settled to browse with Roho, and Bondeni found a suitable rock to scratch his buttocks.

In the evening, the orphans passed by the Kone Dam, where all participated fully in an evening cooling-off exercise before returning to the stockade.

Several ex-orphans were present in the morning during the lucerne feeding time. Nusu interacted with Sattao, but when the game turned rough, Sattao simply walked away. Vaarti, Esoit, and Mayan settled to scratch their bellies on a nearby rock as Naleku wandered off to the browsing field. Suguroi decided to follow her, and later, the rest of the orphaned herd did the same.

At the browsing field, Esoit engaged in a pushing game that lasted for quite some time. The game ended when Kuishi passed close by and called Esoit to follow her. Olorien and Roho had a brief meeting, but no one could understand what they were "talking" about. Later, Suguroi played with Lodo while Roho played with Esoit.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Kinyei led the way to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk and then headed for wallowing. Olorien, Vaarti, and Bondeni only washed their feet before leaving for a soil bathing exercise. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. The sun was hot, so the orphans took a break from feeding to relax under the trees. They resumed browsing later when the temperatures dropped to a more favourable level.

In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockade.

It was a cloudy and chilly morning. Yatta, Yoyo, Yogi, Tumaren, Tembo, Naseku, Maramoja, Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, Mundusi, and Oltaiyoni showed up as the orphans were being let out. Naleku and Suguroi headed straight to Tembo and exchanged morning greetings before following him around while the keepers distributed lucerne.

The rascal Noah tried to bully Olorien and Kindani but was quickly told off by Kuishi. Nusu had a brief interaction with Sattao, while Mayan and Vaarti settled to scratch on a nearby rock. Shortly after, Naleku decided she’d had enough lucerne and walked to the browsing field. As it drizzled, the rest of the orphaned herd followed Naleku. Only Olorien, Larro, and Mukkoka tried to linger amongst the ex-orphans, but the keepers ushered them to join their colleagues who had already left.

Maramoja and Naseku escorted the orphans to the browsing field and then held a brief meeting with Kuishi before heading off to an undisclosed location. The orphans browsed calmly as they slowly made their way toward the mud bath. The sky remained cloudy, and the temperatures were moderate.

At eleven o'clock, Kinyei led the first group to the mud bath. After their milk, Lodo led the team into wallowing. Following the wallowing session, Vaarti, Mayan, Bondeni, Kindani, and Esoit headed for a soil dusting exercise.

In the afternoon, Suguroi teamed up with Sattao for browsing, while Roho engaged Bondeni in a light pushing game. In the evening, Vaarti led the way back to the stockade.