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A bright morning greeted the orphans today as they exited their stockades and prepared to head out to the park following their morning milk bottles and supplement feeding. 

Sagala, together with her new friends Thamana and Lemeki, took the lead of the orphan herd out to the bush today, manoeuvring the group around to the northern side of Msinga Hill which overlooks the baobab mud wallow. 

The orphans spent the morning browsing in the open savannah grasslands at the foot of Msinga Hill where a group of giraffes walked past them, but didn’t stop to join them. At noon the orphans came running in for their milk feed, after which they headed to the mud wallow for a cooling swim.

Emoli decided to cool off in the water trough before joining the rest of his friends at the mud bath where Lasayen was posing at the edge of the waterhole scratching his itchy trunk on the ground, before joining Rorogoi in the water where the two enjoyed playing together. Suswa quenched her thirst at the water trough while Lasayen and Ngilai enjoyed an afternoon sparring game.

Ex-orphans Edie, Mweya and Icholta visited the stockade today with their wild born babies. Edie’s one-week-old baby, Enzo, was in a mischievous mood. He had lots of fun running through his mothers’ feet as he charged at the Keepers. 

When the orphans left the stockade following the lucerne supplement feeding, the ex-orphans headed around the western side of Msinga Hill while the stockade-dependent orphans made their way to the eastern side.

When it was time for the noon milk feed, Emoli snuck past the Keepers and came running in with Lemeki, Thamana and Sagala to be the first to get their milk bottles. Emoli then walked past his friends and plunged into the water trough again for a swim, instead of the mud wallow. His friends were surprised to find him submerged in the water like a hippopotamus with only his trunk showing above the water. Thamana enjoyed a scratching session against the baobab tree while Suswa and her friends had fun in the mud bath. Lasayen was again found playing outside the mud wallow where he had fun in the small puddles of water that had formed from splashed water.

The afternoon was spent browsing at the foot of Msinga Hill where Arruba, Murit and Pika Pika feasted on green vegetation, while Ngilai tried to engage his favourite playmate Emoli in a sparring game. He was met by a lack of interest from Emoli, who walked off and settled to browse a short distance away.

It was a sunny morning today and the orphans had fun playing around the stockade compound following the morning milk feed. There were a variety of bonding games the orphans were enjoying - Ngilai and Murit engaged in conversation while Tagwa enjoyed scratching against the biggest rock in the stockade compound. Mbegu had a scratching session against the stockade terraces while Suswa and Murit engaged in a play fight.

Ngilai was in a very playful mood and lay on the ground to entice Sagala to play but she was not interested and walked off leaving Ngilai to pose for the camera, acting as if that was his plan all along.

Murit and Emoli were sparring while Sagala, Lemeki and Thamana decided that it was time to head out for the day and took the lead of the orphan herd out to the Park, settling to browse along Msinga Hill halfway towards the baobab tree waterhole.

Following the afternoon milk feed, the orphans all had a lot of fun playing in the waterhole as they enjoyed a variety of mud bathing games which showcased their wallowing tactics. Ngilai and Emoli exited the water to engage in a sparring session before joining the rest of the orphans for the afternoon browsing activities. 

In the evening the orphans returned to the stockades for the night with Lasayen, Godoma and Sagala enjoying a quick mud bath at the stockade compound after which they had a drink from the water trough before entering their stockades for the night. 

The orphans exited their stockades this morning for their milk bottles after which they enjoyed feeding on dairy cubes. Arruba had fun rolling around on the ground to play while Mudanda enjoyed a morning dust bath at the stockade dust piles. 

Tagwa, Rorogoi and Sagala led the way out to the browsing fields today, with Godoma and Thamana spending time side by side with Lemeki as the three bonded while browsing in the open fields adjacent to Msinga Hill. Mbegu wanted to spend time bonding with Thamana and managed to get Thamana to herself for a little bit. Thamana seemed to enjoy being with Mbegu and kept taking vegetation from her mouth.   

As noon approached, the orphans made their way to the baobab tree waterhole for their noon milk bottle followed by a mud bath. Lasayen drank from the water trough alongside Ngilai and Suswa while Ndotto and Mudanda enjoyed a sparring session under the baobab tree. Sagala and Tagwa stood side by side at the water trough while Pika Pika and Rorogoi were busy sparring in the mud wallow. The orphans all enjoyed mud bathing today, with Arruba exiting the water for a scratching session against a nearby tree. Ndotto and Suswa were standing in the water head to head, as if engaged in a telepathic conversation while Lemeki, Sagala and Thamana all had a good time dust bathing. The afternoon was spent browsing before returning to the safety of the stockades for the night.