01 June 1999

On the lst Malaika joined a herd of wild elephants in the Lion Hill Valley. That evening Dika came to the Stockades, and remained there until morning.

02 June 1999

On the 2nd Malaika took her family off, meeting up with wild elephants at 9.30 a.m. and later with Edo and Ndume down at the campsite. Dika climbed the hill, but came down to join the orphans when they returned in the evening.

03 June 1999

On the 3rd the orphans again joined Ndume and Dika and were with them for 3 hours and on the 4th our orphans met up with Dika, Ndume, Edo and Lissa's group and were with them until 3 p.m. when Lissa's group left with Dika heading for the river whilst the others made their way to the Stockades where they met Catherine and her family who had arrived at 5.30 p.m.

04 June 1999

On the 4th our orphans met up with Dika, Ndume, Edo and Lissa's group and were with them until 3 p.m. when Lissa's group left with Dika heading for the river whilst the others made their way to the Stockades where they met Catherine and her family who had arrived at 5.30 p.m.

05 June 1999

Malaika's group met up with Edo and Ndume up the hill after which they all went on down to the river.

06 June 1999

On the 6th the orphans were joined by 3 wild cows and 6 calves and they all had a good time together.

07 June 1999

On the 7th the orphans joined a wild herd down at the river, and met up with another wild group at the campsite on their way back to the Stockades.

08 June 1999

Again on the 8th the orphans met a wild herd at the Campsite after their mudbath and spent the rest of the day with them.

09 June 1999

On the 9th they were joined by Edo and Ndume and they all mingled with many wild herds throughout the day before returning together to the Stockades in the evening.

10 June 1999

On the 10th Edo and Ndume were again with Malaika's group all day.

11 June 1999

The 11th was uneventful and the 12th was spent with Catherine's family until the evening.

12 June 1999

The 11th was uneventful and the 12th was spent with Catherine's family until the evening.

13 June 1999

The 13th was spent with various different wild herds down at the river. Mmeanwhile Emily and Aitong remain with little "Mweiga" within the Headquarter electric fence and close to the Stockades, since Mweiga needs milk every 3 hours. (Daphne's comment:- this calf was not thriving on the Israeli Milk Replacer we normally use for the Tsavo elephants, since SMA is heat sensitive and does not keep in that climate. This was a puzzle until we went into the formula more closely and found that it was, in fact, different to what we had previously used, containing antibiotic. Small wonder Mweiga was not thriving. Pure Skim milk powder was sourced, with great difficulty, and since then she has forged ahead).

14 June 1999

On the 14th Malaika's group were joined by Edo and Ndume and they all inter-mingled with numerous wild herds later.

15 June 1999

On the 15th our Orphans were joined by 6 large elephants and two calves at the campsite, and spent an hour with them. Edo and Ndume met them on their way back home.

16 June 1999

The orphans were with Edo and Ndume again on the 16th meeting numerous wild groups, but the next two days they were alone, meeting up again with Edo and Ndume on the 19th and 20th, when they interacted with wild elephants until 4 p.m.

19 June 1999

The orphans were with Edo and Ndume on the 19th and 20th, when they interacted with wild elephants until 4 p.m.

20 June 1999

The orphans were with Edo and Ndume on the 19th and 20th, when they interacted with wild elephants until 4 p.m.

21 June 1999

On 2lst the orphans again spent the day with a wild herd down at the river and were joined the next day again by Edo and Ndume when they again interacted with many wild groups.

23 June 1999

On the 23rd Malaika was joined just by Edo (Ndume was absent) and they mingled with many wild elephants.

24 June 1999

On the 24th the orphans found Edo and Ndume on the East side of the hill, returning to the Stockade for water.

25 June 1999

On the 25th Edo and Ndume were again with the orphans down at the river, but remained behind when Malaika brought the family home. However, they were at the Stockades in the morning to accompany the orphans back down to the river where they met up with a wild group at 5.30 p.m. and spent half an hour with them.

26 June 1999

On 27th Edo and Ndume joined the orphans down at the river.

28 June 1999

On the 28th Malaika decided to spend the day up the hill, whilst Ndume and Edo turned up at the Stockade after she returned.

29 June 1999

On the 29th Ndume, Edo and Malaika's group spent two hours with a wild herd. The Boys remained behind with this herd when Malaika returned to the Stockade.

30 June 1999

On the 30th the orphans met Edo and Ndume up the hill. Edo and Ndume remained up the hill when Malaika came back and at 6.30 p.m. Dika , Lissa and her baby, Lara, turned up at the Stockade.