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Malima was the first one to leave the stockades soon after finishing her milk bottles. Karisa and Namalok exchanged morning greetings by entwining trunks before disappearing off into the bush. Shortly after leaving the stockade compound, the dependent-orphans were joined by the usual gang of five, Orwa, Bomani, Kainuk, Chemi Chemi and the wild junior that can easily be mistaken for a former orphan by his size and behaviour. The gang of five spends their night just sleeping close to the stockade compound fence at the back. 

Out in the bush, Namalok had brief strength testing exercise with Sapalan that ended in a draw, while Tusuja played with Wanjala. At mud bath time, Tusuja played with Mundusi while Namalok played with Wanjala. Later, Olsekki engaged Bomani in a pushing game that saw Olsekki emerge as the winner. The afternoon was quiet as the orphans concentrated on browsing. In evening, Barsilinga lagged behind and reported back at around six o'clock in the evening. 

Soon after taking her milk, Malima crossed and walked over to Rapa to entwine their trunks and greet each other. Soon after leaving the stockade, Rapa then settled for a scratch while Barsilinga had a game of rolling on the ground. Tusuja engaged Galla in a pushing game as Ndiwa settled to scratch her ear against an acacia tree. 

Orwa and his team joined the junior orphans at around ten o'clock in the morning and later escorted them for a mud bath. The temperature was moderate and the orphans enjoyed a cooling-off session in the water. The rest of the afternoon was mostly quiet. The orphans browsed calmly along the western slopes of Ithumba Hill until five o'clock in the evening when Orwa and his team as usual escorted the orphans back to the stockades. 

Malima was the first one to leave the stockades this morning, followed by Ambo. Mapia left the stockade with a piece of stick in his mouth as Namalok headed straight to the water trough to drink some water. 

Out in the bush, Mapia and Kuishi briefly settled for a soil dusting exercise. Shortly later, the orphans were joined by Kibo, Suguta, Kainuk, Orwa, Bomani and the wild junior. Sities was missing, and hopefully she had gone to give Mutara some company and comfort as she continues to have close to ten bulls following her around. 

Challa joined the dependent orphans briefly at mud bath. Though the sun was shining, the orphans refused to go into the water to swim, and instead opted for a brief soil dusting exercise. In the evening Bomani and Olsekki had a pushing game that ended soon when Bomani attempted to climb on Olsekki.

Straight after leaving her stockade, Malima settled for scratching on the concrete bench just outside. Sapalan engaged Karisa in light pushing game, but his mind was set on snatching a branch in Karisa's mouth. Once Karisa realized Sapalan's mission, he just turned and left without a word, leaving Sapalan wondering what happened. Tusuja, who woke up feeling energetic this morning, picked on Wanjala for a fight and when Wanjala surrendered, Tusuja started charging and running all over the bush, trumpeting and knocking down small bushes. 

Enkikwe met with Malkia and had a brief conversation but Malkia walked away when Enkikwe tried to get some food from her mouth. 

Orwa and his herd joined the juniors later in the bush, and walked with them to the Kalovoto mud bath, before settling to feed along the eastern slopes of the Ithumba Hill in the afternoon. Bomani got into trouble with Olsekki when he tried to climb on Tusuja. Olsekki quickly reacted by moving forward to bring Bomani down. Bomani was upset by Olsekki's intervention and so turned the heat on him. Olsekki stood his ground and two of them had a duel for a long time, before Bomani opted to take a break and quit the fight. Suguta and the wild junior had their own game of pushing each other and when they got tired, resumed browsing. 

Soon after leaving the stockades, the orphans headed straight to the water trough and had some water before walking out into the Park. Tusuja settled to play with Malima but abruptly changed his mind simply because Malima was too small and not strong to give him a proper challenge. Tusuja moved to tackle Mundusi and this game went on for quite a while. Kamok had a brief chat with Ambo as Malkia complained after Wanjala pushed her. 

The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area up to mud bath time, when Kuishi led the first group. Mundusi, Tusuja and Olsekki were the last ones to finish wallowing. At one time, Tusuja tried to block Olsekki from coming out, but Olsekki fought his way until Tusuja surrendered. 

Shortly after the orphans finished wallowing, six wild bulls emerged from the western side and slowly approached the water trough, where they quenched their thirst before relaxing under a nearby tree. The orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill where they were joined by Zurura. Later in the evening, Zurura escorted the juniors back to the stockade. Barsilinga, who lagged behind feeding, reported later at six o'clock in the evening. 

Tusuja, as with most mornings recently, woke up in a playful mood. He started his day's activities by rolling on the ground. His game attracted Olsekki, Malima and Kauro. On the way out to browse, Esampu and Malkia came across a suitable rock that they used to scratch on. The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area where Jotto and Malkia teamed up together, while Maramoja settled to browse with Kuishi. 

At mud bath time, only half of the herd decided to swim in the water hole. The rest headed straight for soil dusting after boycotting the wallowing exercise. Mundusi played with Namalok for a bit before giving up and moving to have a strength testing exercise with Roi. Tusuja engaged Olsekki in a pushing game that lasted for quite some time while Karisa had a brief pushing game with Pare. Mapia settled for a scratching before resuming browsing. The afternoon was quiet as the orphans concentrated on browsing without any major observation. 

As they were waiting for the gates to be opened, Karisa and Malkia kept themselves busy by engaging in a light pushing game, while Malima settled to scratch on the edge of the water trough. After the orphans were let out, Naseku had a game of rolling on the ground as she was watched by Jotto and Malima. Pare and Sapalan had strength testing exercise that lasted only for a short time. The two boys later resumed their pushing game that ended in a draw. 

On the way to the mud bath, Kamok, Ambo, Sapalan and Siangiki dodged the Keepers and it took the Keepers nearly half an hour to find them as they hid in the bushes. The sun was hot but again only half of the group decided to swim after having their milk. After having a dust bath, Tusuja engaged Wanjala in a pushing game as Olsekki decided to tackle Ukame. 

In the evening, the orphans came across a swampy area and decided to mud bath before returning back to the stockades. Barsilinga, who didn't show up to the mud bath, reported later at six o'clock in the evening. 

The sky was clear in the morning which most likely meant a hot day a head. Karisa, Mundusi and Sapalan headed straight to the water trough soon after leaving the stockade. Kamok and Kauro had a brief strength testing exercise as Tusuja tackled Naseku. The orphans settled to browse just close by, as this was the day Sattao, Dololo and Musiara were to arrive from Nairobi.  

At eight thirty in the morning, the lorry carrying the three new babies arrived at Ithumba. As the new arrivals walked out of the lorry to have a milk bottle and assimilate with their new surroundings, they were welcomed by Jotto, Ambo, Kuishi, Malima and Mapia. Mapia tried to show the three new boys that now he was senior to them and attempted to bully them. The Keepers cautioned him not to try his naughty games with the new babies. Maramoja, Kuishi, Malkia and Sana Sana spent more time with the babies as they tried to make them comfortable and show them their new environment. 

At mud bath time the sun was shining. At first the orphans were hesitant to go in the water, and made sure to test the temperature first. Karisa and Tusuja decided to take the first step and were the first two to jump in, while their friends still took their time deliberating. Some decided to join Karisa and Tusuja, while the others decided not to even step foot into the mud bath water. The new arrivals were very hesitant due to the sheer size of the water hole at Ithumba! With time, the new babies will get used to everything here. 

Tusuja and Olsekki had a soil bathing game that later turned into a pushing game. Shortly later, Tusuja quit the game and went to play with Mundusi. In the afternoon, Kauro had his own game of rolling on the ground. Malkia played a nanny to Musiara for quite some time. In the evening, the new babies were escorted back to stockade by Jotto, Ambo and Malima who will be their roommates. Ex-orphans Zurura and Challa showed up at the stockade compound and left later after spending time in a pushing game. 

Soon after leaving her stockade, Naseku walked up to the gate of the stockade where the new babies sleep, and waited until they were let out together with their friends. After all the orphans were let out, Sattao led the way out to the Park but mid-way, Wanjala tried to block him from leading the way. Wanjala held Sattao and Musiara for some time as if lecturing them about the rules and regulations they should observe when their seniors are close to them. 

Orwa, Chaimu, Kibo, Chemi Chemi and Bomani arrived and teamed up with the juniors. Kibo decided to have a game of rolling on the ground, a game that attracted Malima who imitated what Kibo was doing. Ndiwa spent some time with Musiara before parting ways. 

At mud bath time it was quite cool and none of the orphans dared to step into the mud bathing water. Ambo, Jotto and Malima settled for soil dusting. In the afternoon, the orphans settled in between Ithumba Hill and the Imenti area. In the evening the orphans were escorted back to the stockade compound by the ex-orphans. Shortly before six o'clock in the evening, Challa showed up and teamed with Chaimu, Orwa, Chemi Chemi, Bomani and Kibo. 

Chaimu, Kibo, Orwa, Bomani and Chemi Chemi reported early at the stockade compound and waited until the juniors were let out. Once the orphans were out, Chaimu decided to greet Malima. Due to respect and fear of Chaimu, Malima didn't stay close to Chaimu for long, but continued with her journey. Malima didn't want to cause any trouble by being socially disrespectful of Chaimu, so she decided that carrying on with her journey was the best course of action. Chaimu moved on to play with Kibo, his age-mate as they are both eleven years old, as Karisa led the way out. 

Orwa played with Chemi Chemi while Malkia kept Sattao and Musiara company for a short time. Sattao made the mistake of passing in front of Esampu. Esampu took this as a sign of Sattao being disrespectful to her simply because of her being small in size, and she pushed Sattao hard, just to show him that being small doesn't mean that she can't fight for her space. Sattao didn't utter a word but moved away as if nothing had happened. 

Later at eleven o'clock in the morning, the orphans headed for their midday milk feed and thereafter, as usual, half of the group participated in wallowing while the rest preferred soil dusting. On the way back to browsing, Pare had it rough when he overtook Oltaiyoni. Oltaiyoni grabbed Pare’s tail and bit it as a punishment for not respecting his elders and overtaking them. Pare managed to pull himself free and probably made sure to commit that experience to memory so as not to repeat it again. In the afternoon the sun was still hot and orphans took a break to relax under a tree until it became cooler, and they could continue browsing. 

Malima woke up in a playful mood. Soon after leaving the stockade, she decided to roll down on the ground just close to the stockade, and quit when she felt she had done enough. Namalok, Ukame, Siangiki, Olsekki and Barsilinga passed by the compound water trough where they had some water before leaving for browsing. Barsilinga and Malkia found some suitable tree stumps that they used to scratch their bellies on. Later, Malkia teamed up with Chemi Chemi for a mud bath in a small water hole they had come across. Shortly before it was time to go for their noon milk bottles, Malkia spent some time with the three new boys. 

Later on at the mud bath, only some orphans participated in wallowing as the rest of the group settled for soil dusting. In the afternoon, Sapalan took some time to have a chat with Musiara. Later Malkia took Musiara, Sattao and Dololo to somewhere with mud and showed them how to cool themselves down by throwing mud on themselves since the sun was so hot. In the evening on the way back to the stockades, the orphans passed by the mud bath again where they had a prolonged wallowing session to cool down. 

Soon after leaving the stockades, the orphans headed to the water troughs and had some water before walking out to browse. Karisa was in a jovial mood as expressed by the swinging of his trunk and kicking of dusting as he was walking. 

Out in the bush, Karisa teamed up with Sapalan. Dololo teamed up with Mteto briefly, before proceeding to scratch against a log he had come across. Malkia had some time with Musiara, as Esampu settled for scratching. Orwa, Bomani, Chaimu, Chemi Chemi and Kibo joined the orphans mid-morning. Chemi Chemi played with Bomani while Jotto engaged Esampu in a light pushing game. Malima had an itchy neck and used a baobab tree to get rid of the itch. 

At mud bath time only Kibo, Namalok and Wanjala decided to go in the water. The rest opted for a soil bathing exercise. Olsekki tackled Bomani, a game that ended in a draw. In the afternoon, the sun was really hot and the orphans took a break from feeding to relax under a tree. They resumed eating later on when it was cooler. In the evening on the way back to the stockades, the orphans passed by the mud bath for an evening cooling-off exercise.