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Soon after leaving the stockade in the morning, Esoit and Mayan met and exchanged morning greetings by entwining trunks. Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi settled to scratch on their usual rock before settling for lucerne. Half an hour later, Kindani led the way to the browsing field.

The orphans settled to browse at the Kone area. Mayan, Esoit, Lodo, and Mukutan visited the Kone dam for water and thereafter returned to join their colleagues in browsing. Mayan settled to browse with Mwinzi and Natibu, while Weka settled to browse with Shujaa, Toto, and Kinyei.

The sun became hot, and Muwingu, Mukutan, and Vaarti took a break from browsing and relaxed under a tree up to eleven o’clock, when Muwingu led the way to the midday milk feeds. The orphans had their milk, then Weka, Esoit, Kinyei, Lodo, Olorien, and Loldaiga participated in mud bathing, while Muwingu led the remainder of the group back to the browsing field.

The orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Choka invited Loldaiga into a pushing game. Loldaiga accepted, and the two boys played for quite some time. They ended their game when they got tired and resumed browsing.

The remaining part of the day was quiet, as the orphans concentrated on browsing without any major observation. In the evening, as usual, Toto led the way back to the stockade.

The orphans settled for lucerne soon after leaving the stockade. Natibu and Mwinzi settled to scratch on a nearby rock. Toto had a brief meeting with Kindani before settling to feed on lucerne, Kitich had a morning strength testing exercise with Choka as Lodo played Roho.

Half an hour later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. At the browsing field, Weka settled to browse with Natibu and Mwinzi. Lodo, Vaarti, Roho, and Olorien visited the Kone Dam and had water briefly before resuming to browse. Later, Roho engaged Kinyei into a pushing game that ended when Kinyei surrendered. Vaarti had a brief meeting with Kitich while Kinyei settled to browse with Toto.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, the orphans headed to the mud bath where they were joined by Nasalot, Noah, Nala, Larro, Naleku, Suguroi, Sattao, and two wild elephants. The wild elephants got scared of humans and stood a distance away in charging mood. Toto interacted briefly with Suguroi, Nasalot, and Naleku before the Keepers walked him back to join his colleagues. Mageno held a brief talk with Sattao and parted ways when Mukutan arrived and engaged Sattao into a pushing game. Shortly later, Mukutan surrendered and walked back to join his colleagues.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Bondeni engaged Lodo into a pushing game that lasted for quite some time. The rest of the day was quiet as the orphans concentrated more on browsing without any major observation.

Sapalan, Nasalot, Noah, Nala, Naleku, Suguroi, Sattao, Larro, and a wild junior joined the orphans in the morning for feeding on lucerne. Kitich held a meeting with Noah that ended in a disagreement. The disagreement resulted in a pushing game that went on for quite some time and ended when Noah surrendered by walking back to his mother. Loldaiga greeted Sapalan, then walked away. Minutes later, Roho met Sapalan and challenged him to a pushing game. The sky was clear in the morning, with no single cloud obscuring it.

Muwingu led the way to the browsing field where Kindani teamed up with Natibu and Mwinzi in browsing. Mukutan settled to browse with Shujaa and Kitich, as Toto briefly interacted with Vaarti. The rest of the morning was quiet as the orphans concentrated on browsing while slowly heading towards the mud bath.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Choka led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The orphans had their milk, then Kinyei and Vaarti walked to the mud bath water trough where they had water, while the rest of the group settled nearby and browsed as they waited for the Keepers to have their lunch.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Choka settled to browse with Mageno, while Loldaiga teamed up with Muwingu. Shujaa and Weka took a break from browsing to participate in a soil dusting exercise. Kitich joined Mageno and attempted to pull feeds from his mouth. Mageno resisted and told Kitich to go and look for his own. 

Later in the day, Kinyei, Roho, Muwingu, Kindani, Bondeni, Lodo, and Kitich came across a bush mud bath. They smeared themselves with red mud before starting their journey back to the stockade for yet another night.

After leaving the stockade in the morning, Bondeni decided to have fun by rolling on the ground. Roho engaged Kinyei in a light pushing game and later disrupted Bondeni’s game of rolling on the ground when he attempted to ride on him. Toto and Kitich shared a rock in scratching their bellies. Shortly later, Toto led the way to the browsing field.

At the browsing field, the peaceful browsing was disrupted by a wild bull who was running after Naseku. Naseku decided the only safe place was to run to the Keepers and the orphans, not knowing that she was putting everyone in danger. The Keepers shouted at the top of their voices so as to distract the bull while quickly pulling their babies away from Naseku. Naseku understood what the Keepers were trying to do and so ran towards Kalovoto with the bull following. Loldaiga engaged Bondeni in a strength testing exercise while Kitich played Choka. Toto settled to browse with Kindani while Natibu used his small tusks in debarking a tree.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Shujaa led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The weather was chilly and none of the orphans participated in wallowing after getting their milk.

In the afternoon, Weka teamed up with Loldaiga in browsing while Shujaa held a brief meeting with Esoit. Later, Kitich played Esoit, but their game was disrupted by Mukutan, who passed by and separated the two boys. Mwinzi came across a nice tree that he used to scratch his belly. Later in the day, Shujaa came across a bush mud bath and decided to have fun in it as he was supervised by Kindani and Kinyei.

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

Soon after leaving the stockade, Bondeni engaged his friend Kindani in a light pushing game. Shortly later, Sapalan, Naleku, Suguroi, Noah, Nasalot, Sattao, and Larro arrived at the stockade compound and interacted briefly with the orphans before heading to an undisclosed location. Noah and Sapalan lagged behind with the orphans and a few minutes later followed Nasalot.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area where Kitich engaged Mageno in a strength testing exercise. Vaarti held a brief meeting with Esoit while Kinyei settled to browse with Bondeni. Two wild bulls passed close by as they headed towards the east. The orphans raised their trunks as they tried to know who was passing. Toto, Kitich, and Choka tried to follow the direction taken by the wild bulls but were blocked by the Keepers.

Mageno, Muwingu, Mayan, Loldaiga, and Mukutan visited the Kone Dam for water and thereafter started their journey to the noon bottle feeds. On the way to the mud bath, Kinyei engaged Mukutan in a pushing game that did not last for long as they quit in order to catch up with their colleagues who had moved a long way ahead of them.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk, then Natibu, Esoit, Shujaa, Weka, Mayan, Mukutan, Mageno, and Roho settled for a mud bathing exercise. Kindani lay down to play. Bondeni came over and used Kindani as a scratching surface by rubbing his belly on her.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill and concentrated more on browsing without any major observations. At five o’clock in the evening, Toto led the first group back to the stockade.

Immediately after leaving the stockade, Mwinzi settled for a scratching exercise on one of the nearby rocks. Kitich exchanged morning greetings with Esoit by entwining their trunks. Shortly later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field.

At the browsing field, Esoit teamed up with Mayan while Choka settled to browse with Kitich. Shortly later, the orphans were briefly joined by Malkia, Tusuja, and a wild boy. Malkia turned hostile towards our babies by pushing them each time they walked towards her for greetings. To maintain peace, the Keepers requested Malkia to leave with her fellow colleagues.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Weka led the way to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, Natibu, Kitich, Shujaa, Loldaiga, Mageno, Mukutan, and Kinyei settled for a mud bathing exercise while the rest of the team browsed close by. Later, Natibu picked a stick from the ground and used it to scratch between his trunk and tusk.

In the afternoon, Kindani spent most of her time with Natibu, Toto, and Mwinzi. Muwingu, Loldaiga, Shujaa, Kitich, and Vaarti came across loose soil that they used in a soil dusting exercise.

In the evening, on the way back to the stockade, the orphans were joined again by Malkia, Tusuja, and a wild boy. Malkia had a word with Kinyei, but nobody understood what Malkia said.

After taking their morning milk, the orphans walked out in a jovial mood, with Weka carrying a leftover branch in her mouth. The orphans settled briefly at the stockade compound where they were joined briefly by Nasalot, Noah, Nala, Suguroi, Naleku, Larro, Suguta, Sullivan, Kuishi, Malima, Malkia, Sattao, and Olsekki. Malima decided to lie down to take a nap. Sullivan and Nala came over and started playing on Malima by climbing on top of her.

Shortly later, the orphans left for browsing, leaving the ex-orphans behind. Roho decided to join the ex-orphans for the day by failing to follow his colleagues and instead remaining behind with Nasalot’s group. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Kinyei, Kindani, Lodo, Bondeni, and Mayan visited the Kone Dam for water and thereafter went back to join their group in browsing. Choka teamed up with Olorien in browsing while Bondeni settled to browse with Vaarti.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, Mageno, Esoit, Muwingu, Vaarti, Kinyei, Shujaa, Weka, and Kindani settled for mud bathing. After mud bathing, Natibu walked close to Kindani and scratched his itching ear against her. Shortly later, Olsekki showed up and briefly engaged Lodo in a strength testing exercise.

Later, Kindani took Natibu, Toto, and Mwinzi back to the browsing field where she settled to browse with them for quite some time before the three boys walked to join Kitich. Esoit came across a nice tree that he used to scratch his buttocks and later joined Kinyei in soil dusting. Loldaiga engaged Bondeni in a pushing game and later held a meeting with Kindani.

In the evening, the orphans returned safely to the stockade for yet another night without Roho, who left with Nasalot’s team in the morning.

Suguta, Sullivan, Malima, and Kuishi joined the orphans in the morning. Shortly later, Suguta and her team escorted the orphans to the browsing field. The playful Sullivan interacted briefly with Mukutan, Kitich, and Loldaiga before running back to his mother.

At the browsing field, Bondeni engaged Loldaiga in a strength testing exercise that ended when Loldaiga surrendered. Lodo, Olorien, Choka, Toto, Kindani, Weka, Shujaa, Mageno, and Mayan visited the Kone Dam and had water before returning to the browsing field. Esoit took some time off from browsing and engaged Choka in a pushing game while Kitich played Mukutan. Their game was disrupted by Kinyei, who pushed the two boys away.

At mud bath time, the orphans were joined by Lualeni, Lulu, Lexi, Luki, and Maramoja, who was running away from big bulls since she was in season. Shortly later, Lualeni and her team left when they saw the bulls approaching.

In the afternoon, Esoit took a break from browsing to have a lone game of soil bathing while Kindani settled to browse with Natibu, Toto, and Mwinzi. Kinyei engaged Lodo in a pushing game as Olorien teamed up with Mageno, Kitich, and Vaarti in browsing.

In the evening, Toto led the first group back to the stockade.

Nasalot’s team reported early in the morning and dropped Roho, who had spent the night outside with them. The orphans welcomed him with open arms, with Lodo and Olorien, who happen to be his bed mates, questioning him about where he had spent the night. Roho did not answer any questions but joined everyone in browsing.

Kindani spent much of her time browsing and taking care of Toto. Natibu and Mwinzi spent their morning with Kitich, while Vaarti played Bondeni. Choka played Mageno while Loldaiga played Kinyei. Later, Mageno quit his game with Loldaiga and joined Lodo in browsing.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the way to the noon bottle feeds. After the orphans had their milk, Lodo, Weka, Mukutan, Kitich, Esoit, Kindani, Natibu, Toto, and Mayan settled for a mud bathing exercise. Kindani guided the three new boys through the water until they exited on the other side of the mud bath. After mud bathing, the orphans settled for a soil dusting exercise that lasted for quite some time.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. The orphans browsed calmly throughout the remaining part of the day without any major observations.

In the evening, Loldaiga led the way back to the stockade but was later overtaken by Toto.

Choka started his day’s activities by engaging Kitich in a strength testing exercise. Kindani settled for a scratching exercise on a nearby rock before starting her selfless duty of herding Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi.

At the browsing field, Weka settled to browse with Kitich. Shortly later, Malkia, who is in season, passed close by with two bulls in hot pursuit. All the orphans raised their trunks in an attempt to catch what was happening. After Malkia and her two boyfriends disappeared into the thickets, Lodo, Kinyei, Bondeni, Olorien, and Mageno went to the Kone Dam where they had water before rejoining their colleagues. The orphans then browsed calmly as they slowly headed towards the mud bath.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Vaarti led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. Soon after milk time, Mukutan, Loldaiga, Shujaa, Muwingu, Roho, Lodo, and Olorien settled for a mud bathing exercise and later joined the rest of the group in soil dusting.

Mulika, Moe, Naisula, and Nyx passed by as they headed west to an undisclosed location. Mayan sneaked away and joined them without the Keepers’ knowledge. Later, the Keepers realised Mayan was missing and knew it was Mulika’s team that had left with him. The Keepers went looking for Mulika’s team and found Mayan. The Keepers walked Mayan back to join his colleagues.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area and browsed calmly throughout without any major observations. In the evening, the orphans returned safely to the stockade for yet another night.

Nasalot, Noah, Nala, Naleku, Suguroi, Tusuja, and Sattao joined the orphans in the morning. Tusuja engaged Vaarti in a strength testing exercise while Sattao tackled Roho. Shortly later, the group left with Roho.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Loldaiga started his day’s activities by engaging Vaarti in a pushing game that ended in a draw. Choka played Kitich while Shujaa, Weka, and Esoit visited the Kone Dam for water. Mwinzi and Natibu interacted briefly with Mukutan before going back to their elder sister Kindani.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Mageno led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans jumped into the water for a cooling off exercise. Esoit and Loldaiga were the last ones to quit the wallowing exercise. Shortly afterwards, the orphans participated in a soil dusting exercise and thereafter returned to the browsing field.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. A short distance away, there was a bull chasing after Malkia. The orphans raised their trunks and wished Malkia well in her endless running and hide-and-seek game with the bulls trying to court her.

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

The orphans settled for pellets soon after leaving the stockade. Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi, who do not like pellets, settled to scratch on nearby rocks as they waited for their colleagues to finish so that they could leave for browsing. Tusuja emerged from the western side and joined the orphans in feeding on pellets.

Shortly later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. Kitich started his day’s activities by engaging Loldaiga in a pushing game while Lodo played Kinyei. The orphans then browsed calmly as they slowly headed towards the mud bath direction.

At around ten o’clock in the morning, the sun became hot and this prompted Kindani, Toto, Natibu, Lodo, Esoit, and Mayan to take a break from feeding and relax under a tree for some time before resuming browsing.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Loldaiga led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans settled for mud bathing. Shortly later, the orphans were joined by Yatta, Yara, Yoyo, Yogi, and Ndiwa. Nasalot, Nala, Noah, Suguroi, Naleku, Sapalan, Loijuk, Lili, Lisha, and a wild bull in musth showed up but did not join the orphans.

At one point, Weka attempted to kidnap Yara, but Yatta came running to join her baby. Yatta’s team then escorted the orphans for a soil dusting exercise and thereafter parted ways.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Bondeni came across a nice tree that he used to scratch his buttocks. Muwingu settled to debark a tree using her long tusks while Mukutan engaged Kinyei in a light pushing game.

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

Ambo and Rapa joined the orphans in the morning. After a brief interaction and feeding on pellets, the two boys escorted the orphans to the browsing field.

At the browsing field, Choka started his day’s activities by engaging Mayan in a pushing game while Bondeni played Loldaiga. Vaarti, Esoit, Mageno, Lodo, Olorien, and Shujaa visited the Kone Dam and had water before going back to join their colleagues. Kinyei played Lodo while Kitich played Mageno. Later, Esoit engaged Mukutan in a light strength testing exercise while Shujaa held a brief meeting with Vaarti.

At around ten thirty in the morning, the sun became hot, prompting the orphans to take a break from browsing and relax under a tree before starting their journey to the noon bottle feeds.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the way to the mud bath. After the orphans had their milk, Lodo led the team into a mud bathing exercise. After having enough fun in the water, the orphans settled for a soil dusting exercise. Kinyei took advantage of Lodo lying down and used him as a scratching surface by scratching her belly on him.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Kinyei teamed up with Shujaa while Kindani settled to browse with her favourite three boys, Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi. Mageno played with Vaarti as Mayan played Choka while Mukutan settled to browse with Olorien.

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

Mutara, Mambo, Mango, Kainuk, Turkwel, and Naboishu joined the orphans in the morning for feeding on pellets. Kitich interacted briefly with Mambo as Weka and Kinyei competed over who would babysit Mango.

Half an hour later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. Choka started his day’s activities by engaging Kitich in a strength testing exercise. Kinyei had a lone game of rolling on the ground but was later joined by Bondeni, Lodo, Vaarti, and Mayan. Kindani, as usual, spent her time browsing with Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Loldaiga led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans settled for wallowing and later soil dusting. Shortly later, the orphans were joined by Mutara’s group in soil bathing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area and browsed calmly throughout the remaining part of the day.

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

It was such a wonderful morning with a beautiful sunrise as the babies had their milk breakfast and walked out to feed on dairy cubes after finishing the lucerne. They all looked very happy and active. They came out and found Nasalot with her family, Noah and Nala, around. They all shared the lucerne and later the babies walked away to the bush for browsing. Nala was seen scratching on a rock.

The babies were busy browsing in the bush, with Mukutan carrying a bunch of grass in his trunk while browsing. Esoit was seen with a mouth full of grass. The babies later walked to the dam on the Kone junction road and started drinking water there.

However, some of the babies were busy browsing while others were drinking water. Mwinzi was seen scratching his neck on a tree while Lodo, Mayan, and Vaarti were busy playing as they pushed each other. Toto was seen next to Kindani having a talk. The whole group later walked to the mud bath for their lunchtime milk bottles again.

At the mud bath, the babies had their milk bottles as usual and later Lodo started rolling and playing in the mud. He was joined by many of his friends to play with him. They wallowed fully and later walked back to the bush for browsing.

Back in the bush, they were all busy browsing and Lodo was still playing in the mud with Mukutan and Mayan. Toto was enjoying the love and protection from Kindani and Olorien. Lodo started playing with and kissing Mwinzi, trying to teach him his tactics of protection. Esoit was on the other side kissing Weka while Mukutan, Kitich, and Lodo were busy playing. The babies later started walking back home in the evening for their milk bottles and bedding.

The day started well early in the morning after the babies woke up to find their milk ready for them. They all looked very happy and ready to drink their milk. When the time arrived, they all lined up to get their share of milk and immediately walked out to feed on pellets.

Out in the field, Suguta was there with her baby Sullivan, who had come to visit. Sullivan looked very active and was running here and there. The babies came out to join them and were all served pellets, which they shared together. Malkia was also present but was keeping a low profile. The babies enjoyed the pellets, after which they walked to the bush for morning browsing.

Out in the bush, they all looked very active while browsing and some went to drink water at the dam towards Kone. Mukutan and Esoit started play-fighting while Kindani took Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi and led them towards the mud bath, with the whole group later following them.

On the way to the mud bath, they met Suguta, Sullivan, Malkia, Turkwel, and a wild female with her baby in the bush and started interacting briefly. Vaarti and Shujaa later led the babies to the mud bath again.

At the mud bath, all the babies were served their milk well and later some walked in for wallowing. Weka enjoyed the wallowing fully with her friends and later they came out and walked back to the bush for browsing again.

However, they all looked very active and happy this evening as they were playing a lot. Mukutan, Mwinzi, and Natibu were browsing together and later Mukutan found a muddy water pool in the bush and started playing while Natibu watched him. Toto was always with Kindani. Shujaa, Loldaiga, and Muwingu were kissing each other. Toto and Mwinzi started leading the group back home in the evening for their milk and bedding. No other ex-orphan was seen in the stockade today.

It was such a beautiful morning today after the babies woke up and found their milk breakfast ready for them. They had their milk bottles and walked out to feed on pellets. The babies enjoyed the milk feeding and pellet feeding before later walking out to the bush with the Keepers for the day.

Out in the bush, they all looked happy and active, enjoying the browsing. Kinyei was in the middle of the grass browsing while the other elephants walked to the dam to drink water, with Esoit and Choka play-fighting. They later started walking to the mud bath with their Keepers for their milk bottles again.

Back at the mud bath, they had their milk bottles first and later walked in for wallowing. Lodo and Esoit were the most playful today. Suguta with her group came in, with Sullivan being the most active, playing and rolling in the mud. The babies later walked back to the bush for evening browsing again.

Back in the bush, they were all busy browsing despite the heat in the area. Bondeni was browsing alone while Kindani was with her babies Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi. Later, the babies started walking back home in the evening for their milk bottles and bedding.

Toto started his day’s activities by scratching on a nearby rock immediately after leaving the stockade. The orphans settled for pellets and, shortly later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. At nine o’clock in the morning, Vaarti, Bondeni, Lodo, Olorien, and Weka visited the Kone Dam and later resumed browsing. Mageno and Kitich had a brief strength testing exercise while Kindani settled to browse with Mwinzi, Natibu, and Toto.

Around ten o’clock in the morning, the orphans were joined by Tusuja. Shortly later, Lodo joined Tusuja and the two teamed up to go for an early mud bath.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Loldaiga led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The orphans had their milk and thereafter joined Tusuja and Lodo in mud bathing. After the orphans had enough of mud bathing, Kinyei led her colleagues into a soil dusting exercise. Esoit and Loldaiga were the last ones to quit the soil dusting exercise.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Mwinzi had fun chasing a bird that was catching insects a few metres away. The bird grew tired of being chased each time it perched on a shrub to find food and eventually flew away. The bird only returned when Mwinzi left the area.

The orphans browsed calmly up to five o’clock in the evening when Natibu led the first group back to the stockade.

Mapia, Oltaiyoni, Tusuja, Mutara, Mambo, Kitirua, Mango, Kainuk, Turkwel, and two wild elephants joined the orphans in feeding on pellets in the morning. Loldaiga and Toto settled to scratch on nearby rocks while Weka and Kinyei interacted briefly with Mango.

Mapia challenged one of the wild elephants but ended up losing the pushing game. The pellets feeding session ended when Tusuja started chasing Oltaiyoni away. There was trumpeting and bellowing as the orphans followed Tusuja and Oltaiyoni into the bushes. The Keepers followed, running in an effort to calm the orphans down. Eventually, the orphans calmed down, but Tusuja continued chasing Oltaiyoni until the two disappeared out of sight.

The orphans then settled to browse at Kone area. Kitich, Mageno, and Mwinzi came across loose soil and used it for a soil dusting exercise, while Kinyei and Bondeni settled to scratch on nearby rocks. The soil dusting exercise for Mageno and Kitich ended when Kitich turned and jumped onto Mageno’s back for a free ride. Mageno disengaged from Kitich and the two boys started a pushing game, which was ended by Loldaiga when he passed by and pushed them out of his way.

Esoit tackled Bondeni while Vaarti, Lodo, and Mayan visited the Kone Dam for water.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans settled for wallowing and later soil dusting. The orphans were again joined by Mutara’s group and shortly later parted ways.

Toto had a private soil dusting exercise but was later joined by Mwinzi and Kindani.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill and were briefly joined by Kitirua, Kalama, Kapuki, Siangiki, Naseku, and Mapia. Shortly later, the ex-orphans disappeared to an undisclosed location.

The orphans browsed calmly throughout the remaining part of the day. In the evening, Toto led the way back to the stockade.

At six o’clock in the evening, Bomani, Barsilinga, Olsekki, and a wild bull visited the stockade for water before later leaving for an undisclosed location.

Natibu settled for a scratching exercise soon after leaving the stockade. Shortly later, Lodo and Kitich followed him.

After pellets feeding time, Vaarti led the way to the browsing field. At the browsing field, Esoit settled to browse with Mayan while Kindani teamed up with her favourite juniors, Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi.

Mukutan started his day’s activities by engaging Kitich in a pushing game. Vaarti had a brief meeting with Weka and ended it by entwining their trunks. Kitich later quit playing with Mukutan and moved on to play with Mageno.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Loldaiga led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The orphans had their milk and then settled for wallowing before moving on to a soil dusting exercise. Lodo and Esoit were the last ones to quit wallowing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. The orphans concentrated mainly on browsing without any major observations and, in the evening, Toto led the way back to the stockade.

Natibu and Mwinzi settled to scratch on nearby rocks soon after leaving the stockade. Shortly later, Oltaiyoni showed up with a boyfriend. Oltaiyoni’s boyfriend stood at a distance since he was scared of humans.

After pellets feeding time, Oltaiyoni joined her boyfriend while Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. At the browsing field, Choka engaged Vaarti in a pushing game while Kinyei and Bondeni came across a nice rock that they used to scratch their itching bellies.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Loldaiga led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After the orphans had their milk, Lodo led the team into wallowing. Lodo and Mukutan emerged as the stars of the day by enjoying a prolonged wallowing session.

Sapalan and Tusuja joined the orphans in drinking water as Toto spotted a baboon passing close by. Toto charged at the baboon and chased it away before settling for a soil dusting exercise. Natibu stood close to Mwinzi and decided to scratch his itching ear against him.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse along the upper Kalovoto seasonal river. Mayan, Weka, Shujaa, Mageno, and Olorien took a break from browsing and relaxed under a tree with good shade until later, when the temperatures dropped to a favourable level for browsing.

At five o’clock in the evening, Loldaiga led the way back to the stockade.

Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, Nala, Naleku, Mukkoka, Roho, Suguroi, Larro, Kuishi, Tusuja, Sapalan, and two wild elephants showed up in the morning and joined the orphans in feeding on pellets. Natibu and Mwinzi settled to scratch against nearby rocks as Kindani interacted briefly with Nala before leaving her in the hands of Olorien. Mayan had a brief morning warm-up strength testing exercise with Choka.

After feeding on pellets, Sapalan played with Tusuja while Larro settled to scratch on a nearby rock. Shortly later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field while Nasalot and her team headed towards the west.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Mayan, Olorien, Lodo, and Bondeni visited the Kone Dam for water and thereafter went back to join their colleagues in browsing. Kindani settled to browse with Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi. Vaarti held a brief meeting with Choka and ended it by shaking hands through the entwining of their trunks.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The weather was chilly and so the orphans only walked through the water to wash their feet after taking their milk. Only Lodo, the water boy, participated fully in the wallowing exercise.

At mud bath time, the orphans were briefly joined by Suguta, Sullivan, Kuishi, Malkia, Turkwel, Naseku, Kitirua, and Siangiki. Siangiki joined Lodo in wallowing and they had fun together before quitting the exercise. Esoit engaged Shujaa in a light pushing game. Suguta’s team headed north of the mud bath, leaving the orphans participating in a soil dusting exercise.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Bondeni engaged Loldaiga in a pushing game that ended when Kinyei intervened. The remaining part of the day was quiet as the orphans concentrated on browsing without any major observations.

In the evening, Mwinzi led the first group back to the stockade.

Malkia, Suguta, Sullivan, Turkwel, Mambo, Kuishi, Sattao, Kainuk, Mutara, and Mango joined the orphans in the morning for feeding on pellets. Sullivan interacted briefly with Toto, Kindani, Natibu, and Kinyei. At first, Toto and Natibu got scared when they saw Sullivan running towards them, but later they got used to his playful running games.

Shortly later, Tusuja emerged from the eastern side. Vaarti walked down to meet him and exchanged morning greetings by entwining their trunks. Olorien spent some time with Mango, but shortly afterwards Mango ran towards Kuishi, who happens to be one of the nannies.

Half an hour later, Weka led the way to the browsing field while Mutara and her group headed west. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area.

Their browsing activities were soon disrupted by wild bulls searching for Oltaiyoni. Oltaiyoni, who is in season, tried to seek protection amongst the orphans and Keepers, not realising that she was putting the Keepers’ lives in danger. The Keepers quickly called their orphans and disappeared as fast as they could to avoid confrontation with the bulls, which had already started charging in their direction.

Luckily, there were big rocks nearby which the Keepers climbed, allowing them to watch the drama unfold from a safe distance. Oltaiyoni eventually ran east after realising the Keepers had abandoned her and fled. The orphans climbed up the hill as they tried to follow the Keepers.

After the drama ended and the bulls disappeared out of sight, everyone climbed down and things returned to normal.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The weather was chilly and, soon after getting their milk, the orphans settled to drink water before participating in a soil dusting exercise. Kinyei had fun scratching her belly on Lodo, who was happily rolling on the ground.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Weka played with Loldaiga while Mageno had a game of riding on Kitich. Lodo teamed up with Olorien in browsing.

Namalok and Mundusi arrived at the stockade compound early before dawn and relaxed outside until morning when the orphans were let out. The two boys interacted nicely with the orphans without showing any aggression towards them. The two ex-orphan boys settled down to share pellets with the orphans. After finishing the pellets, Mundusi and Namalok headed north to an undisclosed location.

Weka led the orphans to the Kone area where they settled to browse. Olorien and Bondeni visited the Kone dam for water and thereafter returned to join their colleagues in browsing. Kitich settled to browse with Vaarti while Kindani teamed up with Toto, Natibu, and Mwinzi. Kinyei had a game of rolling on the ground that attracted Mageno, Muwingu, and Esoit.

At around ten o’clock in the morning, the orphans were briefly joined by Larro and Sattao, who later left for an undisclosed location. At eleven o’clock in the morning, Vaarti led Loldaiga, Natibu, and Muwingu in the first group heading for their midday bottle feeds.

The sky was cloudy and the temperatures were low. Only Lodo, the water boy, participated fully in wallowing. The rest of the team simply walked through the water to wet their feet before heading for a soil dusting exercise. Kitich and Loldaiga had a brief strength testing exercise while Toto enjoyed a soil dusting exercise under the close supervision of Kindani.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at the Kanziku area. Mukutan and Kitich spent some time in a pushing game that ended when Kinyei passed by and pushed the two boys apart. Esoit teamed up with Lodo, Kindani, and Toto in browsing while Choka, Shujaa, and Olorien took a break from browsing to enjoy rolling on the ground.

At five o’clock in the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockade.

A wild bull arrived early in the morning and relaxed outside the stockade compound until the orphans were let out. At six o’clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk and the gates were opened for them to walk out. The wild bull watched keenly from a distance as the orphans emerged from the stockades.

The orphans settled for pellets and the wild bull made several attempts to join them, but seeing the Keepers amongst the orphans made him change his mind. He eventually walked away, seemingly deciding that joining the orphans while the Keepers were nearby would place him in a trap.

Natibu and Mwinzi settled to scratch on a nearby rock while Mayan exchanged morning greetings with Choka by entwining their trunks. Shortly afterwards, Olsekki emerged from the eastern side and joined the orphans. Mukutan warmly welcomed Olsekki into the group.

Not long later, Weka led the way to the browsing field. Olorien lagged behind with Olsekki but later ran to catch up with the rest of the group.

Two running dik-diks suddenly brought tension amongst the orphans. With ears raised and heads held high, the orphans stopped feeding and closely watched the dik-diks disappear into the thickets. Only after the dik-diks vanished did Mukutan, Lodo, Choka, Vaarti, and Bondeni gather the courage to begin charging and trumpeting towards the direction the animals had taken.

The excitement eventually subsided and the orphans calmly resumed browsing.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Muwingu led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After taking their milk, the orphans skipped the wallowing exercise and instead settled for a soil dusting session. Only Lodo accepted a cooling-off exercise by jumping into the water.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at the Kanziku area. They browsed calmly throughout the remainder of the day without any major observations.

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

The orphans settled for pellets soon after leaving the stockade. Shortly later, Karisa, who has been away for some time now, emerged from the eastern side and joined the orphans in feeding on pellets. He was welcomed into the group by Lodo. After pellets feeding time, Kinyei led the way to the browsing field. Karisa escorted the orphans for about 200 metres before turning and heading back in the same direction from which he had come.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Mayan teamed up with Shujaa while Muwingu settled to browse with Mageno, Weka, and Esoit. Kindani took care of Natibu, Mwinzi, and Toto while Kitich played with Vaarti.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Mwinzi led the way to the noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans headed for a soil dusting exercise. Mukutan lagged behind and snatched a bottle from a crate, thinking it still contained milk. Mukutan was disappointed when he realised the bottle was empty after wasting a lot of energy dodging the Keepers to get to the crate. He then ran to catch up with his colleagues.

Lodo decided to have fun in the water before joining the others for a soil dusting exercise. One wild bull showed up at the mud bath and briefly joined the orphans before walking away due to the presence of the Keepers. Bondeni played with Loldaiga while Toto and Kindani picked up sticks from the ground and used them to scratch an itchy spot between their front legs.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Bondeni browsed with Lodo while Mageno settled for a soil dusting exercise. Mageno was later joined by Shujaa and Weka. At five o’clock in the evening, Mwinzi led the way back to the stockade.

Sattao joined the orphans in the morning soon after they were let out. Sattao held a meeting with Lodo and Olorien as he appeared keen to find out when they might eventually join him in the wild. Shortly later, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field.

At the browsing field, Choka settled to browse with Esoit while Lodo, Olorien, Vaarti, Mageno, Kinyei, and Bondeni visited the Kone Dam for water. Later, Lodo engaged Weka in a light pushing game that ended when Lodo decided to jump onto her back for a free ride. Kindani settled to browse with Toto while Mukutan played with Bondeni.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Natibu led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. After the orphans had their milk, Lodo led the team into a wallowing exercise. After wallowing, the orphans settled for a soil dusting exercise where they were joined by Namalok, Olsekki, and Sattao. Lodo briefly engaged Olsekki in a strength testing exercise that did not last long.

Toto enjoyed a soil dusting exercise under the close supervision of Kindani, who wanted to make sure no boys interfered by climbing onto the little boy during his dust bath.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. The orphans browsed calmly throughout the remaining part of the day. At five o’clock in the evening, Toto led the first group back to the stockade.

It was a quiet morning. The orphans left the stockade immediately after getting their milk. No ex-orphans or wild elephants showed up nearby during the morning. Muwingu led the way to the browsing field.

At the browsing field, Kinyei teamed up with Mwinzi in browsing while Kindani settled to browse with Natibu and Toto. Mukutan browsed with Esoit and Vaarti while Bondeni played with Mayan. Later, Mukutan engaged Esoit in a strength testing exercise.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Weka led the way to the noon bottle feeds. The orphans had their milk and then jumped into the water to enjoy a cooling-off exercise. After the orphans had enough of wallowing, Lodo led the team into a soil dusting exercise.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Olorien teamed up with Esoit while Choka and Lodo found suitable trees that they used to scratch their itchy ears. Toto and Natibu spotted several dwarf mongooses ahead of them. The two boys charged towards them, but the mongooses did not wait. Instead, they ran away and disappeared into termite holes, leaving Toto and Natibu staring in disbelief at the openings where the little animals had vanished. After waiting for some time in the hope that the mongooses would reappear so they could chase them again, the two boys eventually gave up.

Later in the evening, Loldaiga decided to test his strength against a tree by trying to push it over. He eventually gave up when the tree proved too difficult to bend and seemed content to save the challenge for another day. Loldaiga then walked over to Esoit and engaged him in a pushing game while Mukutan played with Kitich.

At five o’clock in the evening, Toto led the way back to the stockade.

The orphans left the stockade immediately after getting their morning milk. They briefly settled on pellets before Weka led the way to the browsing field.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Olorien, Bondeni, Esoit, Vaarti, and Muwingu visited the Kone Dam for water before returning to join their colleagues. Lodo engaged Mukutan in a pushing game that lasted for quite some time. Their game attracted Bondeni and Loldaiga, who staged their own contest that eventually ended in a draw.

Choka bent down and used his tusks to dig up loose soil, which he then used to dust himself. Later, Muwingu played with Loldaiga while Kindani spent some time with Kinyei.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Mwinzi led the way to the noon bottle feeds. The temperatures were moderate and most of the orphans simply waded through the wallowing water to wash their feet. Only Lodo, Toto, Choka, and Mwinzi participated fully in the wallowing exercise.

The orphans then settled for a soil dusting exercise before Natibu led the way back to the browsing field. They settled to browse at Kanziku area, where Mukutan took a break from feeding to engage Esoit in a pushing game. Their contest came to an abrupt end when two Egyptian geese flew overhead. The two boys immediately started charging and trumpeting at the birds, which continued flying until they disappeared out of sight.

At five o’clock in the evening, Mageno led the way back to the stockade.

Mutara, Mambo, Mango, Kainuk, Malkia, and Naboishu joined the orphans in the morning. After a brief interaction, Mutara took her group to the west while Muwingu led the orphans towards the south.

Naboishu decided to escort the orphans and spent some time playing with Lodo, Bondeni, and Mukutan before leaving to rejoin Mutara’s group. Loldaiga took a break from browsing to scratch against a nearby rock while Kindani engaged Kitich in a light pushing game.

Mayan, Vaarti, Bondeni, and Lodo split from the main herd and browsed some distance away. The four boys rejoined the group when it was time to head to the mud bath.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Mwinzi led the first group to the noon bottle feeds. The orphans had their milk and shortly afterwards jumped into the wallowing water. After they had enough of wallowing, Kinyei led the team into a soil dusting exercise.

Choka and Esoit had a disagreement and decided to settle it through a pushing game that eventually ended in a draw. Lodo and Kinyei were the last ones to leave the soil dusting area.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Muwingu, Kitich, and Choka attempted to dodge the Keepers, but the Keepers caught up with them before they could wander too far.

In the evening, after the orphans had returned to the stockade, the Crazy One arrived with her two babies and three companions. The group stopped for water and, shortly afterwards, the Crazy One led them away again to an undisclosed location.

Two buffaloes were relaxing a few metres below the water troughs when the orphans were let out. The orphans seemed unbothered by the presence of the buffaloes. Muwingu led the way to the browsing field, taking a different route to avoid any direct confrontation with them.

The orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Kindani teamed up with Bondeni in browsing while Kitich engaged Loldaiga in a strength testing exercise. Mayan, Mwinzi, and Mukutan used their tusks to strip bark from trees.

At around ten o’clock in the morning, the orphans were joined by Sattao, who later escorted them to the mud bath. The orphans had their milk and then jumped into the wallowing water. Kindani guided Toto through the entire wallowing process, staying with him until he safely reached the exit point.

After wallowing, the orphans settled for a soil dusting exercise and later parted ways with Sattao.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Olorien browsed with Muwingu while Vaarti teamed up with Choka and Bondeni. Weka settled to browse with her friend Shujaa, while Kinyei, Mageno, Lodo, and Kitich took a break from browsing to enjoy rolling on the ground.

Later, Bondeni rounded off his day’s activities by engaging Loldaiga in a strength testing exercise. At five o’clock in the evening, Natibu led the way back to the stockade.