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Ex-orphans Loijuk, Lili, Kitirua, Orwa, Naisula, Kilaguni, Bomani and Ishanga arrived to join the dependent orphans in the morning. Esampu, Nabulu and Sapalan had the wonderful opportunity to interact with Lili for a while, before she left to rejoin her mother. After feeding on lucerne, Sattao led the way out to browse. 

It was a quiet morning as all the orphans concentrated on browsing without any major distractions. Older orphans Orwa and Bomani chose to join the orphans for the entire morning. Ambo and Jotto decided to browse together, away from the others. Malima and Sana Sana joined them for a little while, before going to browse from a nice bush with their friend Malkia. Roi walked with Dololo through the bush slowly and escorted the little boy and his friend Musiara to some shade when they looked a little hot. Loijuk and her team joined the orphans again at the mud bath. It was hot today and all the orphans and ex-orphans decided to get into the mud bath to wallow which they really enjoyed. Even Kauro decided to get into the water today! Kamok and Karisa were the first to walk over to the piles of loose soil to dry off. 

In the evening, over seventy wild bulls showed up for water at the stockade compound. Nabulu led the way back to the stockades in the evening. None of the orphans decided to dodge the Keepers today and they all returned at the same time to go to bed for the night. 

Soon after leaving the stockade compound, the orphans were joined by Orwa, Bomani, Suguta and Kibo. Some wild elephant bulls were competing with some buffaloes over the water at the water troughs. Just as the buffaloes were leaving after eventually taking their fill, Sana Sana spotted them. Sana Sana decided to stop feeding on lucerne and instead chase after the buffaloes. She charged and trumpeted after them and the buffaloes, upon hearing the trumpets and seeing Sana Sana behind them, picked up their speed and sprinted away, kicking up dust as they fled. Sana Sana was ecstatic as she had single-handedly managed to drive the buffaloes away. Mapia engaged Jotto in a pushing game that ended in a draw. 

On the way out to browse, the orphans met with Tomboi, as he was on his way to the stockades for a drink. The orphans stepped aside to let him pass with their trunks raised in greeting. Tomboi didn't acknowledge the orphans’ greetings but did stop to say hello to Suguta, who was in the company of the orphans. It’s not clear why Suguta has left her own group of Sities, Mutara, Kainuk, Turkwel, Kithaka, Garzi and Lemoyian, for the time being. An hour later, Suguta, Orwa, Bomani and Kibo parted ways with the orphans, and took Barsilinga, Tusuja, Olsekki, Oltaiyoni, Roi, Naseku and Siangiki with them. Malima teamed up with Ambo and Dololo to browse. 

At mud bath time, the temperature was moderate. After finishing their milk, Maramoja stood with Musiara a few meters away from the others. Once Malkia joined them, Maramoja decided to leave Musiara under her care while she went to swim in the mud bath. Pare engaged Jotto in a pushing game but stopped when they saw Enkikwe walking towards them. Jotto then moved to play with Mapia. After drinking enough water, Nabulu moved close to some wild bulls that were relaxing under a tree. Nabulu just stared at the wild bulls for a while and then walked away. Mteto picked up a piece of bark peel from the ground and started playing with it. Esampu was standing close to her and stared at Mteto as if she had gone mad because the piece of bark was good food for eating, not playing with! Ambo walked with Kamok and engaged her in a lengthy conversation. 

In the afternoon, Mundusi played with Karisa while Pare played with Wanjala. Mapia dodged the Keepers and returned to the stockades early, where he met a lot of wild bulls drinking water. Mapia settled outside and enjoyed some lucerne on his own as he waited for his friends to return too. 

Sapalan took his share of lucerne and walked away from the rest of the group to enjoy his lucerne in peace. Loijuk, Lili, Naisula, Kitirua, Kinna, Kama, Ishanga, Teleki, Yatta, Yoyo, Yetu, Mulika, Mwende, Mkuu, Orwa and Bomani were also present this morning. Kuishi, Karisa and Mapia settled to drink water soon after having enough lucerne. Shortly later, Karisa walked over to Rapa and the two boys enjoyed a light conversation as they walked off into the bush together. The rest of the herd streamed out behind them. 

On the way out, Galla and Ndiwa came across an anthill. Ndiwa used her sharp tusks to dig at the loose soil while Galla used his trunk to scoop up the soil and dust himself. Ambo engaged Dololo in a strength testing game that ended in a draw. Later, Ambo played with Malima but ended up losing the game to Malima. Mundusi engaged Teleki in a pushing game but he couldn't withstand the Teleki’s strength! An hour later, the ex-orphans parted ways with the orphans. 

It wasn’t very hot when the orphans went to the mud bath later for their milk bottles, so they didn’t stay in the mud bath for long. They really enjoyed a soil dusting exercise however, soon after leaving the water. The afternoon was quiet as the orphans concentrated on browsing without any major distractions. 

Mutara, Suguta, Sities, Turkwel, Kithaka, Garzi, Lemoyian, Orwa, Kilaguni, Kandecha, Kainuk and Bomani joined the orphans in the morning for lucerne. Makena wasn’t with them, and it seems Sities, who initially fought so hard to be Mumo’s head nanny, appears to have abandoned that mission for now and has decided to return to her group. It's not clear why she has made that decision, and only time will tell when Makena might choose to show up again with her baby. We aren’t sure where she has gone, as we didn’t see her yesterday. 

Later in the morning, Mundusi challenged Enkikwe, thinking that, because of Enkikwe's bad leg, he would just win very easily. Mundusi got a rude shock however when Enkikwe fought back and emerged as the winner; Mundusi’s strength is no match for Enkikwe, even with a bad leg! Jotto played with Kuishi while Ambo settled to play with Musiara. Dololo was happy to spend some time with his adopted older sisters Sities, Suguta, Turkwel and Kainuk. 

There were only a few wild bulls at the mud bath today. The orphans had a spectacular wallowing session. When they were done, they dusted themselves on the pile of loose soil. Kauro and Malima decided to have a thorough scratching session in the ditch the orphans have carved out. In the afternoon, the herd settled to browse in the Kanziku area. I50 wild elephants showed up at the stockade water troughs that evening. 

It was a quiet morning. Only Orwa joined the orphans for lucerne in the morning, as three wild bulls were busy drinking at the stockade water troughs. 

As she walked out to the bush with her friends, Sana Sana came across a nice rock that she used to scratch her belly on. The quiet and shy Sapalan disagreed with Malima about something, but we aren’t sure what. All we know is that Sapalan reacted by pushing Malima and then climbing on her. Mundusi engaged Roi in a pushing game that ended in a draw. Pare played with Karisa but their game was disrupted by Olsekki who pushed the two boys away. Shortly later, Orwa, Barsilinga, Tusuja, Siangiki, Olsekki, Oltaiyoni, Naseku and Roi parted ways with their friends and walked off into the bush on their own. 

After having their noon milk bottles, some of the orphans decided to have a mud bath. Only Kamok, Ambo and Kauro boycotted the wallowing exercise. Pare engaged Kuishi in a pushing game as Kauro ran into trouble with Wanjala. Wanjala grabbed Kauro’s ready to bite it! But Kauro managed to free himself and run away. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse in the Kanziku area. 

Later, Barsilinga and his team returned to the stockades early before the other orphans. Tusuja decided not to go into his stockade and instead joined Yatta and her herd who had come for water. Later on, he chose to leave with them, and they all walked off into the night together.

Mutara, Sities, Turkwel, Kainuk, Orwa, Bomani, Kilaguni, Kalama, Kasigau, Kithaka, Lemoyian, Kandecha and Garzi joined the orphans in the morning for lucerne. Shortly later, Naseku led the orphans down to have some water. A lone wild bull joined them briefly for water before disappearing again. 

On the way out to browse, Musiara and Maramoja stopped to have a discussion for few a minutes before resuming their journey. The ex-orphans took the Class Five members with them as they walked off in a different direction, including Barsilinga, Naseku, Roi, Oltaiyoni, Tusuja, Olsekki and Siangiki. The other dependent orphans headed north and had a quiet time browsing. 

When the orphans arrived at the mud bath for their noon milk bottle, thirty-five wild bulls were present. It was quite cool and out of all the orphans, only Karisa, Sana Sana and Enkikwe decided to get into the mud bath to wallow. Jotto tried to entice Dololo to a pushing game but Dololo didn't show any interest and walked away. After finishing his milk, Musiara didn't feel like moving away from the feeding area. The Keepers tried to tell him to go but complained bitterly. The complaints reached Malkia and Maramoja who came running to find out what the problem was. The two girls escorted Musiara to the water trough and later they headed for soil dusting. 

Yatta and her group showed up at the stockade compound in the evening and shortly before dark, the Class Five members reported back too with Orwa, Bomani, Turkwel, Suguta, Lemoyian, Kithaka and Garzi.