There are certain shots of wildlife on our reserve, which require no comment at all. They are so typically African that they seem iconic at once.
Uyai managed to pull this off yesterday, when we found the elephant herd. What a majestic sight!
The little baby elephant has also grown a little bit and has settled well into his elephant life. Still very cute and super inquisitive. And all the females have obvious fun and joy looking after him. Raising little monster elephants is quite a social thing for elephants, and everyone is involved. Elephants are one of the rare species where aunts and friends help and support a mother in labor, and it is very moving to see the close family relationships within an elephant herd.
So here Uyai’s 3 shots. Well done! It’s the sort of close-up sighting that is well worth traveling around half the world for.
If you click on the photo, you can see the high quality version of it!
