Elephant Dream 2025 - Females are more wary here in Marataba. Although we were with them for a while, these females seem to start forming a coalition against us here to warn us before crossing the road. So we talked gently to them to reassure them we weren’t a threat

Elephant Dream 2025 - Yesterday we had a large elephant gathering at the river. We observed them for hours playing, swimming, greeting, affiliating and sometimes even aggressing each other. Elephants are such complex beings where social gatherings shape their deeply social lives.

Yesterday we ended up being surrounded by our big boys. Here we had a magical elephant encounter up close. The Mountain wanted to go past our car but we couldn’t move as there were other males a few meters ahead so he gently passed by us ❤️.

Days 1 and 2 of 🐘 fieldwork:

-Flat tyre ✅
-Got stuck in sand and had to dig out the car for an hr while checking our backs for lions/ellies ✅
-Mozambican spitting cobra under our wheel ✅
-Got lost at night in the park ✅
-Amazing rhino encounters: also ✅

👋 Back in the field! Stay tuned for regular posts about our adventures following elephants 🐘❤️

When your dog steals the show during a talk 🐶❤️