29.7.10

60 ellies after breakfast

60 elephants the opposite shore of the ruaha river, just after breakfast. We wait them to move. It is an amazing scenery with all the acacias, the blue water, the sand and the pachiderms. It is a big group made probably of several breeding herds and they slowly head towards this side, towards us.
When they are in the middle I started moving towards where I thought they would climb up.
It was exactly the same place where we had muffins and coffee just few minutes before. AAnd here they come, slowly by steady, stopping in the middle to feed on some reeds. I am with a family of four and a couple of honeymooners, a crew of 6 people amongst the best I ever had, from where we are we can see the grey giants coming straight towards us, in ten minutes they already crossed the sand stretch. Eventually they rich a stream of water below us, some they drink, some cross and in the end all start crossing. When the first started climbing the bank I talked to her in order to make her aware of our presence. She deviated her direction of some meters and came up just in front of us, slowly followed by the other 59.... priceless.
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