A day with the buffs

The big herd was much closer then we expected, we found it close to white rocks, around ten km from camp. They were moving but they were still far from any water so we just followed, we followed them for at least one hour then they settled. Was funny one by one they slowly dropped to the ground and started resting and ruminating. So we prepared for what we call an hammock sighting. We hang the hammock in the car and we wait for hours something to move. The first part of the morning was good fun the buffs moving in the forest of baobabs were stunning and we could really see all the composition of the herd, pathfinders, dominant bulls, basic herd of females and calves, old or invalid individuals and eventually dominant bulls again closing the line, the second part of the day was less exciting, we stayed at least 6 hrs keeping one eye (the other eye was normally closed) on the dozing herd.
Then they started moving again, the light went better and better, as the moved amongst the baobabs we started recognizing some of the individual, the little limping calf with a swollen leg, the cow with one horn broken, the old bull with loose skin under the chin, it was nice, like you were seeing people you know. All the groaning and bellowing was a concert itself We went close and far an then close again and far again so Owen could roll it properly. Its fun they are so big when they are close and when they are far they resemble so much a column of black ants swarming all over the place.

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