This small Elephant enjoyed his bath with the family – while climbing on the back of one of his cousins. At the end of a hot day there is nothing better than splashing around in a waterhole.
The Thanda guests enjoyed this very entertaining sighting!
Disappearing into the Sunset
One of Thanda’s oldest Elephant bulls walked quietly towards the sunset. Before he disappeared in the bush he provided the Thanda guests a very close encounter with a gentle giant.
Rambo and I!
Besides game drives Thanda guests are offered many additional activities.
The most popular is the Elephant Interaction on a neighboring property.
The first image shows me with Rambo, the 4 ton bull who is the largest of the three Elephants which guests interact with.
The second image shows young Jabulani reaching out for her treats.
And the the third image features Jabulani’s mum Rachel getting her fair share.
A very special experience 🙂
Mummy, get him!
Imagine you are a Baby Elephant …
“Well, today is a very windy and cold morning. We were all were pretty thirsty and moving towards a waterhole …
… when grandma spotted a Lion …
… We do not like them! …
Mummy started walking really fast, trumpeting and everything. Great! …
… I love a good chase and I ran as fast as I could – keeping up with mum. But we did not get him 😦
Grandma decided to turn back towards the water.
Maybe next time 🙂 “
This is a “record” of an exciting Elephant/Lion chase at Thanda Private Game Reserve, enjoyed by many Thanda guests on a very windy morning.
Following the herd!
Being close to wild animals has its thrill. But sometimes the best sightings are observing animals from a distance. The Thanda guests on game drive were fascinated to see one of Thanda’s largest Elephant bulls following the herd while crossing a recently burned area. Strong winds and the evening sun created a very special twilight atmosphere!
Water and Mud!
Watch Thanda’s herd of Elephants having a bath at Mgankla Dam. The Thanda guests enjoyed observing these gentle giants playing with Water and Mud!
Let’s have a drink together!
We are very grateful at Thanda for last summer’s heavy rain falls, which have ensured that our main waterholes still have water for our animals at the end of this winter (dry season).
Thanda guests enjoyed watching our two largest Elephant bulls having a drink together at one of largest dams. Last year at the same time this “bar” would have been closed already for the rest of the winter 🙂
Ivory!
Protect them! … no further comment …
Amazing Elephants
Today’s Elephant sighting on Thanda was one of my best sightings ever.
We watched the Thanda breeding herd of Elephant and a few bulls for a long time. These amazing creatures ignored us while they were feeding and sparring around us.
There will be more posts from this sighting – too many great images for just one message 🙂
This first image is of one of the largest bulls on Thanda.
Mami, not so fast!
One of the youngest Thanda Elephants had to move fast to catch up with its mum. We had an excellent sighting this evening when the breeding herd crossed the road right in front of our vehicles.
Five of the Thanda bull were trailing the herd. The two young bulls in the picture below gave us a good look before they moved on.
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