Day 01 - Our first elephant monitoring session

Elephant monitoring session –

Period – 10.00 to 15.30 hrs

Monitor – Leonard Muller

Conditions – dry, hot, some cloud covering

Highlights –

Ok so today was our first time on the back of the truck out in the Tembe bushveld with Leonard on a route that would take us through the amazing winding sand forest to various pans (waterholes), the vast expansive swamp regions, the Mahlasela Research hide finding and monitoring identified and unidentified elephants.

It's quite something being out on the back of the open 4x4 truck, amazing views, incredibly close to wildlife at all times, getting tuned into the sites and sounds of this wildest park, observing and monitoring some of the most amazing animals and of course seeing them for the first time in the wild! Another challenge for us is re-learning to support our skeletons without the aid of a seat back - not easy, and we're sure to redevelop those lazy back muscles over the weeks!

We'll be doing this session pretty much most days during our time at Tembe Elephant Park, we get the weekends off for this session ...... we may well be needing the rest and we may well be thanking Leonard for time out!