Sorry if this is getting boring but I want to talk about Elephant Sands again - where we spent another few days last week. It really is a great place to relax and now I know why it is called ELEPHANT sands!!!
The first evening about 8 elephants, including 2 littl'uns came to the waterhole. We couldn't see them very well, but we could hear them and saw them by torch light. The next afternoon, everyone had gone for a nap and I was sitting alone in the boma with my books and 2 big guys came to the waterhole for a drink. Then they went to the edge of the waterhole and started kicking and churning up the mud for a cooling mud treatment - it really should be called Elephant Sands Spa!
The same thing happened on the second afternoon and evening - except they came up to the swimming pool to drink - not content with dam water! On the morning of the third day, we learned that the 2 big bulls had trashed several trees around the camp - just for the hell of it. We also saw lion tracks following the elephant tracks across the campsite - we think they might have been after the babies. The young couple who were camping showed us elephant footprints 20cms from where they laid their heads!!!
When it was time to pack the bags to leave, I couldn't walk back to the cottage where we were staying because the elephants were there! A tour guide who had just arrived with a party of Americans had to drive me back in his vehicle!
We met some interesting people, got lots of sleep - although it's pretty chilly here now at night - and had a good rest.
We'll be back!
