An amazing day!! We were picked up by Ian & Courtney of African Wanderers at 0900 in two land rovers for a day with Rhino, hiking to see San cave paintings & meeting a local Mtebe chief. First was a stroll through the bush to get up close with a herd of 7 white rhino. The dominant male still had his horn because last year when they decided to de-horn all of them in an attempt to stop poachers he escaped. Two of the females were pregnant. They were very ...

We started our day be assisting with the daily elephant training. We worked with Ntombi who is 26 years old. They train them with positive reinforcement so when they do what they are told to they get a reward. We were given handfuls of pellets to give her each time she did an action she was asked to do. Some of the elephants are trained to track down poachers which they can do by scent. Elephants are incredibly clever creatures with strong family/herd ties. They ...