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Bad luck Clydehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image174.jpgimageOur 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viewing lounge where you can wrap yourself in a blanket with a cup of tea and watch the elephants We had to sit in here when we did any overnight observations but couldn't stay in the rooms :-(https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image139.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image138.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image137.jpgimage2015-10-19T23:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/18/elephant-ride/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image145.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image144.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image143.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image142.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image141.jpgimage2015-11-25T22:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/18/saturday-action-packed-day/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image153.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image152.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image151.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image150.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image149.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image148.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image147.jpgimageA cuddle with Keishahttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image146.jpgimageMe with Sally and Clyde2015-10-19T23:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/18/a-lovely-day/2015-10-19T23:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/18/partaaayy/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image126.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image125.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image124.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image123.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image122.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image121.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image120.jpgimage2015-10-19T23:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/15/elephant-bathtime/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image119.jpgimage2015-10-16T13:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/15/it-never-rains-it-pours/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image118.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image117.jpgimageThis is the first time I got wet after feeding Harry's Herd and putting out fresh branches in the pouring rain 2015-10-16T13:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/15/clyde-at-work/2015-10-16T13:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/13/new-task-tuesday-13th-oct/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image112.jpgimageBefore https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image111.jpgimageAfter the elephants have been at them!https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image110.jpgimage2015-10-14T16:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/12/2nd-week-monday-12th-oct/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image109.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image108.jpgimageLouihttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image107.jpgimageGoodbye Sandy :-( Our little family up at the main house.. Karen , Louisa, D2015-10-14T06:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/12/poop-recycling-project/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image106.jpgimageLouisa and I on field observationshttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image105.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image104.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image103.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image102.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image101.jpgimageThe finished product Poop paperhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image100.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image99.jpgimageToday's Poop Team Alex, Louisa, Davina and Karenhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image98.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image97.jpgimageThe volunteers press out the poop mixture into a flat patty2015-10-14T06:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/11/thandi/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image81.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image80.jpgimageThandi means 'love' in Zulu She became the first born elephant in the park in 2003 - Nandi is her mother She can be rather bossy and is a bit of. Show off Although Keisha is prob my favourite, Thandi comes a close second as she is a lot of fun :-)https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image79.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image78.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image77.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image76.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image75.jpgimageA selfie with Thato - I couldn't get her whole face in ! 2015-10-11T23:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/11/walking-with-cheetahs/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image74.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image73.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image72.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image71.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image70.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image69.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image68.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image67.jpgimage2015-10-12T15:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/11/on-the-town/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image66.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image65.jpgimageAt Flashbacks nightclub We then went onto Spotlight with lots of African music to dance tohttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image64.jpgimageAt Moby Dick's Plettenburg bay Seafood Espetada - prawns, Hake, Calamari and peppers in garlic butter with rice and dips + chocolate sponge pudding in a cup - + a vodka and lemon all for about £10 equivalent 2015-10-11T23:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/11/the-weekend-starts-here/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image63.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image62.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image61.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image60.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image59.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image58.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image57.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image56.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image55.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image54.jpgimage2015-10-11T23:24:55+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/10/meet-some-of-the-elephants/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image51.jpgThatoThato seen here on the left (with Keisha) means 'beloved' in Tswana - born in 2007 she is the youngest, smallest elephant - she arrived at the park with Mashudu after her parents suffered the same fate https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image50.jpgMashuduMashudu means 'lucky' in Venda he was born in 2007. His parents were killed on a hunting farm in the North West provincehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image49.jpgKeishaKeisha means 'favourite ' and she is my favourite - born in 2003 she arrived at the park in 2004 and was close to dying ; her mother had died during a translocation and Keisha had tried to suckle from others and sustained several injuries including holes in her ears - she has made a full recovery and settled into her new home https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image48.jpgNandiNandi means 'a sweet thing' in Zulu - 2nd largest female born in 1993 and came to the park in 2002 - very good mother to Thandihttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image47.jpgShungiShungi means 'patience' born in 2007 playful with a great sense of humour and often chases the Zebra and guinea fowl in the parkhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image46.jpgSallyDally the matriarch of the herd - she was born in 1989 and saved from culling in Kruger NP in 1994 2015-10-11T13:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/09/harrys-herd/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image45.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image44.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image43.jpgimage2015-10-10T12:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/08/peace-and-tranqulity/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image42.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image41.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image40.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image39.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image38.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image37.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image36.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image35.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image34.jpgimage2015-10-10T17:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/08/clyde-clyde/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image33.jpgimageSelfie photo bombed by Lou and Sarahhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image32.jpgimageClyde at the Love Food Cafehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image31.jpgimage2015-10-10T08:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/08/the-real-work/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image30.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image29.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image28.jpgimageSunset2015-10-08T18:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/06/induction-and-elephant-encounters/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image20.jpgimageElephant water hole with Mashuduhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image19.jpgimageNandihttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image18.jpgimageMatriarch Sally and guide Resistancehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image17.jpgimageEarly morning zebrashttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image16.jpgimageElephant feeding timehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image15.jpgimageFirst close up Elephant encounter with Shungu2015-10-10T17:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/05/ive-arrived-at-the-elephant-park/2015-10-05T19:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/05/flight-to-george/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image14.jpgComing into GeorgeI managed to look out of the window lots... It was amazing and the countryside is beautifulhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image13.jpgOver the cloudsThose who have flown with me before know I don't like looking out of the window!https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image12.jpgimageWow that plane is smallhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image11.jpgShuttle bushttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image10.jpgWe had a cool giraffe print shuttle bus 2015-10-05T23:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/04/2nd-day-in-capetown-4th-oct/2015-10-06T21:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/03/cape-town/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image9.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image8.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image7.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image6.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image5.jpgimagehttps://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image4.jpgimage2015-10-04T19:34:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/02/at-heathrow-airport/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image3.jpgimageWith my companion - now called Clyde - eating at the appropriately named Giraffe - start as I mean to go on 2015-10-04T06:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/02/packing-success-2/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image.jpgimageWell I managed to get my bag done up which was a real mission!! Now I just need to be able to carry it! 2015-10-02T09:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/10/02/travelling-companion/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image2.jpgimage2015-10-02T16:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/09/30/going-to-miss-the-pooches/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image3.jpgimageLast walk with Lacey & Arthur before they go and stay with their doggie caretakers! Thanks Lesley and Lee 2015-10-06T00:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/09/21/karens-first-elephant-encounter/https://karenselephanttrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image2.jpgKaren's first elephant encounterThis was probably my first elephant encounter aged 3 at Colchester Zoo - with my uncle 2015-10-06T00:47:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/2015/09/13/hello-world/2015-09-15T20:34:38+00:00monthlyhttps://karenselephanttrip.com/about/2015-09-13T16:39:11+00:00weekly0.6https://karenselephanttrip.comdaily1.02015-12-08T00:48:09+00:00