With the dry season in full swing, now is the time of bush fires.  The time for managed burning by the park authorities has gone, now it is too dry to start intentional bush fires.  However many fires can be caused by accident in several ways: An early morning dew drop clinging to the surface of an old elephant turd can concentrate the suns energy like a magnifying glass and set the turd alight.

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With the season at Ras Kutani in full swing, time was taken to deliver some generous donations from one of our guests to the clinic and school at Gomvu village, where many of our staff hail from. The nurses were extremely happy with the supplies they received, and the children eager to use their new books and pencils that were donated.

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At the moment the great Ruaha river is not worthy of its name.  Deep in the dry season now, its waters have dropped and slowed resembling more of a stream than a mighty river.  A month from now the flow will stop completely.  Thankfull there are many permanant pools which last the dry season keeping our Hippos and Crocodiles happy and maintaning a population of fish.

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A new pride has moved into the jongomero area since the start of the season.  Consisting of 2 females and two half grown cubs, they were first spotted on one of the first walks, wild and nervous, not used to human contact the slunk away into the bushes not to be seen again for a while.

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Surely no creature (apart from man) has a bigger impact on the world it lives in than the Elephant.  The managers of the bush, these magnificent creatures have the ability to change entire landscapes and if not confined in a small area, they change it for the better.

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