A walking safari and close encounters with elephants at Kanga Camp.
Mana Pools chapter three
Today I’m to move camps to Kanga for the next few days, an “expedition” camp located further inland beside a watering hole.
It’s away from the river, but I’m excited to explore another part of the park, to visit another camp. But this morning I’m still at Nyamatusu and I’ve booked a walking safari before I go.
I pack my bags and load them onto the vehicle as our guide takes us to the rendezvous point. Along the way we pause when our guide spots an elephant about to use a termite mound to reach the branches of a nearby tree. It puts one foot and then another on the termite mound and stretches its trunk up to grab the leaves.
We drive on and our guide points out a guinea fowl standing upon a branch. I’ve never seen them off the ground and we stop to watch as it looks around and the flies back down to the earth.
— 12 Sep 2025
