Chi Jungle Man

Buatong had a blast at the river. 🐘💦

With the recent rain the level of water is now sufficient for her to lay down and get up more easily.

She stayed there by herself for a while, showering, moving side to side to scratch her body on the sand,.... until her daughter Bai Boua arrived.

Keep an eye on our next river post to see what happened then! 👀

Archive: A cute video we missed from about 3 weeks ago when it started to rain. The weather was really hot and tons of mosquitoes and bugs woke up with the humidity.
Our 3 ladies seemed really bothered by it and absolutely had to spray dirt and mud to protect their body from the heat and bites.
3 generations having the same exact reaction to their natural environment.

How cute are they? ☺️💕🐘

Our beautiful ladies Buatong and Mae Lou spending time together, munching on grass.

Buatong is working hard to eat bamboo leaves. 🌿

🔊SOUND ON🔊

So you can hear the grass being cut, Mae Lou's flappy ears and her grinding jaw. 😄

Notice also at 8 seconds how she stops everything and listen after hearing an unusual noise (a branch that cracked) .
Mae Lou's is maybe 67 years old but she's not deaf and she's still definitely attentive to her environment.

Keeping our distance while observing elephants.

After a few hours of foraging in the grassland and forest, our elephants have decided to go back home to the camp by themselves.

Come observe our elephant family in their home.
Visit us this June!

🐾Little Bai Boua is slowly joining her mom and grandma.
🌱Buatong is breaking bamboo to eat the new fresh leaves.
🌿And if you look closely at the back you can see Mae Lou breaking a branch to use it as a fan and get rid of flies and mosquitoes.

🦟With the new rain, bugs are everywhere and elephants are not happy about it, using branches to remove them from their bodies, spraying more mud to protect their skin and scratching on trees or on the ground more than usual.

Another day, another excuse for Bai Boua to roll around.😄

When you give them space but the baby wants yours... 😄
No matter the freedom we give to our elephants, Bai Boua always seeks to have contact with her humans. ☺️