Baby Elephant Khanyisa Escapes the Homestead to Visit Her Old Orphanage!

On an early morning at the homestead, the carers arrive to guide the elephants out into the bush for the beginning of their day together. Khanyisa hangs around the gate, seeing Adine and Herman on the other side. A bird lands on Khanyisa and she gets a fright!

As we open the gate to enter and bring in her milk bottles and morning snacks, she flees! She sees the orphanage and heads straight there, to her old home! Her first home at HERD where Lammie and Nungu are. She opens the gate with ease and even opens her old nursery door! What a pro she is.

She usually only visits the orphanage to be weighed but since she is almost 1000 kgs and our scale only measures up to 1000 kgs, we will stop weighing her soon! She clearly wanted one last visit with her she friends and old digs. 🏡