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In the heart of Africa, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:05 | |
a young family is heading | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
for an epic adventure. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
They are moving with their three children | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
to a remote Kenyan wilderness. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Mum, Saba, is here to run a safari camp... | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
Welcome. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
..while Dad, Frank, is helping to protect elephants. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
Collar's almost on, now the scary bit. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
But raising a family and running a business in the bush | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
is going to be a massive challenge. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Shoo! | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
There are monkeys in the kitchen... | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
Oh, you monkeys, I'm going to kill you! | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
..floods threatening the camp... | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
It's looking like it's going to be a mega storm. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
..medical emergencies... | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
It's bad and it needs urgent action. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
..and wildlife in need of help. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
My heart really is in my mouth. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:52 | |
It's going to be a huge gamble. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
Will the business survive Saba's first season in charge? | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
Oh, my God. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
This time, the drought is hitting hard and camp is feeling the strain. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
It picks up all the sand from the other bank | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
and it just hurls it across straight into your eyes, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
scours off your skin and it becomes unbearable. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
The guests are expecting to see elephants. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
But to find them, Saba's forced to take drastic action. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
Ready, girls? | 0:01:22 | 0:01:23 | |
And an orphan elephant urgently needs Frank's help. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
She's just taken off in a straight line towards an area | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
which is pretty dangerous for her. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
Samburu is in the grip of a severe drought. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
It's transformed the reserve into a scorching dust bowl. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
This morning, Elephant Watch camp is caught in a sandstorm. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
I'm just trying to create a bit of a barrier between us and the wind. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
Because it's getting to the point where we're getting a huge amount of | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
sand just blowing straight in here, and it's really painful on the eyes. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
The winds couldn't have come at a worse time. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
It's the middle of the high season, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
and Saba has a camp full of guests arriving today. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
But the sandstorm isn't her only problem. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Her visitors want to see elephants. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
It's really important that they have a deeply meaningful experience | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
with elephants, because this is their big trip | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
to come out to Africa to meet the elephants, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
to see what we're doing, and really understand what it's all about. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
Seeing elephants is easier said than done. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
They have all left the reserve. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
The severity of the drought has forced wildlife | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
to travel in search of food. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
It hasn't rained here for three months, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
and the vegetation has been reduced to a few scrubby bushes. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
The lifeblood of the reserve, the Ewaso Nyiro river, is drying up. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
For the animals, every day has become a struggle to survive. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
It's a big concern for Saba's husband, Frank. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
It's his job to protect Samburu's elephants. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
So a busy day today, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
but I think the first thing I'm going to do is talk to David. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
He gave me a call earlier. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:58 | |
He's a bit concerned about one of the orphan herds that we've now got, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
that don't really know how to survive when times get tough. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
Orphan herds are elephant families that have lost their matriarch - | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
their leader and most experienced female. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
The recent rise in poaching has seen these older females | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
targeted for their larger tusks, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
leaving one in five families in Samburu without a mature matriarch. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:29 | |
In a drought, younger orphans lack the knowledge they need to survive. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:37 | |
Hey, David. How's it going? | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
Hi, good. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:45 | |
David Daballen, | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
Head of Field Operations at Save the Elephants, | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
is concerned for a 13-year-old orphan called Habiba. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
So what's going on? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:54 | |
Well, I'm trying to look at some of these elephants. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
She's fitted with a tracking device, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
and David has noticed she's heading into danger. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
I think my main concern is that she doesn't know where she's going. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
This area, as far as I know, it's completely bare area now, | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
there's just no food. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:13 | |
All they're depending on is a little bit of browsing near the river. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
It's a big concern as far as the food situation is concerned. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
We've got a problem in Samburu. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Because of this surge in poaching that we've had, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
a lot of the elder females - these are the matriarchs, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:32 | |
the experienced elders who led the herds - | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
seems like one of the orphans in particular, Habiba, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
is stuck in a pattern of behaviour that might suggest | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
that she just doesn't have the experience to go elsewhere. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
We know the feeding is really bad in the area she's in, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
so it's a bit of a worry. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:48 | |
Is she going to be able to survive in this drought? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
They urgently need to find Habiba so they can check on how she's doing. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:56 | |
Frank heads to her last known position. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
At camp, the dust barriers are nearly up... | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
..which leaves Saba free to deal with the bigger problem | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
of trying to find elephants for her guests. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
The drought has driven almost all of them across the river. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
On the other side of the river, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
you've got swamps and these little copses of trees and stuff, | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
so there's more food for the elephants to eat. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
Or certainly they seem to prefer that area. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
So when my guests come, at the moment, | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
there are just no elephants on this side of the river. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
I'm just hoping I can find a way to get across. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
To avoid disappointment for her guests, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
Saba must find a way to reach the other side. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
The key thing is whether or not the water's gone down enough. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
Because if the sand is very saturated and wet, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
then there's going to be quite a lot of sinking sand. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
So there's a very high probability that I'm going to get stuck. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
Wildlife guide Bernard is on hand in case Saba's crossing goes wrong. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:12 | |
We just want to give our guests the best | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
and going to the other side will surely be something special, | 0:07:15 | 0:07:20 | |
because we're not going to see a lot of cars. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
It's just elephants and wildlife. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
We'll go down and check it on foot, shall we? | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Joined by her daughter Selkie, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
Saba checks out the potential crossing. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
It's a place used by local herders. An encouraging sign. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
I've been looking up and down the river for quite a while now | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
and I just haven't found anywhere quite like this. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
So it's really good. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
-All right, shall we try? -Let's try. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
-Yeah? -Let's do it! -OK! | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
Wahoo! | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
We've done it! | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
Yay, wasn't that easy? | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
OK, Bernard, you want to give it a go? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
OK, good luck. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
Go, go, go, go! | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
Well done, Bernard! That was fantastic. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
That's really, really exciting! | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
-What do you think? -Whoo! | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
What do you think? | 0:08:49 | 0:08:50 | |
That was fun! | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
I'm so excited, this is just amazing. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
-It's really good. -Couldn't be better! | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
Yeah, I know. Well done. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
-All right. Shall we head back, then? -Yeah. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
They've found a good crossing. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
But will things run so smoothly in two hours, | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
with a vehicle loaded with guests? | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
A few miles away, Frank is still searching for the orphan, Habiba. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
Habiba is a special elephant | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
because she's only 13 years old and she's lost her mother. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
And she's without an experienced adult to guide her through life. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:38 | |
And as a result, she's... | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
It doesn't look like she's doing very well. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
And Frank's not just concerned for Habiba. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
Although Habiba's only 13 years old, | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
which is about the same as being a 13-year-old human | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
in terms of life experience, she does have a little baby. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
And that means that the stakes are high, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
not just for her, but she's also got a dependant. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
And what would really help Habiba right now | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
is if she could find an elder, experienced female | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
from another family to take her in and show her the ropes. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Elephant herds are usually made up of family members. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
But in Samburu, some matriarchs are taking unrelated elephants | 0:10:27 | 0:10:32 | |
under their wing. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:33 | |
This behaviour is helping orphans survive at a time | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
when their families are being torn apart by ivory poaching. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
Joining a larger, more experienced group | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
could offer Habiba's herd a vital lifeline. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
Frank reaches the location where Habiba was last seen. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Sorry, girls. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:07 | |
We got her. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:10 | |
Morning, Habiba. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:13 | |
It's one thing to see a group of elephants on the plain, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
munching grass. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:25 | |
It's another to know it's Habiba with her particular history, | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
and the fact she's on her own in life, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
she's struggling with this little kid. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
It does give an extra tinge to this morning's scene. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
Habiba's looking a little bit scrawny. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
The calf looks a little bit on the thin side too. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
But it's to be expected in this dryness. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
Habiba's calf is not the only one depending on her. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
Even though she's only a teenager, at 13, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
Habiba is the oldest in her herd. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
The younger orphans look to her for leadership, | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
but she's half the age of a normal matriarch. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
It's such a tough thing. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
There's so much responsibility on her shoulders now. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
I mean, look at all these other elephants that are with her. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
They're relying on her, they're looking up to her, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
but she doesn't really know what she's doing. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
Most of the time, she's staying within the safety of the reserve, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
and as long as she doesn't do anything too erratic, | 0:12:32 | 0:12:36 | |
then the rains will be here soon, and everything should be rosy. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:42 | |
Until the rains come, they'll have to try and make it on their own. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
With other herds scattered because of the drought, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
it's unlikely she will find an experienced family to join. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Back at camp, Saba's new guests are arriving. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
Welcome! | 0:13:09 | 0:13:10 | |
Welcome, everyone. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:14 | |
This is Kihara. John. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
And Keresai. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
And Titike. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:19 | |
Lenairisha. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:20 | |
She's so determined they see elephants, | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
Saba's decided to guide the first safari herself. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
All right, everybody ready? | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
Ready. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:31 | |
Lori and John McBride are from the US. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
They've brought their grandchildren here | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
to see wild elephants for the first time. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
We're going on a big adventure. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:42 | |
And I've found this wonderful new crossing to go across the river. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
This is the first time we've done it. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
So we might get stuck, but if we get on the other side, | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
we've got a good chance of seeing a lot of elephants. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
It's time for Saba to test out her crossing. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
-Ready, girls? -Hang on! | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
-And boys! -Hang on. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
Yeah, we've got a woman driver, watch out. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
Ruby, hang on. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:13 | |
This is an adventure. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
Hold on to me, darling. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
Mutti! | 0:14:23 | 0:14:24 | |
With the car full, the extra weight has caused it to sink in the mud. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:38 | |
Oh, boo! I can't believe this has happened, I'm so sorry. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
They're well and truly stuck. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:45 | |
If Saba can't get them out, they won't be seeing any elephants. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
David Daballen has had some worrying news. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
The latest tracking position has shown Habiba and her calf | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
heading straight for danger. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
Frank's on the other side of the reserve, | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
so David decides to check it out himself. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
Attan Swamp is outside the reserve. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
It's an area where people have settled | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
to grow crops during the drought. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
In Habiba's desperation for food, | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
she might be heading there to raid the farms. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
If she does, it could cause conflict with the farmers. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
Having thought we would find Habiba here, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
I drove all the way to the edge of the park, | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
and we've not seen any sign of Habiba. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
So we're going back again, | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
to start our search right back at Ewaso river. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
But still, we have not found her. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
Time is ticking by. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
David needs to find her if he is to have any hope | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
of turning Habiba's herd away from the farms. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
Saba isn't having much luck either. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
OK. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:06 | |
We're going to have to come up with another plan. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
This is the famous Saba short cut! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
She's putting on a brave face for the guests, but Saba's concerned. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
Frank, Frank - do you copy? | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
'Saba, Saba?' | 0:17:22 | 0:17:23 | |
I'm stuck! | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
'I can't hear you, say again?' | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
I'm stuck in the river! I need you to save me! | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
'Saba, I can't hear you properly, but I will get seriously under way, | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
'and when I can hear you properly I'll come find you.' | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
-OK, thank you. -'OK.' | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
We should have brought a cup of tea! | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
Save Saba, don't save the elephants! | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
The humiliation. I can no longer call myself a bush girl. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
Frank needs to get there soon. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
The car is sinking deeper, and the sun is setting. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
Back on the trail of Habiba, David's also running out of time. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
We've got about literally a quarter of an hour. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:17 | |
I feel she is somewhere there, so let's hope for the best. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:23 | |
He must find her before it gets dark. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
If he doesn't, he'll have to call off the search until morning. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
LOUD CRASH | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
Fixing this puncture will use valuable minutes | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
that David doesn't have. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
Frank is on his way to try to rescue Saba and the guests. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
It's just typical, isn't it? | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
Just as the sun's going down and the river's coming up, | 0:19:18 | 0:19:24 | |
Saba makes her last-ditch attempt to cross the river and gets stuck. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
This is a real Saba road. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:32 | |
Yee-ha! | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
Mayday, mayday! | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
We've got to move fast because it's sinking. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
We've just jacked it up and got everything out. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
We're going to make it this time. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
I'm just mortified that I have to be rescued by Frank. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:59 | |
Oh, God. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:01 | |
I'm never going to hear the end of this. Never, ever. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
You know, I'm just... | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
Oh, God, I hate these Land Cruisers. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
Ready? | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
I got it out. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:42 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
-BERNARD: -Bravo! | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
Oh, they're so fantastic. Thank God we are with the McBrides, | 0:20:46 | 0:20:50 | |
because they have a sense of humour and a great sense of adventure. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
Saba is THE expert at getting stuck | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
because she goes places she shouldn't go, | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
and then unstuck again. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
I think so! | 0:21:04 | 0:21:05 | |
Thank you, John. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:08 | |
Did you expect this to happen when you came to Africa? | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
No! | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
What did you learn from this experience? | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
Never drive a car... | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
-On sand? -On sand or across a river. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
When you don't know the car. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
They may not have seen elephants, | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
but the McBrides have had an adventure they'll never forget. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
You're going to think I'm the worst guide in the world. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
We're not - they learned a good lesson. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
What? Don't go into the river? | 0:21:35 | 0:21:36 | |
You should see how their father drives on the road. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
Not at all, not at all. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
Shall we go and have a cup of tea? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
Whatever. As long as we know there's elephants on the other side. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
Come on! | 0:21:47 | 0:21:48 | |
David hasn't been able to find Habiba and the orphan herd. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
Fixing his tyre has taken too much time. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
We've spent hours and hours looking for these guys. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
There's nothing frustrating than looking the whole day | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
and you don't find them. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
My hope is she's all right. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
It's a big worry. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:19 | |
He'll just have to hope they can stay out of trouble overnight. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
First light, and Frank is looking for Habiba. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
He's got the latest GPS fix from her tracking collar. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
But he needs to make sure the herd is safe. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
We've just got a little group here. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
We've just crossed the river to come and have a look at these girls | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
and see who's here. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
It's Habiba and the orphans. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
Frank is straight on the phone to David. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:07 | |
Hi, David. We found her. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
She's looking fine. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
She's with her baby and four others. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
Little bit on the skinny side, but she's fine | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
and she looks like she's heading back into the reserve. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
She's turned away from the swamp. So a big relief, yeah. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
OK, yeah, bye. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
I think what I'd like to do now is just to stay here with them. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
Just make sure that they're not going to go any further that way. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
I'd just like to see what her strategy is now. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
And it's just as well he's stuck around. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
An elephant family with a mature matriarch has appeared. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
Habiba and the orphans are making their way towards them. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
They might be trying to join this larger herd. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
So Habiba's group | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
and this new family are moving directly towards each other. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:15 | |
One of them has already gone over to greet them | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
so the mingling has begun. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
We're getting some contact rumbles | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
as they start talking to one another. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
ELEPHANTS MAKE A LOW NOISE | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
These friendly rumbles suggest the other family | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
is welcoming Habiba and the orphans. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
That's so great. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:44 | |
There's at least, I don't know, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
15 elephants joining up with Habiba's five. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:51 | |
It's exactly what Frank and David have been hoping for - | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
that the new family will take these inexperienced young elephants | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
under their wing. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
It's a happy day to see her united with a bigger group, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
with some elder females that she can rely on. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
There's a better chance she'll be given the guidance | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
she needs to make good decisions in life. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
Not to go wondering off into danger areas, | 0:25:21 | 0:25:25 | |
to stick where the feeding's good. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
Have the courage to go out and be shown areas | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
where there's even better feeding. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
That's really lovely to see. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
Back at camp, the guests are tucking into breakfast. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
This morning, someone's invited himself for a bite to eat. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
Hi, old guy! | 0:26:08 | 0:26:09 | |
Good morning, Sarara! | 0:26:10 | 0:26:11 | |
The visiting male finally gives the McBride family | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
their first elephant experience... | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
..without crossing the river. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
Can't get much more of an experience than that. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
Right outside the tent. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:29 | |
That's crazy! | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
That's so cool. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
I think all the animals are just so hungry right now. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
There's so little food around, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
and the bulls are willing to take this high-risk strategy | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
and come right into the middle of a human settlement | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
just to get their seed pods, | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
because there's not very much else to eat. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
You don't need binoculars here. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
They come and sit on your front porch. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
(He's eating this tree right here.) | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
(Can you see him?) | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
(He's going to get in my bed.) | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
He's going to my room! | 0:27:26 | 0:27:27 | |
I hope he takes your side of the bed, not mine. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
Although I have a feeling if he takes your side, | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
I'm going to roll into him. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:36 | |
But this is amazing, Johnny, | 0:27:38 | 0:27:39 | |
that he feels so comfortable he can walk through this camp. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:44 | |
It's the way the world should be. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
Next time - | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
the drought continues to challenge the business... | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
Hey! Out, out, out! | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
..driving animals to invade camp. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
Naughty monkey! | 0:28:10 | 0:28:11 | |
And Frank takes on a dangerous mission... | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
We've got him on the transmitter, so we're going to try and walk in. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
..to find the biggest bull elephant in northern Kenya. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
Sticking together is very important. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 |