I have an ongoing fascination with elephant footprints - crinkly, wrinkly ovals in the soft sand, replicating the contours of their foot soles.
Last time I wrote about this, there was no scale to show the size of the prints, and people were curious, so I've been needing another photo opportunity...
A couple of weeks ago en route to one of the weddings, we overnighted at Elephant Sands Lodge, near Nata.
Footprint maker...
The elephants covered the vehicle tracks overnight....
Even though the sand was icy cold at six on a cold May morning, and I had no shoes on...
...I stepped inside one for a photo. (My foot is about a size 5 UK shoe size, if that helps!)
It's an awesome feeling to take a walk in their tracks, and I like to attempt striding from one footprint to the next, even if this does result in some fairly undignified leaping behaviour!
On the way out, we saw miniature, perfectly formed baby elephant footprints, but we couldn't lose our momentum in the thick sand, so I was unable to capture them this time. Watch this proverbial space!
Warm African weekend greetings to all reading this
