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Elephants in the Tall Grass, and Moving Ranger Teams

26 Apr 2009 Filed under (Elephants, Rangers) by Innocent Mburanumwe @ 10:00 pm

Lately we have had to make some routine transfers of Ranger teams between different parts of Virunga National Park. That is why last week I had to organize the move of teams of Rangers between Rumangabo, Rwindi, and Lulimbi Stations (see map).

During one of these moves, I drove our landcruiser pickup (ICCN 003) to Rwindi to bring Rangers and their families East to Lulimbi and South to Rumangabo. We were driving past Mabenga when saw the big herd of elephants that lives in that area. We stopped the car and from the road you could see at least 50 elephants.

The grass around the elephants was very tall

The elephants here are often in the proximity of the road.

My passengers: Rangers with their wifes (and all their possessions)

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4 Responses to “Elephants in the Tall Grass, and Moving Ranger Teams”

  1. Anonymous Says: 26 Apr 2009

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  2. brenton brenton Says: 27 Apr 2009

    Just magical photos. Thankyou so much to the rangers and their families for their committment to wildlife and to their home, the Virungas. Brenton.

  3. Amy Amy Says: 27 Apr 2009

    How good to know there are still elephants there. And all good wishes to the rangers and their families. They are my heroes!

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