Tembe National Elephant Park

At Tembe National Elephant Park (www.tembe.co.za) on a November visit to South Africa, the high wooden blind near the water hole provided the opportunity for us to watch an amazing collection of animals slaking their thirst: wary giraffes with their awkwardly splayed legs, regal waterbucks with white “toilet seat” markings on their rears, herds of shaggy nyala, ugly warthogs. . . . All deferred to the massive, elderly elephants when they lumbered up to drink, splash and rinse, greeting each other.

JACKIE BLACK

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada