Big Five Sightings 01-07 January 2024

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Monday, 1 January 2024

(29°C)

  • Langa, the female leopard mobile east across MalaMala Main Road.
  • Elephant Plains spotted hyena den was active with two adults and six pups.
  • One Kambula male lion mobile west along Arathusa Main Road towards Big Dam Link South.
  • Breeding herd of eighteen African elephants feeding along Rhino Ring South.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard stationary north of Sixteenth Crossing Road.
  • One spotted hyena feeding on a Cape buffalo carcass on the southern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip.

Tuesday, 2 January 2024

(27°C)

  • Four African elephant bulls feeding in a westerly direction along Milkberry Cutline.
  • A pack of three African wild dogs’ stationary north of Khaya Manzi Dam.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile west from Elephant Plains Delivery Road.
  • Timbavati, the male leopard stationary west of Hunters Moon Lodge finishing off the remains of an African wild dog.

Wednesday, 3 January 2024

(31°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile west on Elephant Plains Driveway towards the Airstrip.
  • One African elephant bull feeding along Shinzele Road.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stalking impala at Sandy Patch.
  • Nhenhe, the young male leopard stationary at Arathusa Safari Lodge Dam wall.

Thursday, 4 January 2024

(28°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard with a grey duiker kill in a tree on Seepline East.
  • One African elephant bull mobile south into Londolozi from the Londolozi Boundary.
  • A pack of sixteen African wild dogs hunting impala on Mkombe Road.
  • Breeding herd of approximately one hundred Cape buffalo stationary on the Londolozi Boundary east of Big Dam Link South.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard in a marula tree at Gabey’s Open Area.
  • Talamati Breakaway pride of lions consisting of one lioness and two sub adult’s mobile east along the fence line from the Pungwe River Crossing.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard with a scrub hare kill east of Mfezi Open Area.
  • A breeding herd of approximately thirty African elephant’s mobile west from Sherley’s Open.
  • A pack of sixteen African wild dog’s stationary on Grass Cut junction Arathusa Main Road.

Friday, 5 January 2024

(31°C)

  • Talamati Breakaway pride of lions consisting of one lioness and two sub adult’s stationary at Simbambili Dam.
  • Kambula pride of lions consisting of four males and one lioness drinking water at Arathusa Safari Lodge Dam.
  • A pack of sixteen African wild dogs finishing off a scrub hare kill west of Horseshoe Open Area.
  • One serval mobile south from Elephant Plains Sherley’s Cutline.
  • A breeding herd of fifteen African elephants drinking water at Bush Camp Pan.

Saturday, 6 January 2024

(33°C)

  • Kambula pride of lions consisting of four males and one lioness stationary on Drongo South.
  • Two African elephant bulls feeding on Bush Camp West.
  • One Cape buffalo wallowing north of Our Fathers Crossing.
  • Laluka, the female leopard mobile north from Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard in a marula tree on Drongo South.
  • A breeding herd of twenty African elephants feeding around Five Way Junction.
  • A pack of sixteen African wild dog’s stationary at Ngala Open.

Sunday, 7 January 2024

(34°C)

  • Kambula pride of lions consisting of four males and one lioness stationary on the northern side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.
  • One African elephant bull mobile west on the Londolozi Boundary.
  • A breeding herd of approximately one hundred Cape buffalo stationary in the block north of Philimon’s Cutline.

 

 

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