African wild dog, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Monday 12 February 2024

(31°C)

• Two Black Dam male lions stationary on Arathusa Main Road junction Grass Cut.
• The Nkuhuma pride consisting of nine lioness and one sub adult male stationary at Mfezi Open Area.

Tuesday 13 February 2024

(34°C)

• Two Black Dam male lions stationary on the Northern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
• Tortoise Pan, the male leopard at Rhulani Pan.
• Tiyani, the female leopard stalking scrub hares East of Leadwood.
• A breeding herd of approximately eighty Cape buffalo feeding in an Eastern direction from Horseshoe Open Area.
• One African elephant bull feeding on the Northern side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.

Wednesday 14 February 2024

(35°C)

• Two Black Dam male lions stationary on Xihumbane East of Shinzele junction.
• A breeding herd of twenty African elephants feeding on marula fruits on Ole Elephant Plains Driveway.
• Nhenhe, the young male leopard mobile West from Second Windmill junction Zebra Drive.

Woodland Kingfisher, Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Thursday 15 February 2024

(37°C)

• Two Ndzhenga male lions mobile East on Arathusa Main Road.
• The four Kambula male lions and one lioness mobile West from Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
• The Nkuhuma pride of lions scattering in the block East of Arathusa Safari Airstrip to get away from the Ndzhenga male lions.
• One African elephant bull drinking water at Serengeti Pan.
• A breeding herd of approximately eighty Cape buffalo drinking and wallowing at Rhino Pan.
• A pack of four African wild dogs stationary on Million’s Road.

Friday, 16 February 2024

(40°C)

• Tiyani, the female leopard mobile South on the Western side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.
• A pack of fourteen African wild dogs stationary at Five Way Junction.
• The four Kambula male lions and one lioness stationary on the Southern side of Arathusa Safari Lodge Driveway.
• A breeding herd of eight African elephants feeding in a Northern direction on Madash North.
• Two young male lions attempting to hunt Cape buffalo at Cruise Camp Dam.
• Ntsumi, the female leopard mobile East along Buffelshoek Torchwood Boundary.

Saturday, 17 February 2024

(38°C)

• Tiyani, the female leopard with a juvenile impala kill in a marula tree on Elephant Plains Delivery Road.
• A Pack of nine African wild dogs stationary on Sherley’s Open.
• A pack of fourteen African wild dogs mobile South East from Seepline West towards Big Dam.
• Makhomsava, the female leopard resting in a jackle berry tree off of Rhino Ring East.
• Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary at Xigodi Pan.
• A breeding herd of approximately eighty Cape buffalo mobile South from Ntoma Crossing.

Talamati Breakaway sub adult lioness, Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 18 February 2024

(34°C 1.5 mm Rain)

• Tiyani, the female leopard stationary on Elephant Plains Delivery Road with an Impala kill in a marula tree.
• Two Black Dam male lions stationary East of Treehouse Dam.
• Tortoise Pan the male leopard feeding on the remains of an impala ram in a marula tree an Xidulu, the female leopard feeding on remains of the impala kill on the opposite side of the road along Safari Simbambili Cutline West of Xigodi Pan.
• One African elephant bull mobile South West from Horseshoe West.
• A pack of nine African wild dogs chasing impala at Sherley’s Open.