Big Five Sightings 06-12 May 2024

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Monday, 6 May 2024

(27°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the male leopard resting North of Arathusa Safari camp.
  • A pack of three wild dogs, crossing South into Londolozi between Grass Cut and Big Dam Link South.
  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants, drinking from Arathusa Safari dam.
  • Nhenhe, the young male leopard sleeping at Boerbean open.

 

Tuesday, 7 May 2024

(29°C)

  • One of the Plains Camp male lions, vocalizing and mobile East from Elephant Plains open area.
  • A breeding herd of eleven elephants, feeding at five-way junction.
  • The Elephant Plains hyena den was active with one adult and one cub.
  • One buffalo bull, sleeping at Gaby’s Coarse-way.

 

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

(30°C)–

  • A breeding herd of approximately fifty buffalo chased Tortoise Pan, the male leopard into a tree on the Robson’s Boundary at the junction of Elephant Carcass Road.
  • The Elephant Plains hyena den was active with one adult and one cub.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard feeding on a impala on Zoe’s Road North of Gowrie Main.

Thursday, 9 May 2024

(29°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile North in the Manyaleti river bed from EP/Manyaleti crossing.
  • Two Nkuhuma lioness, sleeping at EP/Manyaleti crossing.
  • Four bull elephants, feeding at the Rocks.
  • The Elephant Plains hyena den was active with one adult and one cub.

Friday, 10 May 2024

(27°C)

  • Two Nkuhuma lioness, sleeping on Rampan dam wall.
  • A breeding herd of proximately twenty elephants feeding around Zebra Drive junction with Ellie Alley.
  • Watika, the female leopard mobile South from the Buffelshoek sign board.
  • The four Kambula male lions and one lioness, trailing a herd of around two hundred buffalo around Janos clearing.
  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty five elephants, mobile North from Elephant Plains drive way towards Morning-Side lodge.

Saturday, 11 May 2024

(30°C)

  • A pack of three wild dogs, chasing impala around Elephant Plains airstrip.
  • Elephant Plains hyena den active with one adult and one cub.
  • Five Nkuhuma lioness, sleeping at Rampan open area.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile from Elephant Plains driveway towards Elephant Plains lodge.
  • Tumbela, the female leopard mobile from Elephant Plains drive way towards Elephant Plains airstrip.

Sunday, 12 May 2024

(34°C)

  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants, feeding on EP/Sherleys cutline junction with EP Parallel.
  • Elephant Plains hyena den active with one adult and one cub.
  • A pack of eleven wild dogs, sleeping on Arathusa Safari airstrip.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard resting next to her impala kill of Horse Shoe West.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard feeding on a imapal ram carcass that was later stolen by hyenas on Pump Track road.

 

 

 

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