Weekly Big Five Sightings 12 – 18 August 2024

by | Aug 18, 2024 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

Nhenhe, the young male leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 12 August 2024

(28°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard resting at EP/Manyeleti crossing.
  • Eight Nkuhuma lioness and one Black Dam male lion, sleeping at Our Fathers crossing.
  • Four African elephant bulls, feeding around Rampan Pan.
  • Four African elephant bulls, feeding along East/West Cutline at the junction of the Manyeleti boundary.
  • A breeding herd of approximately two hundred cape buffalo, drinking at Bushbuck Dam.

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

(28°C)

  • Tlalamba, the female leopard with one cub at Gowrie dam.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard sleeping in a Marula tree North East of Impala Clearing.
  • A breeding herd of thirty African elephants, drinking at Leeukuil.
  • Mokhomsava, the female leopard resting on a termite mound East of Sasseka on Londolozi boundary.

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

(35°C)

  • One Plains Camp male lion with three Nkuhuma Lionesses, resting North of Serengeti open area.
  • One cape buffalo bull, resting on Rhino Ring South.
  • A breeding herd of eighteen African elephants, drinking at Arathusa Safari dam.

Plains Camp male lion. Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Thursday, 15 August 2024

(28°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard feeding on a impala kill on Xinzele Road.
  • Tlalamba, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a grey duiker Guarri Pan Road.
  • Two African elephant bulls, feeding at Dead End Crossing.

Friday, 16 August 2024

(30°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard mobile South from Rhulani.
  • One female cheetah feeding on an impala kill on Hunters road junction Longpole West.
  • One Plains Camp male lion and three Nkuhuma lioness on a cape buffalo bull kill East of Boerbean Open.

Saturday, 17 August 2024

(33°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mating with Tiyani, the female leopard mobile South to Mfezi Open.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard stationary in a tree at Big Dam.
  • Three Nkuhuma lioness stationary South of Serengeti Crossing.

Xidulu, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 18 August 2024

(32°C)

  • A breeding herd of approximately eleven African elephants mobile East from One Eye Pan.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard with a grey duiker kill on Milkberry road.

 

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This