Weekly Big Five Sightings 29 July – 4 August 2024

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Female Cheetah. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 29 July 2024

(25°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard vocalizing around Mariken Drive
  • Nhenhe, the young male leopard hunting spurfowl East of Old Bore Hole.
  • Herd of eight elephants feeding around EP open area.
  • Herd of around 200 buffalo static around Seefs Pan.
  • Seven Nkuhuma lioness, one Nkuhuma young male and the Avoca male lion sleeping off of Second Windmill.

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

(28°C)

  • Seven Nkuhuma lioness, one Nkuhuma young male and the Avoca male lion static West of Xigodi Pan.
  • One elephant bull mobile south on Grass Cut.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard greeting each other on Safari Donga North.
  • Seven Nkuhuma lioness, one Nkuhuma young male and the Avoca male lion hunting giraffe around Xigodi Pan.

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

(21°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard finishing off a grey duiker kill North of Zebra Drive.
  • Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of eight individuals with the Northern Avoca male and the Black Dam male successfully hunted a cape buffalo at Ntoma crossing.
  • Two Mantimahle male lions feeding on a hippo carcass East of Brown Ivory Clearing.
  • Breeding herd of twenty-eight African elephants at Jordans Dam.

Nhenhe the young male leopard with a Spurfowl kill. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Thursday, 1 August 2024

(22°C)

  • Two Plains Camp male lions and three Nkuhuma lioness feeding on cape buffalo kill at Ntoma crossing.
  • The Northern Avoca male and the Black Dam male lion stationary at Simbambili Dam.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard stationary North of Xihumbane.
  • Breeding herd of fifteen African elephants chasing lions on cape buffalo kill at Ntoma crossing.

Friday, 2 August 2024

(28°C)

  • Two Nkuhuma lioness stationary at Simbambili Dam.
  • One Plains Camp male lion and three Nkuhuma lioness feeding on remains of cape buffalo kill at Ntoma crossing.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard drinking water at Red Dam.
  • Four Kambula male lions hunting cape buffalo on Shorthorn road.
  • Breeding herd of twenty African elephants drinking water at Jordans Dam.

Saturday, 3 August 2024

(27°C)

  • Laluka, the female leopard mobile West on Ekiso.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard feeding on the remains of a kill South of Powerlines road.
  • Breeding herd of approximately one hundred cape buffalo mobile North from Londolozi Boundary.
  • Breeding herd of eight African elephants mobile South from Serengeti Pan.

Kambula male lion. Photo by Jordan Nell

Sunday, 4 August 2024

(33°C)

  • Two Nkuhuma lioness, the Northern Avoca male and the Black Dam male lion stationary East of Madash South.

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