Weekly Big 5 Sightings 25 November – 1 December 2024

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Kambula male lion feeding on a giraffe carcass. Photo By Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 25 November 2024

(38°C)

  • One Kambula male lion feeding on a giraffe carcass on the Southern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
  • Breeding herd of eight African elephants feeding in Marikeni Drive.
  • Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of four individuals stationary at Simbambili Dam.

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

(39°C)

  • Three Kambula male lions stationary at Mehluane Southern Open Area.
  • One Black Dam male lion stationary at Mehluane Northern Open Area.
  • Nhenhe, the young male leopard stationary at Second Windmill.
  • Thumbela, the female leopard stationary on Arathusa Main Road junction Big Dam Link South.

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

(42°C)

  • Three Kambula male lions and five Nkuhuma lioness stationary at Second Windmill.
  • Five cape buffalo bulls drinking water at Seef’s Pan.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard stationary at Grizzly Bear Crossing.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard mobile South from Marula Bult Central East.
  • Breeding herd of eight African elephants feeding on Impala Road.

Sibuye, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Thursday, 28 November 2024

(26°C 16mm Rain)

  • Two Plains Camp male lions mobile South on Elephant Plains Airstrip.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stole an impala kill from Makhomsava, the female leopard at The Rocks.

Friday, 29 November 2024

(30°C 0.2mm Rain)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard and Makhomsava, the female leopard stationary around The Rocks.
  • Nhenhe, the young male leopard mobile East from Marula Bult Central West.
  • Three Kambula male lions and one Nkuhuma lioness stationary on Magic Willie.

Saturday, 30 November 2024

(31°C)

  • Nhenhe, the young male leopard stationary at Seef’s Pan.
  • Breeding herd of ten African elephants feeding on Track South.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard hunting a scrub hare at Elephant Plains Open Area.
  • Three Kambula males and one Nkuhuma lioness stationary on Central junction 15th

Nkuhuma Breakaway lioness feeding on cape buffalo kill. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 1 December 2024

(33°C)

  • Two Ndzhenga male lions stationary North of Londolozi Boundary.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard and two cubs North of Eagle Owle Crossing.
  • Breeding herd of ten African elephants feeding on Mfezi Open.

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