Weekly Big Five Sightings 13-19 January 2025

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Lilac breasted roller, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Monday, 13 January 2025

(24°C, 44 mm Rain)

  • One African elephant bull, feeding on marula fruits on the Northern side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

(34°C)

  • Breeding herd of eight African elephants, feeding along Rhino Ring South.

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

(39°C)

  • Two African elephant bulls, playing in the water at Big Dam.
  • The Kruger male, lion stationary between Lowveld Link and Arathusa Main Road.
  • Xitsalala, the male leopard finishing off the remains of an impala kill West of Southern Fork.
  • One cape buffalo, bull stationary in a mud wallow East of Silvan Safari Lodge on Arathusa Main Road.
  • Breeding herd of fifteen African elephants, feeding on Rhino Ring East.

Kambula male lion, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Thursday, 16 January 2025

(24°C, 1 mm Rain)

  • Breeding herd of five African elephants, feeding on the Northern side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard brought a steenbok carcass back to the den side off of Kudu Drift for her two cubs to feed on.
  • One unidentified female leopard, mobile East between Elephant Plains Arathusa Private Cutline and Rhino Ring North.

Friday, 17 January 2025

(27°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard and two cubs at the den site on Kudu Drift.
  • One cape buffalo, bull stationary at Serengeti Pan.
  • Two Nkuhuma lioness, stationary on Arathusa Main Road East of Big Dam Link South.
  • Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the Western side of Arathusa Safari Dam wall.

Saturday, 18 January 2025

(32°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male mobile East on Rhulani.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard stationary on the Firebreak West of Simbambili Dam.
  • Breeding herd of eleven African elephants, mobile West on Ekiso.
  • Two African wild dogs, stationary on Southern Fork South of Arathusa Simbambili Cutline.
  • Four of the Nkuhuma lioness, mobile East on low Veld Link across MMM.
  • Mzemba, the male leopard mobile North from Cheetah Cutline junction with Buffel Gowrie Cutlin e.

Makhomsava with one of her cubs, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Sunday, 19 January 2025

(31°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard killed a impala ram that was then stolen by a pack of eight wild dogs and ten hyenas on Kudu Drift South of Land Cruiser Crossing.
  • One elephant bull, mobile West from Horse Shoe Open Area.
  • Xitslala, the male leopard sleeping at the junction of Rhulani and Xidulu Road.

 

 

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