Weekly Big 5 Sightings 18 – 24 August 2025

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Tiyani’s cub. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 18 August 2025

(25°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, with one cub mobile South West along Bushcamp East during AM Drive.
  • A pack of six African Wild Dogs, mobile North East along Londolozi boundary towards Milkberry.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 25 African elephants, feeding on Elephant Plains delivery road.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 25 African elephants feeding on Leadwood Road.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile North on Tsalala collecting one cub from Kimbeon’s Crossing, during PM Drive.

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

(31°C)

  • A breeding herd of 30 African Elephants, drinking at Big Dam.
  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of five lionesses were sleeping on Galago Shortcut Link.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard feeding on an impala kill on Konkoni Road north of Seepline.

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

(28°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard feeding on an impala kill on Konkoni Road north of Seepline.
  • One of the Kambula male lions, sleeping east of Gowrie Dam.
  • One of the Nkuhuma lioness and one Ndhzenga Male lion, mating at Treehouse Dam.
  • A Breeding herd of 10 African Elephants, feeding on the junction of cutline and Hyena Den Road.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile north from Ngwenya North.

Greater kudu bull, Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Thursday, 21 August 2025

(32°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her female cub were feeding on a scrub hare kill south of Simbambili bush breakfast site.
  • The Ntsevu pride of lions, consisting of 2 lioness and three cubs were mobile south from Londolozi Drift.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard and Makhomsava, the female leopard was mating south of 1st
  • Xidulu, the female leopard sleeping on One Eye Pan Road.
  • A bachelor herd of five elephant bulls, mobile in a north easterly direction from Boundary Pan.

Friday, 22 August 2025

(35°C)

  • A bachelor herd of 2 buffalo bulls, mobile in an easterly direction from Ntoma Crossing.
  • The 2 Plans Camp Male lions, sleeping south of Bush Camp West open area.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her female cub were mobile south from Rampan.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard and Makhomsava, the female leopard was mating at Pungwe Pan.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard feeding on an impala south of One Eye Pan Open.

Saturday, 23 August 2025

(39°C)

  • The 2 Ndhzenga male lions, resting on A-main junction with the southern side of Arathusa Airstrip.
  • A pack of 8 Wild dogs, hunting impala on Kudu Drift.
  • Breeding herd of 300 buffalo mobile north on Cheetah Cutline.

Tiyani, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 24 August 2025

(26°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub mobile south from Wetpatch Shortcut.
  • Breeding herd of 12 African elephants feeding on the northern side of Elephant Palins Airstrip.

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