Weekly Big 5 Sightings 1 Sept-7 Sep 2025

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Martial Eagle. Photo by Armand Otto

Monday, 01 September 2025

(29°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile south from Helipad Road.
  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants feeding along Rhino Ring North.
  • Four Kambula male lions resting west of Big Dam.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, drinking at Red Dam.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile west with one cub from the Pungwe riverbed towards Island Loop.

Tuesday, 02 September 2025

(31°C)

  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses stationary west of Mbuvu Road.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill with one cub, east of The Island Loop.
  • A pack of approximately ten African Wild Dogs highly mobile east away from Tiyani and her cub’s impala kill on Island Loop. Trailed by ten hyenas.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile north from KBR crossing.
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants feeding along Arathusa Main Road junction to MMM.

Wednesday, 03 September 2025

(42°C)

  • Langa, the female leopard, rstationary east of Londolozi Drift with an impala kill.
  • Two Ndhzenga male lions resting between Ellie Alley and Parallel Road.
  • Three Kambula male lions mobile west from Mnisi Road.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 500 buffalo mobile SE from EW cutline junction to Liebies Road.

Imbali lioness. Photo by Armand Otto

Thursday, 04 September 2025

(29°C)

  • Four Kambula male lions trailing a herd of approximately 500 African buffalo SE of Buffelshoek Dam.
  • Tlalamba, the female leopard, stationary on Mvubu Road.
  • One elephant bull feeding along Vuyatela Access.
  • Langa, the female leopard, stationary east of Londolozi drift.

Friday, 05 September 2025

(34°C)

  • Three Imbali lionesses mobile SW from Milkberry towards Umbrella Tree Clearing.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 500 buffalo mobile south from Cruse Camp to Gowrie/Buffelshoek cutline.
  • Four Kambula male lions stationary on Squirrels view east of Broken Dam.

Saturday, 06 September 2025

(24°C)

  • Tlalamba and Tshipondo with an impala kill south of Elephant Carcass.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 12 elephants feeding along EP Driveway.
  • A pack of two African wild dog’s mobile west from Rampan.
  • Four Nkuhuma lionesses crossed Gowrie Main into Little Gowrie.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill east of Simbambili Dam on the firebreak.
  • A pack of two African Wild Dogs killing and eating an impala SW of Shortcut Wetpatch.

Little Bee Eater. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 07 September 2025

(29°C)

  • A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants mobile north from The Hill Road.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile North from Madash.
  • A herd of approximately ten buffalo feeding on Rocky Road.

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