Weekly Big 5 Sighting 13-19 October 2025

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Nkuhuma lioness and Cubs, Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 13 October 2025

(28°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill with one cub, in the Manyeleti, north of EP Watering hole.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile south west from EP/Shirley’s Cutline.
  • The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses, stationary on Seepline West.

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

(33°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses stationary with four cubs, Parallel Road North.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary south of EP Deliveries Road.
  • Four elephant bulls feeding on EP Open Area.

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

(22°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses on a zebra kill at Triple Pan, Buffelshoek.
  • A pack of two African Wild Dogs mobile south from Simbambili breakfast site.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard, mobile south from Ekiso/ Hyena Den Junction.
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Simbambili firebreak.
  • A herd of 60 buffalo mobile, east from Cruse Camp, Buffelshoek.
  • Three Kambula male lions, stationary at Hyena dam, Buffelshoek.

Tortoise Pan, the male leopard. Photo by Armand Otto

Thursday, 16 October 2025

(21°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, circling Simbambili Dam.
  • Six Nkuhuma lionesses with four cubs, stationary at Red Dam.
  • Three elephant bulls, feeding north of EP Manyeleti Crossing.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north with one cub on Bushcamp East.
  • One male lion, stationary north of Mafufenyane Crossing.
  • A breeding herd of twelve elephants, mobile west across EP/Manyeleti Crossing.

Friday, 17 October 2025

(17°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, stationary on East Bank Manyeleti, north of EP/Manyeleti Crossing.
  • Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary east of Leadwood/Ximungwe junction.
  • Two elephant bulls, feeding on Horseshoe Open Area.

Saturday, 18 October 2025

(34°C)

  • The Hyena den on Francolin Road was active with one adult and two cubs.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants, feeding around African Hawk-eagle.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 50 buffalo mobile east om the firebreak from Pommie’s Pan.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, with one cub on a bushbuck kill in front of Simbambili/Ntoma.

Hlambela, the male leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 19 October 2025

(25°C)

  • Laluka, the female leopard, with an impala kill. West of Dead End Crossing.
  • The Hyena den on francolin was active with one adult and two cubs.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 10 elephants, feeding on Mamba Road.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 50 buffalo, feeding along Power Lines Road.

 

 

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