Weekly Big Five Sightings 6 – 12 October 2025

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Nkuhuma pride feeding on a buffalo carcass. Photo by Armand Otto

Monday, 06 October 2025

(29°C)

  • A pack of two African wild dogs mobile east from Francolin Road towards Leeukuil.
  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses mobile west along Simbambili firebreak into PU corner.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephant’s mobile from Leeukuil to five Way Junction.
  • Six members of the EP Hyena clan was found feeding on a giraffe carcass west of EP Driveway.
  • Two Ndhzenga male lions, mobile east from Road 7 into Djuma.

Tuesday, 07 October 2025

(21°C)

  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses mobile west from Nyala Crossing to Mamba Road.
  • Three Nkuhuma lionesses and two Ndhzenga male lions feeding on a wildebeest kill, east of Boerbean Open.
  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephant’s mobile west from Shirley’s Crossing.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on a duiker kill with her one cub, south of Tamboti Crossing.

Wednesday 08 October 025

(26°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile west with her one cub from Ngala Open Area towards the Pungwe riverbed.
  • Five elephant bulls mud wallowing at Kraaines Pan.
  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses feeding on a zebra kill with four cubs on west of Ekiso junction to Parallel.
  • Two Ndhzenga male lion’s mobile from Serengeti Pan toward Sixes Road.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile west from 1st Windmill to Madash South.

Tortoise Pan, the male leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Thursday, 09 October 2025

(25°C)

  • Twelve members of the EP Hyena clan feeding on scavenged zebra carcass from the Nkuhuma lionesses at Kraaines Pan.
  • Cara, the female leopard, with feeding on a warthog kill on Kanyeni Road.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile west from Kraaines Pan.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile south in the Marikeni riverbed.
  • Five Nkuhuma lionesses resting at Serengeti Pan.
  • Mzemba, the male leopard, west of Sawmill/Grasscut Junction. Chased by Tiyani.
  • Two Ndzhenga male lions, resting on Magic Willie Open Area.
  • Three elephant bulls mobile south from Jacana Dam.
  • Two buffalo bulls resting along Xihumbane Road.

Friday, 10 October 2025

(30°C)

  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants feeding along Airport link.
  • The nomadic Nottens male leopard, resting in a Jackalberry tree in the Molwati riverbed, east of Pangolin Track Road.
  • Mzemba, the male leopard, resting in a Marula tree east of Triple M North.
  • The Nharu pride consisting of three lionesses and two cubs feeding on a zebra kill south of Triple Pan.

Saturday, 11 October 2025

(35°C)

  • Two African Wild dogs feeding on an impala kill, south of 16th Crossing Road.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile east from Mfezi Open Area towards Konkoni.
  • The EP hyena den on Francolin was active, with seven adults and three sub adults.
  • The Nharu pride of lions, consisting of three lionesses and two cubs, feeding on a zebra kill south of Triple Pan.
  • One Ndzhenga male lion stationary on Old EP Driveway.
  • A breeding herd of eight elephants feeding in EP Open Area.
  • One of the Skybeds male lions son stationary at Gaby’s Open.

Tiyani, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 12 October 2025

(36°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of seven lioness stationary West of 15th crossing junction Track South
  • A breeding herd of approximately eighteen elephants feeding on Londolozi Boundary junction Rocky Road.

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