Weekly Big Five Sightings 03 – 09 November 2025

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The N’wana female. Photo by Armand Otto

Monday, 03 November 2025

(23°C)

  • The Othawa pack of African wild dogs, consisting of Nineteen dogs stationary at Big Dam.
  • One Ndzhenga male lion mating with an Nkuhuma lioness on Arathusa Open Area. Pair were chased by approximately 40 elephants.
  • The N’wana female leopard, feeding on an impala kill south of Arathusa Main Road, west of Grasscut.

Tuesday, 04 November 2025

(29°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub mobile south on Bush camp Pan.
  • The N’wana female leopard, with impala kill, south of Arathusa Main Road, west of Grasscut.
  • One Ndzhenga male lion mobile from Arathusa airstrip towards Central Road.
  • One Ndzhenga male lion mating with a Nkuhuma lioness on Arathusa Open Area.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile on south on Xihumbane Road.

Wednesday, 05 November 2025

(29°C)

  • The Othawa pack of African wild dogs, consisting of Nineteen dogs mobile west into Robson’s.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, resting east of Mfezi OA.
  • Two Ndzhenga male lions and one Nkuhuma Lioness stationary on Arathusa Driveway.

Thursday, 06 November 2025

(28°C)

  • Xinzele, the female leopard mobile south west from Rhino Pan into Robson’s.

Friday, 07 November 2025

(22°C)

  • One elephant bull feeding along Horseshoe West.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile south west along Arathusa Main Road from Big Dam Link South.

Saturday, 08 November 2025

(28°C)

  • One Imbali lioness finishing off an impala kill south of Lion Cage/Hunter’s Moon access, Buffelshoek.
  • Ntsumie, the female leopard with an impala kill north east of Umbrella Tree Road.
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding alone Xihumbane/Xinzele Junction.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephants drinking at Big Dam.
  • Two Imbali lionesses south of Big Dam, Buffelshoek.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants feeding along Madash.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, stationary south of the Rocks on Rhino Ring East.

Waterbuck Male. Photo by Armand Otto

Sunday, 09 November 2025

(29°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north west with one cub on Ngala OA.
  • Two Ndzhenga male lions with two Kambula females and six cubs stationary on Sausage track, east of Treehouse Dam, Djuma.
  • Approximately 40 elephants drinking at Big Dam.

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