Weekly Big Five Sightings 01 – 07 December 2025

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Xidulu, the female leopard. Photo by Armand Otto

Monday, 01 December 2025

(26°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub, feeding on an impala kill on Madash South, south of 16th
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 Elephant mobile west from Marula Bolt South towards Shortcut Wetpatch.
  • The Hyena Den on Hyena Den Road was active with two Adults and five cubs.

Tuesday, 02 December 2025

(27°C)

  • The Hyena Den on Hyena Den Road was active with one adults and three cubs.
  • The Nkuhuma Pride of lions (7), stationary with two Ndzhenga males, north of Hyena Road, Djuma.

Wednesday, 03 December 2025

14 mm Rainfall overnight

(26°C)

  • Six buffalo bull’s stationary on Wattle Way, Buffelshoek.
  • One elephant bull feeding at the Silvan Safari Entry.

Spotted Hyena. Photo by Armand Otto

Thursday, 04 December 2025

(26°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the make leopard, stationary in a Jackalberry north of The Island Crossing.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary with her cub at Horseshoe Open Area
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile south along Madash.
  • Three elephant bulls mobile north into Manyeleti, from Tom Tom Road, Buffelshoek.

Friday, 05 December 2025

(32°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her one cub, mobile west from Scops Crossing.
  • The EP hyena den was active with one female and three cubs.
  • One elephant bull feeding along the southern link of EP airstrip junction to Arathusa Main.
  • The two Ndhzenga male lions mobile south on Safari airstrip.
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding along East Bank Manyeleti junction to Kimbeons Road.

Saturday, 06 December 2025

(36°C)

1.5 mm Rainfall overnight

  • Three buffalo bulls resting on Firebreak East, west of Gowrie Gate.
  • The two Plains Camp male lions mobile north from Londolozi Boundary junction to Ottawa Boundary.

Kambula lioness and cubs. Photo by Armand Otto

Sunday, 07 December 2025

(29°C)

  • The hyena den on Hyena Den Road was active with 4 cubs and no Adults.

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