Weekly Big Five Sightings 22 Dec – 28 Dec 2025

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Tortoise Pan Male, Photo by Armand Otto.

Monday, 22 December 2025

70 mm Rainfall overnight.

(26°C)

  • One elephant bull mobile north along MMM.
  • Three elephant bulls, feeding at the junction of Gowrie Main and Cheetah Cutline, Djuma.
  • Tlalamba, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Cheetah Cutline/Drakensburg Road, Djuma.

Tuesday, 23 December 2025

(31°C)

  • Tlalamba, the female leopard, feeding on an Aardvark kill on Cheetah Cutline south of Hippo Pools Road, Djuma.
  • The Nkuhuma Pride of lions, consisting of seven lionesses, resting on Gowrie Main east of Cheetah Cutline.
  • A breeding herd of twelve elephants feeding along Kimbeon’s Crossing.
  • Eight buffalo bulls feeding along Buff Skull North.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile west from MMM South towards Airstrip Link.
  • The EP hyena den was active, with two adults and four cubs.

Wednesday, 24 December 2025

(33°C)

  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses resting east of Dolerite Road, Buffelshoek.
  • One elephant bull mobile south on One Eye Pan Road.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile east from Simbambili Firebreak.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub, mobile SW from EP/Simba Cutline.
  • Two Ndhzenga male lions mobile SE from Bushbuck Dam.
  • Two Imbali lionesses mobile north from Bushbuck Dam.
  • A breeding herd of buffalo drinking at Jordaan’s Dam.

One of Xidulu’s Cubs, Photo by Armand Otto.

Thursday, 25 December 2025

(29°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard, with her two cubs on an impala lamb kill on Safari Driveway.
  • Tlalamba, the female leopard, resting on Quarantine open.
  • One elephant bull drinking at One Eye pan.
  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants mobile east from EP Open Area.

Friday, 26 December 2025

(33°C)

  • The Hyena Den was active with one adult and four cubs.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, and her two cub’s mobile east on Safari Driveway towards Airport Link.
  • One elephant bull feeding along Serengeti Open Area.
  • Two Ndhzenga male lions resting on Cheetah Cutline junction to Gowrie Main.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile west from Simbambili Dam towards Simbambili Firebreak.
  • A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants feeding along Mums’ Crossing.

Saturday, 27 December 2025

(30°C)

2 mm Rain overnight.

  • A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephants feeding at Guarri Central.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants feeding at Kimbeon’s Crossing.
  • One elephant bull feeding at Ximungwe.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, stationary NE of Big Dam Link South.
  • A pack of two African Wild Dogs, chased Tortoise Pan, the male leopard into a tree on Arathusa Main Road.

Xidulu, the female leopard. Photo by Armand Otto

Sunday, 28 December 2025

(22°C)

3 mm Rain overnight

  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs on an impala kill on Mfezi Open Area.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile east on Arathusa Safari Driveway.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north on Madash.
  • Two Imbali lionesses, stationary at Big Dam, Buffelshoek.

 

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