Weekly Big Five Sightings 29 December – 04 January

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Nkuhuma cub – Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Monday, 29 December 2025

(30°C)

11 mm Rain Overnight.

  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs, stationary on EP Airstrip.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 15 elephants, mobile northwest from Leeukuil.
  • Two unidentified lionesses from either the Torchwood or Imbali pride, stationary on Hunters Moon Access, Buffelshoek.
  • Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary on Lion Cage Road, Buffelshoek.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants, chasing wildebeest at Serengeti Open Area.

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

(29°C)

3 mm Rain Overnight

  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs, stationary on EP Airstrip.
  • The hyena den on Hyena Den Road was active with one adult and four cubs.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile with her cub, northwest from Madash S-Bends.
  • One elephant bull, feeding along Arathusa Main Road, toward Serengeti Pan.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile west on 16th Crossing Road.

 

Wednesday, 31 December 2025

(30°C)

  • A breeding herd of five elephants, mobile west from 16th
  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs, stationary on Mum’s Crossing.
  • Four Nkuhuma lionesses mobile south with two Ndzhenga males, from Twin Dams Road, Djuma.
  • An unidentified male leopard mobile southwest from Our father’s Crossing into Londolozi.

EP clan members – photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Thursday, 1 January 2026

(32°C)

20 mm Rain Overnight

  • Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary with 7 Nkuhuma lionesses on Jacana Access, Buffelshoek.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, with her cub on a duiker kill, northwest of Madash S-Bends.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding at Gaby’s Open Area.
  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs, stationary on Simbambili firebreak, west of the woodpile.
  • Six buffalo bulls, feeding along Kudu Drift.
  • A breeding herd of 10 elephants feeding along Marula Bult 4 -way North.

 

Friday, 2 January 2026

(29°C)

4,5 mm Rain Overnight

  • 3 elephants feeding on EP driveway towards Gaby’s Causeway.
  • The hyena den on Hyena Den Road as active with 4 cubs and one subadult.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard feeding on an impala kill on Maddash Road north of Broken Dam.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard resting in a marula tree on Fifteenth Crossing Road.
  • One elephant bull feeding on Mfesi Open Area.
  • A breeding herd of thirty elephants feeding around Buff Pan.

 

Saturday, 3 January 2026

(29°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her female cub feeding on an impala kill on Madash S-Bends north of Broken Dam.
  • Makhomsava, the female Leopard resting in a marula tree on Safari/Sherley’s cutline East of Konkoni.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard resting on Central Road East.

Tortoise Pan male leopard – photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Sunday, 4 January 2026

(28°C)

  • Hyena Den was active, with two females and four pups.
  • Two Kambula male lions resting on Londolozi Boundary west of Big Dam Link South.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, resting in a Brown Ivory tree east of Pungwe Crossing on Simbambili Firebreak.

 

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