Weekly Big Five Sightings 16-22 February 2026

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Monday, 16th February 2026

(26°C)

  • A breeding herd of fifteen elephants, feeding at the junction of Kudu Drift and Seepline.
  • Thalamba, the female leopard resting on a marula tree at the junction of Bateleur Road and Drakensburg Road.

Tuesday, 17th February 2026

(29°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard resting on Leopard Drift.
  • One female cheetah and a sub adult cheetah, hunting impala on Zebra wood drive.
  • Three lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride and two Nzenga male lions, sleeping at Buffelshoek Dam.
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding at Knob thorn Pan.

Wednesday, 18th February 2026

(35°C)

  • A pack of thirteen wild dogs, feeding on an impala kill west of Tamboti Crossing.
  • One male elephant, feeding on Cheetah Cutline.
  • Two lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride and two Ndzenga male lions, sleeping at Philemon’s Cutline.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard resting on Second Windmill Road.
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding east of Arathusa Airstrip.

Thursday, 19th February 2026

(35°C)

  • Two lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride and two Ndzenga male lions, sleeping on the southern end of Arathusa Airstrip.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard sleeping on Londolozi boundary west of Big Dam Link South.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cub’s mobile east from Arathusa open area.
  • Lunga, the female leopard mobile east from Buff Pan.
  • A breeding herd of twelve elephants, feeding at Knob thorn Pan.

Friday, 20th February 2026

(38°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a impala lamb between Elephant plains Airstrip and A-main.
  • Four lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride and six cubs, resting on Mvuvu Road.

Saturday, 21th February 2026

(35°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a impala lamb between Elephant plains Airstrip and A-main.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on an impala lamb on Maddash S-bends.
  • Four lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride and six cubs, resting on Twin Dams Road south of Gowrie Dam.
  • The two Ndzenga male lions, mobile north from the northern end of Arathusa Airstrip.
  • The three Kambula Male lions, feeding on a buffalo east of Milkberry camp.

Sunday, 22th February 2026

(34°C)

  • One elephant bull, feeding on Marula Bolt West.
  • The three Kambula Male lions, feeding on a buffalo east of Milkberry camp.

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