Weekly Big Five Sightings 2-8 February 2026

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Nkuhuma pride cubs – photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Monday, 2 February 2026

(35°C)

  • Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary at the northern end of Arathusa Airstrip.
  • Tiyani’s cub stationary, east of Tsalala southern junction with East Bank Manyeleti.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, joined her cub during PM Drive.

 

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

(33°C)

  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs mobile southeast from Rhulani Pan.
  • A breeding herd of 13 elephants feeding along the KNP Boundary/Hyena Road, Buffelshoek.
  • One elephant bull drinking at Cruse Camp watering hole.

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

(35°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary in a Jackleberry with two cubs, on Safron Road.
  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs mobile southwest from Arathusa Airstrip.
  • A breeding herd of 10 elephants feeding along Madash.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding along MMM North.

Tiyani’s female cub – photo by Jordan Delvecchio

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 5 February 2026

(34°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile southeast from Wetpatch to EP/Arathusa Cutline.
  • A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs stationary on Arathusa Airstrip.
  • Two elephant bulls, stationary on Arathusa Airstrip.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile east along Arathusa Airstrip.
  • Two Plains Camp Male lions, stationary on Konkoni.

 

Friday, 6 February 2026

(35°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, stationary in a Marula, southeast of the Marula Bolt 4-Way Junction N.
  • Two Plains Camp Male lions, stationary on MMM North, north of One Eye Pan junction.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding on Makulu open.

Saturday, 7 February 2026

(37°C)

  • A breeding herd of 12 elephants, stationary on Leadwood/Ximungwe junction.
  • A breeding herd of 10 elephants feeding along Londolozi boundary, east of Saseka.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on a waterbuck calf kill on the junction of Seef’s Pan and 1st
  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub with an impala kill on Eastern Bank Manyaleti.

Pearl Spotted owlet – Jordan Delvecchio

 

 

Sunday, 8 February 2026

(37°C)

  • Two Plains Camp male lions, mobile west on the Simbambili fire break.
  • A breeding of two hundred Cape Buffalo, feeding south of Bush Buck Dam.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and two cubs feeding on a juvenile waterbuck on 1st Windmill Road.

A breeding herd twenty-five elephants, mobile east from Horse Shoe

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