Weekly Big Five Sightings 9 – 15 February 2026

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Langa and cubs. Photo by Armand Otto

Monday, 9th February 2026

(32°C)

  • Langa, the female leopard, feeding on an impala lamb carcass, with her two cubs, east of the junction of Cutline and Seepline.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, stationary on The Rocks.
  • Two elephant bulls feeding around KBR.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, feeding on a young waterbuck carcass, with her two cubs at the junction of Seefs Pan and 1st
  • One breeding herd of 10 elephants crossing Safari Airstrip from west to east.

Tuesday, 10th February 2026

(31°C)

  • Langa, the female leopard, finishing the remains of an impala lamb carcass, with her two cubs, east of the junction of Arathusa Cutline and Seepline.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 150 buffalo mobile north on Cheetah cutline.
  • One elephant bull mobile south on Robson’s Boundary from Ekiso junction.

Wednesday, 11th February 2026

(34°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, resting in a marula tree, with her cub at the junction of Wetpatch and Marula Bult.
  • Two Ndzenga male lions mobile south on Madash North.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, feeding on a young impala carcass, with her two cubs, east of Airport Link.

Plains Camp Males. Photo by Armand Otto

Thursday, 12th February 2026

(29°C)

  • A breeding herd of 10 elephants feeding at Ram Pan.
  • The Two Ndzenga male lions, mobile southeast from Buffelshoek dam.
  • A breeding herd of twenty elephants, feeding along A-main west of Leopard Drift.

Friday, 13th February 2026

(28°C)

  • A breeding herd of four elephants feeding on Marula Bolt South at the junction of Cutline.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard sleeping in a marula tree north east of the junction of Konkoni and cutline.
  • Langa, the female leopard, mobile south along Arathusa Main Road, towards Mkombe Junction with her two cubs.

Saturday, 14th February 2026

(25°C)

  • One Ndzhenga male lion, stationary on MMMs, east of Arathusa Safari Driveway.
  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses, stationary on Gowrie Main, west of Twin Dams
  • Three Kambula male lions, following a herd of approximately 200 buffalo, Wilderness Road junction to Brown Ivory, Buffelshoek.
  • One Cub of Langa, the female leopard, stationary on Arathusa Main Road, north of Mkombe junction.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile south east from Rhulani link.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile south from EP Driveway towards the delivery’s road.
  • A breeding herd of 12 elephant feeding at the Simbambili Wood pile.

Nkuhuma Lionesses. Photo by Armand Otto

Sunday, 15th February 2026

(22°C)

  • A breeding herd of 12 elephant feeding along Kudu Drift.
  • One elephant bull feeding along Rhino Ring West.
  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses, stationary at Twin Dams, Gowrie Main junction.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 200 Buffalo, mobile south from Long Pole east.

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