Weekly Big Five Sightings 16th – 22nd March 2026

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Tiyani’s Cub, on The Rock. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 16th March 2026

(29°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mating with Tlalamba, the female leopard, in the block between Central and Cutline.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile South from the Rocks.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs, mobile West on Safari Driveway.
  • Four elephant bulls, feeding around Simba Dam.
  • Two buffalo bulls, resting at Rhulani Pan.

Tuesday, 17th March 2026

(32°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub, feeding on a grey duiker carcass on Horse Shoe West.

Wednesday, 18th March 2026

(28°C)

  • One elephant bull, mobile South on Marula Bult South.
  • Four side stripped jackal, resting on Hunters Moon Access.

 

Thursday, 19th March 2026

(28°C)

  • Six elephant bulls, mobile North on Jerry Drive.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile South on Madash from Horse Shoe East Junction.
  • Two Ndzenga male lions, resting South of Gowrie Main, at Baboon Pan.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard, mobile South from Nyala Crossing.

Friday, 6th March 2026

(30°C)

  • One unidentified male lion, mobile North on Guarri Central.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard’s cub, resting on The Rocks.
  • The Toulon pack of wild dogs, hunting impala successfully on Marula Bult South.

Saturday, 7th March 2026

(29°C)

  • The Toulon pack of wild dogs, resting on Safari Airstrip.
  • One Ndzenga male lion, five Nkuhuma lioness and their six cubs, resting on Mamba Road, East of the Mluwati.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs, mobile East on Zebra Drive.

 

One of Xidulu’s cubs. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 8th March 2026

(28°C, 15mm Rain)

  • The Toulon Pack of wild dogs, crossing into Londolozi at Big Dam Link South.
  • Two elephant bulls, drinking water at Big Dam.

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