Weekly Big Five Sightings 13-16 April 2026

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Monday, 13 April 2026

(31°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard, with her two cubs on a kudu calf kill on Simbambili/Arathusa Safari Cutline, west of Xigodi Pan.
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding east of Pungwe Pan.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants drinking at Simbambili Dam.
  • Seven Nkuhuma lionesses with 10 cubs and two Ndzhenga male lions, mobile east along the firebreak, east of the quarry.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants drinking at Leeukuil.

 

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

(27°C)

  • Three buffalo bulls stationary on the firebreak, east of the quarry.
  • Three elephant bulls feeding at Mfezi Open Area.
  • Two Kambula male lions, one mating with a lioness, at Big Dam wall, Buffelshoek.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 100 buffalo crossing into the Manyeleti reserve at Million’s Corner.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, fetching her cub from Horseshoe block. Mobile towards an impala kill on Marula Bult East/Madash, kill stolen by Hyenas.

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

(30°C)

  • A breeding herd of five elephants feeding along Madash/Cutline.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, with her cub feeding on a squirrel at Horseshoe Open Area.
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants drinking at Leeukuil.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, only her two cub’s stationary at 2nd Windmill Crossing.
  • Two Hyenas chasing a wounded impala on Horseshoe West.
  • Three Kambula male lions, stationary at Tortoise Pan, one male mating with an unidentified female lioness.

Thursday, 16 April 2026

(28°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stole Tiyani, the female leopard’s impala kill at the junction of Xinzele and Xidulu.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard’s cub was resting on Pomeys Pan Road.
  • One elephant bull, feeding at the junction of Sasseka Road and Londolozi Boundary.

Friday, 17 April 2026

(29°C)

  • Two buffalo bulls, feeding at Ngala Open.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard and Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mating in the Pungwe river.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard’s cub resting on Pomeys Pan Road.

Saturday, 18 April 2026

(30°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard and one of her cubs feeding on an impala kill on One Eye Pan Road.
  • Three Nkuhuma lioness and eight cubs, resting in a Tamboti thicket on Southern Fork.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard and Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mating at Kimbeon’s Crossing.

Sunday, 19 April 2026

(31°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mating at Five Way Junction.
  • A breeding herd of five elephants, swimming at Big Dam.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on a impala kill on Mhuluwane Road.

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