Weekly Big Five Sightings 30 March – 5 April 2026

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Giraffe with Oxpeckers. Photo by Armand Otto

Monday, 30 March 2026

(31°C)

  • The Toulon pack of African Wild Dogs (15) stationary on the northern end of Arathusa Airstrip.
  • The Ntsevu Pride of lions, consisting of six members, mobile south east from Arathusa Main Road/Leopard drift.
  • Approximately 10 members of The EP Hyena clan, finishing off a zebra carcass scavenged from the Ntsevu Pride on Arathusa Main Road/Leopard drift.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary on Pipeline Road.
  • One elephant bull, stationary on Arathusa Main Road at Silvan Entry.
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding along Old Borehole.
  • One elephant bull feeding along Francolin.

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

(31°C)

  • The Toulon pack of African Wild Dogs (15) stationary in the Manyeleti towards Serengeti Crossing.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, just her cub, mobile west from Leeukuil to Five Way Junction.
  • One Imbali lioness mating with an Ndzhenga male on dolerite/Sally’s Road, Buffelshoek.
  • A breeding herd of 15 elephants feeding on Vrystaat Clearing.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard, hoisting an impala lamb kill on Nyati Road.

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

(30°C)

  • Seven Nkuhuma lionesses with ten cubs and one Ndzenga male lion, resting on Gowrie Main at the Junction of Weavers Nest.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard and Tiyani, the female leopard was mating on Track South in the Tamboti Thicket.
  • Two Imbali lionesses and one Ndzenga male lion, mating east of Pump House North.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard finishing of an impala kill between Elephant Plains airstrip and Inyati Road.

Nkuhuma Cub. Photo by Armand Otto

Thursday, 2 April 2026

(30°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard resting at Londolozi Drift.
  • Six Ntsevu lions, resting at the junction of Grass Cut and Londolozi Boundary.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard resting in a Jackelberry tree east of Sherley’s open.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard mobile east from Airport Link.
  • Tiyani’s cub, the female leopard, was feeding on an impala north of Five Way junction.

Friday, 3 April 2026

(22°C)

  • A breeding herd of six elephants, feeding at Sherley’s Crossing.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub resting in a Marula tree at Marula Bolt Four Way North.
  • Two elephant bulls feeding along the firebreak, west of One Eye Pan.

Saturday, 4 April 2026

(30°C)

  • One elephant bull feeding at Leeukuil.
  • Six Nkuhuma lionesses, stationary with two Ndzhenga males on Ellie Alley.
    • Ndzhenga males mobile north west from 1st windmill during PM Drive.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, withger two cubs mobile north on Zebra drive.
  • Maribyes, the male leopard being chased up a tree with an impala kill by two African Wild Dogs, east of Dolerite/Gowrie Cutline.
    • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, stole the kill in during PM Drive, joined by a pack of 8 African Wild Dogs.

African Wild Dog. Photo by Armand Otto

Sunday, 5 April 2026

(28°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile southwest from Long Pole, crossed into Djuma from Buffelshoek.
  • One Nkuhuma lioness and one Ndzhenga male, mobile south with four cubs on Parallel Road.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, with two cubs, hoisting an impala kill on 2nd Windmill/Zebra Drive.
  • Two elephant bulls feeding on Arathusa Main Road/Grass Cut.

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