Weekly Big Five Sightings
8th June – 14th June 2026
Monday, 8th June 2026
(27°C)
- Maribye, the male leopard, in a marula tree, with an impala kill, East of Kobus Se Dam, with one Ndzenga male lion and two Imbali lioness underneath the tree.
- Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile East from 2nd
- Herd of around 20 elephants, drinking from Red Dam.
- The Kambula breakaway pride of lions, feeding on an impala carcass, at the junction of Sawmill and Elephant Carcass.
- Hlambela, the male leopard, chasing Tiyani, the female leopard, into a leadwood tree on Simbambili open area.
Tuesday, 9th June 2026
(29°C)
- The Kambula breakaway pride of lions, static at the junction of Sawmill and Drongo.
- Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile West from Staff Camp Mati.
- Xidulu, the female leopard, static of Safari Driveway, East of the Airstrip, with a herd of around 20 elephants feeding around her.
- Maribyes, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill in a marula tree on Huntersmoon Access.
Wednesday, 10th June 2026
(23°C)
- Mahlowasi, the female leopard, with a Duiker kill that was scavenged by Tortoise Pan on Island loop east of Rampan.
- A breeding herd of approximately six elephants feeding along Robson’s boundary.
- Two members of the Imbali pride feeding on a hippo Carcass at Nyala Dam.
Thursday, 11th June 2026
(24°C)
- One buffalo bull drinking at big dam.
- One honey badger mobile along Arathusa/Shirley’s cutline.
- Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stole a kill from Makhomsava, the female leopard at Eagle Owl Crossing.
- A pack of fourteen wild dogs, mobile north east from the Southern end of Elephant Plains airstrip.
Friday, 12th June 2026
(28°C)
- Hlambela, the male leopard static at Staff Camp Matie.
- A breeding herd of sixty elephants feeding along Elephant Plains Open area,
Saturday, 13th June 2026
(25°C)
- A breeding herd of approximately forty elephants feeding along Rhulani junction to Scops Crossing.
- Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, hunting impala at Mehluane OA.
- Xidulu’ two cubs resting on Ellie Alley/Zebra Drive.
Sunday, 14th June 2026
(25°C)
- Langa, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill west of triple M South north of the roundabout.
- A breeding herd of twenty elephants feeding along A Main, east of Big Dam Link South.
- One elephant bull feeding along A Main west of Leopard Drift.
