Weekly Big Five Sightings 20 July –26 July 2026

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Monday, 20 July 2026

(33°C)

  • The four Torchwood male lions, resting at the junction of Central Road and Hyena Road.
  • A breeding herd of forty buffalo, mobile north from Brown Ivory Road.
  • The Elephant Plains hyena den was active, with two adults and one cub.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on an inyala kill on Marikeni Drive.
  • Two buffalo bulls, mobile north from the Ntoma Crossing.

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

(29°C)

  • A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding along Dolerite Road.
  • The 2:3 male leopard, resting east of the quarry at Arathusa Airstrip.

Wednesday, 22 July 2026

(28°C)

  • Two elephant bulls, feeding at the Maddash junction with 16th
  • A breeding herd of thirty buffalo, feeding on the Island loop.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard resting on the eastern side of the Marikeni at the junction of road seven .

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 23 July 2026

(30°C)

  • Hlambela, the male leopard was feeding on a warthog kill on Elephant Plains cutline with Sherley’s.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard was mobile west on the fire break from the woodpile.
  • The two Plains Camp male lions, sleeping on Bush Camp West.
  • Two buffalo bulls, feeding along Bush Camp East.
  • A breeding herd of eight elephants feeding along Hyena Den Road.
  • Mahlowasi, the female leopard mobile south west from Horseshoe Open.
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants feeding on Sixes.
  • Two of Xidulu, the female leopard cubs on Zebra Drive at the junction of Parallel.
  • A breeding herd of thirty buffalo resting around Staff Camp Pan.

Friday, 24 July 202

(26°C)

  • Hlambela, the male leopard drinking at Kraainess Pan.
  • The two lioness and five sub adults from the Kambula Breakaway pride were mobile west from Gaby’s Open Area.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard resting on Sixes Road.
  • Two buffalo bulls, feeding west of Tamboti Crossing.

Saturday, 25 July 2026

(23°C)

  • One Ndhzenga male lion mobile West from MMM junction Impala Road.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs mobile South on Safari Donga North.
  • A pack of six African wild dogs finishing off the remains of an impala kill on Road Seven.
  • One African elephant bull feeding on the Northern side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.

Sunday, 26 July 2026

(28°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile South from Lost Track junction to Central
  • The two lioness and five sub adults from the Kambula Breakaway pride, resting in the Mzimba river, between Rhino Pan and Mamba Road.
  • Pack of 8 wild dogs, feeding on a female impala kill, on Island Loop.

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