Weekly Big Five Sightings 17th August – 23rd August 2026

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Monday, 17 August 2026

(27°C)

  • Seven Nkuhuma lioness and ten cubs with one Ndzenga male lion, resting at the junction of Parallel and Zebra drive.
  • Herd of roughly 20 elephants, feeding around Kraainess Open.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard, feeding on an impala ewe carcass, in a Tamboti tree, West of Nyala Crossing.

 

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

(30°C)

  • Kambula breakaway pride, consisting of two lioness and four sub-adults, resting on a termite mound on Rhulani Open.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile East from Simba Dam.
  • Herd of around 100 buffalo, drinking at Pungwe Pan.
  • Herd of around 25 elephants, feeding around Kimbeon’s Crossing.

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

(27°C)

  • Mahlowasi, the female leopard, mobile from EP Waterhole towards Shirley’s House.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile South along East Bank Marikeni, towards Seef’s Pan.
  • Seven Nkuhuma lioness and four cubs with two Ndzenga male lions, resting on the firebreak, West of Gaby’s Causeway.
  • Kambula breakaway pride, consisting of two lioness and four sub-adults, hunting Zebras unsuccessfully on Gaby’s Open.

Thursday, 20 August 2026

(33°C)

  • A breeding herd of eight elephants, feeding along Elephant Plains and Simbambili Cutline.
  • Six of the Nkuhuma Lioness and five cubs, resting on Second Windmill Road.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard was mobile north from Arathusa Open Area.
  • One Nkuhuma lioness, mobile east towards Second Windmill Crossing.

 

Friday, 21 August 2026

(30°C)

  • Six of the Nkuhuma lioness with ten cubs and one Ndzenga male lion, resting on Elle Alley.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard was stalking impala on Gaby’s Open.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard chased Makhomsava, the female leopard at Seef’s Pan.
  • A breeding herd of twenty-five elephants, feeding at Kimbeon’s Crossing.

 

Saturday, 22 August 2026

(34°C)

  • Seven of the Nkuhuma lioness with ten cubs and one Nzenga male lion, resting north west of Eagle Owl Crossing.
  • Four of the Torchwood male lions, mobile east from Jordaans Dam.
  • The six Kambula break away lions, feeding on a young zebra on Star Chest Nut Open.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile north east from Eagle Owl Crossing.
  • A breeding herd of twenty elephants, mud bathing west of Leeu Kuil Pan.

 

Sunday, 23 August 2026

(34°C)

  • One Torchwood male lion, feeding on a waterbuck carcass, North of Khaya Manzi dam wall.
  • Herd of around 50 elephants drinking at Leeukuil.
  • Two honey badgers, mobile east from Jordaans Dam.
  • Seven of the Nkuhuma lioness with ten cubs and one Nzenga male lion, resting on Lost Track.

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