Weekly Big Five Sightings 27 July – 2 August 2026

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Zebra Sunrise. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Monday, 27 July 2026

(27°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard. Stationary at Simbambili Dam.
  • A pack of eight African Wild Dogs mobile east from Simbambili Dam.
  • One Ndzhenga male lion, mobile from Arathusa Safari Airport link toward Magic Willie.
  • Three elephant bulls feeding on Shortcut Wetpatch.
  • Two buffalo bulls wallowing north of Jacana Dam
  • A breeding herd of approximately 100 buffalo on Poacher’s Road.

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

(26°C)

  • The Kambula breakaway pride, consisting of two lionesses and five sub adults, mobile west from Big Dam.
  • One cub of Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary on Safari Donga South.

Wednesday, 29 July 2026

(26°C)

  • Loloyiso, the female leopard, mobile east from Serengeti Open Area.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, with a duiker kill stolen by an Unknown male leopard on Leopard Drift/Arathusa Main Road.

Ndzhenga Male lion on a Buffalo kill. Photo by Nicholas Greeff.

Thursday, 30 July 2026

(20°C)

  • Two elephant bulls mobile south on Madash/Cutline
  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of seven lionesses and ten cubs stationary on Taxons Road, Djuma.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile southeast from EP Driveway.
  • One elephant bull drinking at Safari Dam.
  • Ten elephants mobile south from Xigodi Pan.

Friday, 31 July 202

(24°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile north from Safari/Simbambili Cutline.
  • Three buffalo bulls stationary south of Woodpile.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, with an impala kill on Francolin.

Saturday, 1 August 2026

(24°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, with an impala kill on Francolin. Joined by Mahlowasi, the female leopard.
    • PM Drive Hlambela, the male leopard, was chased away from the area by Tortoise Pan
  • A breeding herd of eight elephants drinking at Big Dam.
  • Two female Cheetah, north of Vrystaat Clearing.
  • A pack of eight African Wild Dogs stationary on Elephant Plains Airstrip.

Nkuhuma lioness. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Sunday, 2 August 2026

(26°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of seven lionesses and ten cubs, finishing a waterbuck kill on Hardekool Access.

 

 

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