Weekly Big Five Sightings 3 August – 9 August 2026

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Monday, 3 August 2026

(22°C)

  • Kambula Breakaway pride consisting of two lioness and five sub adults, mobile East from Leeukuil Pan.
  • A pack of three African wild dogs mobile North on Marula Belt North.
  • Xidulu, the female leopards two cubs, static on a termite mound on Safari Driveway.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile South on Mehluane.

Tuesday, 4 August 2026

(21°C)

  • Herd of 15 elephants, feeding along Londolozi boundary at the junction of leopard drift.
  • Langa, the female leopard, mobile South from the junction of Lost Track and Central Road.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, stole her kill back from a hyena and hoisted it into a red bushwillow.
  • Kambula Breakaway pride consisting of two lioness and five sub adults, mobile east on Safari Driveway towards the airstrip.
  • Nkuhuma breakaways, consisting of one male and one female, resting on EP Floodplains.

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

(25°C)

  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, feeding on an impala ewe, up in a tree, South of Ngwenya South.
  • Nkuhuma pride, consisting of 7 females and 10 cubs, mobile south along Vuyatela Access.
  • Kambula Breakaway pride consisting of two lioness and five sub adults, sleeping on Safari Driveway, East of the airstrip.

 

 

Thursday, 6 August 2026

(29°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, caught an impala on the junction of Road Seven and Madash, the kill was scavenged by 15 hyenas.
  • Nkuhuma pride, consisting of 7 females and 10 cubs, with one Ndzenga male, feeding on a big buffalo bull carcass at Simba Dam.
  • 15 elephants feeding on EP Open Area.
  • Two bull elephants drinking at Leeukuil.

Friday, 7 August 2026

(26°C)

  • Ntsevu pride of lions, mobile East from Kudu Drift towards Big Dam.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard, static on Ngwenya South.
  • Tlalamba, the female leopard, mobile East from Philemon’s Dip.
  • Two honey badgers digging around on Safari Driveway.

 

Saturday, 8 August 2026

(25°C)

  • Nkuhuma pride, consisting of 7 females and 10 cubs, static resting on Mehluane Open Area.
  • Three wild dogs mobile North from MMM junction with Gowrie Main.
  • Xidulu, the female leopards two cubs, static at the Brown Ivory on Safari Driveway.
  • Breeding herd of 20 elephants drinking at Red Dam.

 

Sunday, 9 August 2026

(28°C)

  • Nkuhuma pride, consisting of 7 females and 10 cubs, static resting on Mehluane Open Area.
  • Mahlowasi, the female leopard, hunting Nyala at Pungwe Crossing.
  • Nkuhuma Breakaways, consisting of one male and one female, chasing a group of 7 wild dogs at Rhino Pan.
  • Kambula Breakaway Pride, consisting of 2 females and 5 sub-adults, resting on Mkombe Open Area.

 

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