Weekly Big Five Sightings 31 August – 6 September 2026

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Xidulu, the female leopard. Photo by Garrick Myburgh

Monday, 31 August 2026

(30°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of six lioness, ten cubs and the two Ndzhenga males, hunting cape buffalo West of Track South.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 300 cape buffalo mobile South along 15th
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile South from Londolozi Drift.
  • A breeding herd of 20 African elephants feeding around Rampan pan.
  • The Nkuhuma Breakaways consisting of one lioness and one male, stationary in Elephant Plains Open Area.
  • Ntsumi, the female leopard mobile South along Dolerite Road.
  • A pack of African wild dogs consisting of five adults and seven pups mobile East from Cruise Camp.

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

(31°C)

  • A coalition of two male cheetah mobile North West from Dave’s Road.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile North East from Tjololo.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile North from EP Sherley’s Cutline along Madash.
  • Three cape buffalo bulls mobile North from Kimbions Crossing.
  • A breeding herd of ten African Elephants feeding around Red Dam.
  • Tlalamba, the female leopard mobile East from Tamboti Dam.

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

(33°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of seven lioness, ten cubs and one Ndzhenga male stationary on the Southern side of Arathusa Airstrip.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile North on Mfezi.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard and one cub feeding on an impala kill South of Red Dam.

Cape buffalo bull drinking water. Photo by Nicholas Greeff

Thursday, 3 September 2026

(33°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of seven lioness, ten cubs and two Ndzhenga male’s feeding on a giraffe bull kill on Parallel Road North of Red Dam Road.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile East of Josie Road.
  • Three cape buffalo bulls stationary at Rampan Pan.
  • A breeding herd of ten African elephants feeding around Old Bushcamp.

Friday, 4 September 2026

(26°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of seven lioness, ten cubs and two Ndzhenga male’s feeding on a giraffe bull kill on Parallel Road North of Red Dam Road.
  • The Nkuhuma Breakaway pride consisting of one lioness and one male, stationary on Impala Road Rocky Road junction.
  • A breeding herd of 25 African elephants feeding on Madash North of EP Sherley’s Cutline.

Saturday, 5 September 2026

(20°C, 0.5mm Rain)

  • A breeding herd of 30 African elephants feeding on A Main West of Leopard Drift.
  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of seven lioness, ten cubs and two Ndzhenga male’s feeding on a giraffe bull kill on Parallel Road North of Red Dam Road.

Nkuhuma pride feeding on a giraffe carcass. Photo by Garrick Myburgh

Sunday, 6 September 2026

(21°C)

  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of seven lioness, 13 cubs and two Ndzhenga male’s feeding on a giraffe bull kill on Parallel Road North of Red Dam Road.
  • The Nkuhuma Breakaway pride consisting of one lioness and one male chased off of a wildebeest kill by the two Plains Camp males in the Manyaleti river South of EP Open Area.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard hunting cane rats West of EP Manyeleti Crossing.

Weekly Big Five Sightings 2 November – 8 November 2026 Monday, 2 November 2026 (30°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary north of Shortcut Wetpatch. Xidulu, the female leopard, with her male cub and an impala kill on Vuyatela Access. Three elephants feeding...

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