Weekly Big Five Sightings 12 October – 18 October 2026

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Ndzhenga male lion, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Monday, 12 October 2026

(32°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard and her cub stationary on Marikeni Drive.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard stationary in a tree at Nyala Crossing.
  • A pack of African wild dogs consisting of 7 adults and 6 pups stationary at Rubbing Post Dam.

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

(37°C)

  • Plains Camp male lions stationary at EP Open Area.

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

(34°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard feeding on a bushbuck kill West of African Hawk Eagle Road.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary on the Island South of Ntoma Crossing.
  • A Pack of 9 African wild dogs mobile South East from Leeukuil Pan.
  • Hlambela, the male leopard mobile East on KBR.

African wild dog, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Thursday, 15 October 2026

(38°C)

  • A breeding herd of 20 African elephants mobile East from Ekiso Robson’s Boundary.
  • A Pack of 9 African wild dogs stationary at Kraainess Pan.
  • The Nkuhuma pride consisting of 7 lioness, 13 cubs and the 2 Ndzhenga male lions mobile East from Manyaleti Boundary to Baobab Dam.

Friday, 16 October 2026

(38°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile North East from Bush Camp East.
  • The Nkuhuma pride consisting of 7 lioness, 13 cubs and the 2 Ndzhenga male lions stationary North of Galago Short Cut Link.
  • A breeding herd of 12 African elephants mobile East form Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
  • 3 Cape buffalo bulls stationary on Robson’s Boundary junction EP/Sherleys Cutline.

Saturday, 17 October2026

(40°C)

  • 2 sub adult cheetah mobile West on Simba Firebreak from the quarry.
  • Mahlowasi, the female leopard mobile South from the firebreak towards Shinzele Xihumbane junction.
  • Two sub adult cheetah feeding on an impala kill West of the Firebreak Quarry.
  • A pack of 7 African wild dogs drinking water at Red Dam.

Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Sunday, 18 October 2026

(35°C)

  • Xinzele, the female leopard mobile East on Rhino Pan Road.

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