Elephant Plains Game Lodge

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...

Monday, 26 October 2026 (30°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stole an impala kill from Cara, the female leopard East of Sandy Patch. Two sub adult cheetah stationary at Rhulani Open. Five Cape buffalo bull stationary on Rhino Pan Road. A breeding herd of 12 African...

  Monday, 19 October 2026 (36°C) A breeding herd of eighty buffalo, feeding at the junction of Xinzele and Shambane. Tortoise Pan, the male leopard feeding on a warthog kill at EP floodplains. Two elephant bulls, drinking ats the Zimba bridge. Xidulu, the female...

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....

  Monday, 05 October 2026 (29°C) Makhomsava, the female leopard was mobile south from Big Dam Link South. Tiyani, the female leopard mobile east from Elephant Plains flood plains. A breeding herd of ten elephants mobile south from Sherley’s Open. Tuesday, 06...

Monday, 28 September 2026 (21°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard drinking at Big Dam. A breeding herd of 25 elephants swimming and chasing hippos at Big Dam. A breeding herd of 35 elephants feeding around Nyati Road. Tuesday, 29 September 2026 (16°C) One Nkuhuma...

Monday, 21 September 2026 (29°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard feeding on an Nyala kill, south of Ntoma Crossing. A breeding herd of elephants feeding along Gowrie Main/Leadwood junction. Six hyenas feeding on the remains of Nyala carcass at Rampan. A breeding herd...

Monday, 14 September 2026 (32°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile south on MMM. The seven Nkuhuma lioness with thirteen cubs and one Ndzenga male lion, resting on Seepline East. One elephant bull, feeding on Wetpatch Road. Six Nkuhuma lioness with thirteen cubs...

  Monday, 7 September 2026 (16°C, 8mm Rain) The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lioness and 13 cubs stationary on Parallel North. Tuesday, 8 September 2026 (19°C, 2mm Rain) A pack of seven African wild dogs mobile North from Guarrie Central. Mahlowasi, the...

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...

Monday, 24 August 2026 (24°C) One Ndzhenga male lion stationary on Track South. Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile South on Leopard Drift. Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile West from Safari Donga South. One Nkuhuma lioness at the den site with three cubs West...

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,...

Monday, 10 August 2026 (22°C) Tiyani, the female leopard chased Mahlowasi, the female leopard of a bush buck kill at Ntoma crossing. Timbavati, the male leopard was mating with an unknown female leopard at Hardekoel Open. Tiyani, the female leopard feeding on an...

  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...

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...

Monday, 20 July 2026 (33°C) The four Torchwood male lions, resting at the junction of Central Road and Hyena Road. A breeding herd of forty buffalo, mobile north from Brown Ivory Road. The Elephant Plains hyena den was active, with two adults and one cub. Xidulu, the...

Monday, 13 July 2026 (24°C) Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary northwest of Gaby’s Crossing. Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile south on MMM with two cubs. A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants feeding along EP Driveway, north of 5 Way Junction. Two...

  Monday, 6 July 2026 (25°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard scavenged an impala kill from Langa, the female leopard and her cub with Xidulu, the female leopard sitting at the base of the tree South of Arathusa Safari Driveway. Mahlowasi, the female leopard East...

  Monday, 29 June 2026 (26°C) Xidulu, the female leopard mobile south on MMM from One Eye Pan. The two Imabli lioness, resting at Kobus Dam. A breeding herd of forty buffalo, on Simbambili firebreak at the quarry. A breeding herd of twelve elephants drinking at...

Monday, 22 June 2026 (26°C) Two pangolins on Grass cut Road. Makhomsava, the female leopard stationary on Arathusa Main Road East of Big Dam. Tuesday, 23 June 2026 (30°C) A breeding herd of fifteen African elephants drinking at Leeukuil Pan. Wednesday, 24 June 2026...

Monday, 15th June 2026 (29°C) The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lioness and ten cubs, resting north of Gowrie Main in the Mluwati River. One buffalo bull, mobile west from Ntoma crossing. The two cubs of Xidulu, the female leopard hunting dwarf mongoose at...