Elephant Plains Game Lodge

Monday, 18 May 2026 (27°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile south on Sawmill The Kambula breakaway pride consisting of two lionesses and six subadults, stationary south of Marula Bult South/Arathusa Cutline. A pack of two African Wild Dogs, mobile north from...

Monday, 11 May 2026 (31°C) Two Ndzhenga male lions stationary with the Kambula breakaway pride, consisting of two females and six subadults, stationary at the northern end of Arathusa airstrip. Xidulu, the female leopard, with her two cubs on an impala kill, west of...

Weekly Big Five Sightings 04 May – 10 May 2026   Monday, 04 May 2026 (26°C) The Nkuhuma pride, consisting of five lionesses and two cubs, feeding on a buffalo kill east of Baobab Dam. Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile west on Simbambili/Elephant Plains cutline....

  Monday, 27 April 2026 (26°C) A breeding herd of ten elephants, mobile North from Rampan. The two Plains Camp Males lions feeding on a buffalo east of Wet Patch open. Two Nkuhuma lioness and ten cubs, resting around One Eye Pan. A breeding herd of seventy...

Monday, 20 April 2026 (26°C) Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Rampan link road. Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile east from Kimbeon’s crossing. A breeding herd of approximately twenty-five elephants feeding around Leeukuil. Two cubs of...

  Monday, 13 April 2026 (31°C) Xidulu, the female leopard, with her two cubs on a kudu calf kill on Simbambili/Arathusa Safari Cutline, west of Xigodi Pan. Two buffalo bulls feeding east of Pungwe Pan. A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants drinking at...

Monday, 6 April 2026 (33°C) Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary in a tree with her two cubs west of 2nd Windmill Road’s mud wallows. A breeding herd of elephants feeding along Big Dam link north. One elephant bull feeding in a thicket at the southern end of...

Monday, 30 March 2026 (31°C) The Toulon pack of African Wild Dogs (15) stationary on the northern end of Arathusa Airstrip. The Ntsevu Pride of lions, consisting of six members, mobile south east from Arathusa Main Road/Leopard drift. Approximately 10 members of The...

Monday, 23 March 2026 (34°C) Some members of the EP Hyena clan on an impala kill on Tamboti Thicket/Guarri Central. Five members of the Nkuhuma Pride of lions, with six cubs and one Ndzhenga male feeding on a waterbuck kill, north of Tambotie Dam. Tortoise Pan, the...

Monday, 16th March 2026 (29°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mating with Tlalamba, the female leopard, in the block between Central and Cutline. Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile South from the Rocks. Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs, mobile West on...

  Monday, 9th March 2026 (27°C) One Ndzenga male lion with four Nkuhuma lioness and six cubs, resting at Twin Dams. A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding on Arathusa airstrip. Tiyanis, female leopard cub resting in a Marula tree on Eastern Bank Manyeleti....

Monday, 2nd March 2026 (34°C) Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs, mobile from Saffron towards 2nd Windmill Pan. Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub, mobile East on Ep/Shirley’s Cutline Towards Madash. Five Nkuhuma Females and six cubs, resting in the...

  Monday, 23th February 2026 (32°C) Langa, the female leopard mating with Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile north from A-main junction with Nkombe junction. Three elephant bulls, feeding at Marula Bolt Four Way North. Two of the Kambula male lions, mobile...

  Monday, 16th February 2026 (26°C) A breeding herd of fifteen elephants, feeding at the junction of Kudu Drift and Seepline. Thalamba, the female leopard resting on a marula tree at the junction of Bateleur Road and Drakensburg Road. Tuesday, 17th February 2026...

Monday, 9th February 2026 (32°C) Langa, the female leopard, feeding on an impala lamb carcass, with her two cubs, east of the junction of Cutline and Seepline. Makhomsava, the female leopard, stationary on The Rocks. Two elephant bulls feeding around KBR. Xidulu, the...

Monday, 2 February 2026 (35°C) Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary at the northern end of Arathusa Airstrip. Tiyani’s cub stationary, east of Tsalala southern junction with East Bank Manyeleti. Tiyani, the female leopard, joined her cub during PM Drive.  ...

Monday, 26 January 2026 (33°C) Two Ndzhenga male lions stationary on Buffelshoek Gowrie Cutline junction Rain Tree road. A breeding herd of approximately 80 buffalo mobile North from Long Pole East. Tiyani, the female leopard mobile South from Simbambili Driveway. A...

Monday, 19 January 2026 (21°C) No AM/PM Drive Lodge closed due to flooding. Tuesday, 20 January 2026 (24°C) No AM/PM Drive Lodge closed due to flooding. Wednesday, 21 January 2026 (23°C) No AM/PM Drive Lodge closed due to flooding. Thursday, 22 January 2026 (28°C) No...

Monday, 05 January 2026 (25°C) The two Plains Camp Male lions resting south of EP/Manyeleti Crossing. The Kambula pride of lions, consisting of two lionesses and six sub adults, resting north of Mkombe junction to Arathusa Main. Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub,...

  Monday, 29 December 2025 (30°C) 11 mm Rain Overnight. A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs, stationary on EP Airstrip. A breeding herd of approximately 15 elephants, mobile northwest from Leeukuil. Two unidentified lionesses from either the Torchwood or Imbali pride,...

Monday, 22 December 2025 70 mm Rainfall overnight. (26°C) One elephant bull mobile north along MMM. Three elephant bulls, feeding at the junction of Gowrie Main and Cheetah Cutline, Djuma. Tlalamba, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Cheetah...