Weekly Big 5 Sightings 25 November – 1 December 2024
Monday, 25 November 2024 (38°C) One Kambula male lion feeding on a giraffe carcass on the Southern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip. Breeding herd of eight African elephants feeding in Marikeni Drive. Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of four individuals stationary at...
Weekly Big 5 Sightings 18 – 24 November 2024
Monday, 18 November 2024 (37°C) Two Mantimahle male lions stationary on Squirrels View. Breeding herd of approximately one hundred and fifty cape buffalo feeding North of Manyaleti Boundary East of Bushbuck Dam. Tiyani, the female leopard mobile East from Tamboti...
Weekly Big 5 Sightings 11 – 17 November 2024
Monday, 11 November 2024 (24°C 7mm Rain) One Plains Camp male lion mating with the Tsalala lioness on Londolozi Boundary. Breeding herd of ten African elephants feeding on Big Dam Link South. One cape buffalo bull feeding on the Northern side of Elephant Plains...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 4 – 10 November 2024
Monday, 04 November 2024 (40°C) Two of the Kambula male lions, sleeping on Impala Road. A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding on Ximungwe Road. One elephant bull, drinking at Simba Dam. Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard static on...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 28 Oct – 3 Nov 2024
Monday, 28 October 2024 (32°C) Three Kambula male lions stationary North of Arathusa Safari Dam. Breeding herd of ten African elephants feeding around Boundary Pan. Nhenhe, the young male leopard hunting impala at Matandaluka Pan. Tuesday, 29 October 2024 (33°C 28mm...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 21-26 October
Monday, 21 October 2024 (25°C) The Nkuhuma Breakaways consisting of one young male lion and one young lioness, mobile South from Kudu Drift/A-main junction. A breeding herd of fifteen elephants, feeding at the junction of Pump Track and Zebra Drive. Nhenhe, the...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 14-20 October
Monday, 014 October 2024 (39°C) Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile South from Central Road. Breeding herd of ten elephants drinking at Simbambili Dam. Breeding herd of approximately fifty buffalo on Simbambili Driveway. Nhenhe, the young male leopard mobile...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 7 – 13 October 2024
Monday, 07 October 2024 (38°C) Two Plains Camp male lions stationary at Wetpatch. Four Nkuhuma lioness stationary on the Eastern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip. Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary at Rhulani Pan. Langa, the female leopard with a steenbok kill...
Weekly Big Five 30 September – 06 October
Monday, 30 September 2024 (31°C) Three Imbali Lioness, sleeping East of Bush Buk dam South of the Manyeleti Boundary. Nhenhe, the young male leopard feeding on a scrub hare North of Broken Dam. A breeding herd of twenty elephants, drinking at Jacana Dam. One...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 23-29 September 2024
Monday, 23 September 2024 (29°C) Fifteen Hyenas, feeding on a kudu at Elephant Plains open area. Mokhomsava, the female leopard hunting a steenbok between A-main and Leopard drift. The four Kambula male lions, sleeping on Djuma firebreak South of Tamboti Dam....
big 5 sightings 16th-22nd September
Monday, 16 September 2024 (26°C) One Mantimahle male lion mobile South East from Cassia Road. Three African elephant bulls mobile North from Poachers Road junction Manyeleti Boundary. One honey badger feeding at Avoca Corner. Nhenhe, the young male leopard being...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 9-15 September 2024
Monday, 9 September 2024 (21°C) One Mantimahle male lion satationary at Champaign Pan. Breeding herd of approximately four hundred Cape buffalo drinking at Big Dam Buffelshoek. The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven individuals and One Black Dam male lion stationary at...
weekly Big Five Sightings 2 – 8 September 2024
Monday, 2 September 2024 (28°C) Two Kambula male lions feeding on a hippo carcass North of Jacana Dam. One Kambula male lion stationary at Elephant Plains Open Area. Breeding herd of sixteen African elephants drinking at Simbamili Dam. Cara, the female leopard...
Big Five Weekly Sightings 26 August – 01 September
Monday, 26 August 2024 (34°C) The four Kambula male lions, sleeping on Seepline at Boerbean Open. Xidulu, the female leopard and Nhenhe, the young male leopard sleeping at Simba Dam. One Ndzenga male lion and two lionesses, sleeping on Londolozi boundary East...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 19-25 August
Monday, 19 August 2024 (27°C) A breeding herd of twenty elephants, feeding at Brown Ivory Clearing. Five elephant’s bulls, drinking from Baobab Dam. The four Kambula male lions with one lioness, sleeping on Impala Road. Laluka, the female leopard hunting on Simbambili...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 12 – 18 August 2024
Monday, 12 August 2024 (28°C) Tiyani, the female leopard resting at EP/Manyeleti crossing. Eight Nkuhuma lioness and one Black Dam male lion, sleeping at Our Fathers crossing. Four African elephant bulls, feeding around Rampan Pan. Four African elephant bulls, feeding...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 5 – 11 August 2024
Monday, 5 August 2024 (23°C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard feeding on a impala kill at Serengeti open junction with KBR, with Tiyani the female leopard watching him from a distance. On Black Dam male lion with two Nkuhuma lioness sleeping a Sixteenth Crossing. Lunga,...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 29 July – 4 August 2024
Monday, 29 July 2024 (25°C) Xidulu, the female leopard vocalizing around Mariken Drive Nhenhe, the young male leopard hunting spurfowl East of Old Bore Hole. Herd of eight elephants feeding around EP open area. Herd of around 200 buffalo static around Seefs Pan. Seven...
weekly Big 5 Sightings 22 – 28 July 2024
Monday, 22 July 2024 (28°C) Two Kambula male lions and two Nharu lioness East of Kobus se Dam. Tortoise Pan, the male leopard drinking water at Simbambili Dam. Breeding herd of eight African elephants feeding on Road Eight. Breeding herd of approximately one...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 15-21 July 2024
Monday, 15 July 2024 (25°C) Nhenhe, the young male leopard stationary between 1st and 2nd Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile South on Airport Link. Xidulu, the female leopard with an impala kill on Elephants Plains Simbambili Cutline. Tuesday, 16 July 2024...
Weekly Big Five Sightings 8-14 July 2024
Monday, 08 July 2024 (29°C) Three Nkuhuma lioness and two Plains Camp male lions, resting at A-main junction with Grass cut. A pack of eight wild dogs, feeding on a impala on the Southern side of Elephant Plains airstrip. Mokhomsava, the female leopard sleeping...