{"id":11024,"date":"2025-01-05T09:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T07:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11024"},"modified":"2025-01-05T09:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T07:57:16","slug":"weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 &#8211; 5 January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11025\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11025\" class=\"wp-image-11025 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makhomsava, the female leopard. Photo By Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 30 December 2024<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the Northern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard and her two cubs at the den site South of Eagle Owl Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Two Mantimahle male lions and four Imbali lioness hunting cape buffalo around Millions Clearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 31 December 2024<\/p>\n<p>(37\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding herd of fifteen African elephants mobile North on Sandy Patch.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard and her two cubs stationary at the den side South of Eagle Owl Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard stationary on top of a termite mound South of Rhulani Open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 1 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(36\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One male Cheetah stationary East of Triple Pan junction East West Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Baobab Dam.<\/li>\n<li>One Nkuhuma lioness stationary at Second Windmill.<\/li>\n<li>Four Monwana male lions stationary South of Second Windmill Road junction Zebra Drive.<\/li>\n<li>Two Nkuhuma lioness and the Black Dam male lion chasing cape buffalo bulls South towards Safari Donga South.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11026\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wild-dog-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11026\" class=\"wp-image-11026 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wild-dog-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wild-dog-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wild-dog-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African wild dog. Photo By Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 2 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C 32mm Rain)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nhenhe, the male leopard hunting impala on the Northern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard stationary South of Hawk Eagle.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of feeding in an Easterly direction from Gaby\u2019s Causeway.<\/li>\n<li>Tlalamaba, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a grey duiker kill on the junction of Nyala Road North and Central.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 3 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two African wild dogs feeding on an impala lamb kill at Simbambili Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of eighteen African elephants mobile South towards Kudu Drift.<\/li>\n<li>Two Mantimahle male lions feeding on a cape buffalo kill at Cattle Dip.<\/li>\n<li>The Imbali pride of lions consisting of four lioness stationary South of Jordaan\u2019s Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 4 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(36\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard encountered a serval, and swiftly killed it before scavenging an impala lamb kill West of Konkoni.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile East from Rampan Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Two Kambula male lions and the Nkuhuma pride consisting of six lioness and one sub adult male stalking giraffe on Old Elephant Plains Driveway junction Elephant Palins Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Laluka, the female leopard mobile West into Othawa from Rhino Pan Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10908\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cheetah-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10908\" class=\"wp-image-10908 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cheetah-1024x680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cheetah-980x651.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cheetah-480x319.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheetah. Photo By Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 5 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(36\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding herd of approximately eighty cape buffalo feeding along the Buffelshoek Gowrie Cutline junction with Dave\u2019s Road.<\/li>\n<li>Tlalamba, the female leopard and her cub with a steenbok kill at Buffelshoek Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the Northern side of Arathusa Safari Airstrip. Makhomsava, the female leopard and her two cubs at the den site South of Eagle Owl Crossing. Two Mantimahle male lions and four Imbali lioness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-big-5-sightings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 - Big 5 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 - Big 5 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Big 5 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-05T07:57:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elephant Plains Rangers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elephant Plains Rangers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elephant Plains Rangers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26d865959916e78907cc383fc65d7373\"},\"headline\":\"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 &#8211; 5 January 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-05T07:57:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":449,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Makhomsava-1024x576.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Weekly Big 5 Sightings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 - Big 5 Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Makhomsava-1024x576.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-05T07:57:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26d865959916e78907cc383fc65d7373\"},\"description\":\"Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 &#8211; 5 January 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Big 5 Blog\",\"description\":\"Elephant Plains Game Lodge\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26d865959916e78907cc383fc65d7373\",\"name\":\"Elephant Plains Rangers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elephantplains.co.za\\\/big-5-blog\\\/author\\\/eprangers\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 - Big 5 Blog","description":"Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 - Big 5 Blog","og_description":"Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the","og_url":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/","og_site_name":"Big 5 Blog","article_published_time":"2025-01-05T07:57:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Elephant Plains Rangers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Elephant Plains Rangers","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"Elephant Plains Rangers","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/26d865959916e78907cc383fc65d7373"},"headline":"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 &#8211; 5 January 2025","datePublished":"2025-01-05T07:57:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/"},"wordCount":449,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-1024x576.jpg","articleSection":["Weekly Big 5 Sightings"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/","name":"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 - Big 5 Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-1024x576.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-05T07:57:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/26d865959916e78907cc383fc65d7373"},"description":"Monday, 30 December 2024 (34\u00b0C) Breeding herd of approximately seventy cape buffalo drinking water at Big Dam. Nhenhe, the male leopard stationary on the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-big-five-sightings-30-december-2024-5-january-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Weekly Big Big Five Sightings 30 December 2024 &#8211; 5 January 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/","name":"Big 5 Blog","description":"Elephant Plains Game Lodge","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/26d865959916e78907cc383fc65d7373","name":"Elephant Plains Rangers","url":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/author\/eprangers\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11028,"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024\/revisions\/11028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}