{"id":11113,"date":"2025-03-30T10:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11113"},"modified":"2025-03-31T08:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T06:10:04","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-23-30-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/03\/weekly-big-five-sightings-23-30-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 24-30 March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11116\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manti-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11116\" class=\"wp-image-11116 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manti-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" 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pan.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of Eight African elephants mobile East on Zebra Drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 25 March 2025<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding herd of 18 African elephant mobile East from Elephant Plains Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Four Imbali lionesses and one cub stationary at Broken Dam with two Mantimahle male lions.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of 10 African elephant drinking at Khaya Manzi.<\/li>\n<li>Hyena Den at Elephant Elephant Carcass active with Two adult, two sub adult and one juvenile.<\/li>\n<li>Three buffalo bulls stationary at Boundary Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Nhenhe, the male leopard, stationary at junction of Road 7 and Madash North.<\/li>\n<li>One Cape Buffalo bull stationary at Seef\u2019s Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of approximately 25 African elephants drinking at Leeukuil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 26 March 2025<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mhakomsava, the female leopard, stationary between Elephant Plains, Arathusa Cutline and Rhino Ring North.<\/li>\n<li>One African elephant bull stationary at Millions Road.<\/li>\n<li>Nhenhe, the male leopard, with a fresh Impala kill South of Safari driveway and Delivery Road.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of 18 African Elephant mobile South West from Safari airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>One African elephant bull stationary at Kimbion\u2019s Crossing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11115\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/964A3444-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11115\" class=\"wp-image-11115 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/964A3444-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/964A3444-980x653.jpeg 980w, 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