{"id":11179,"date":"2025-06-29T11:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11179"},"modified":"2025-06-29T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:18:30","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-23-29-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/06\/weekly-big-five-sightings-23-29-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 23 &#8211; 29 June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11181\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PCM-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11181\" class=\"wp-image-11181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PCM-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PCM-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PCM-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PCM-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PCM-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plains Camp male lion. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 23 June 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, her cub and Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary South Sherley\u2019s Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride consisting of six lioness finishing off the remains of an impala kill in the block East of Second Windmill road.<\/li>\n<li>Two African elephant bulls feeding at five way Junction.<\/li>\n<li>One honey badger feeding on the Londolozi Boundary junction Big Dam Link South.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 24 June 2025<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of seven individuals mobile North East from Seepline East.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard mobile East from Madash junction 16<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>The six sub adult Torchwood male lions stationary on the firebreak East of Cheetah Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>One female cheetah and three sub adults stationary at Cattle Dip on Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>Timbavati, the male leopard mobile South from Manyeleti Boundary junction Python road.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of approximately 150 cape buffalo mobile South from Shelleys Oval.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 20 African elephants mobile North from Ngala Open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 25 June 2025<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard mobile North West from Horseshoe West.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary East of Gaby\u2019s Causeway.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub at Mums Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Six cape buffalo stationary at Mums Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>One African elephant bull feeding on Bush Camp West.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11182\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tiyani-cub--scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11182\" class=\"wp-image-11182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tiyani-cub--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tiyani-cub--scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tiyani-cub--1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tiyani-cub--980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tiyani-cub--480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 26 June 2025<\/p>\n<p>(30\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and one cub chasing a porcupine on Mumps Road.<\/li>\n<li>The EP hyena den was active with two adults and three cubs.<\/li>\n<li>Langa, the female leopard feeding on a juvenile impala east of Big Dam Link South on A-main.<\/li>\n<li>One Nzenga male lion, sleeping at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Five members of the Nkuhuma pride and one Ndzenga male lion, feeding on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 27 June 2025<\/p>\n<p>(23\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A heard of approximately 150 cape buffalo mobile East on Buffelshoek Gowrie Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Langa, the female leopard feeding on a juvenile impala east of Big Dam Link South on A-main.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 28 June 2025<\/p>\n<p>(24\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pack of eight African wild dogs mobile South from Othawa Boundary.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male and Tiyani, the female leopard attacking Xitsalala, the male leopard on Elephant Plains Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>A heard of approximately 50 African elephants \u00a0drinking at Serengeti Pan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11180\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11180\" class=\"wp-image-11180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Makhomsava-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Makhomsava-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Makhomsava-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Makhomsava-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makhomsava, the female leopard. 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