{"id":11189,"date":"2025-07-13T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11189"},"modified":"2025-07-13T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:21:00","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-7-13-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/07\/weekly-big-five-sightings-7-13-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 7 &#8211; 13 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11193\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laluka-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11193\" class=\"wp-image-11193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laluka-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laluka-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laluka-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laluka-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laluka-480x270.jpeg 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-11193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laluka, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 07 July 2025<\/p>\n<p>(23\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laluka, the female leopard drinking at Rhino Pan.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding on Akiso Road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of eighty elephants, feeding at EP open area.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of two hundred buffalo, resting on Seepline west of Boer Bean drinks stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 08 July 2025<\/p>\n<p>(24\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five members of the Nkuhuma pride, sleeping in the middle of the Bee Eater block.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mating with Xidulu, the female leopard north west of Tamboti drinks stop.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of twenty elephants, drinking at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>One buffalo bull, drinking at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 09 July2025<\/p>\n<p>(25\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three of the Kambula male lions, sleeping on Hyena Den Road west of Gowrie Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Six elephant bulls, feeding along Beacons Road.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard mobile east from the Pungwe on Simba Fire Break.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of thirty elephants, feeding in the Manyeleti river north of Kimbeon\u2019s Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Five members of the Nkuhuma pride, sleeping North of Muhluwane drinks stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11190\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Plains-Camp-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11190\" class=\"wp-image-11190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Plains-Camp-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Plains-Camp-3-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Plains-Camp-3-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Plains-Camp-3-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Plains-Camp-3-480x270.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-11190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plains Camp male lion. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 010 July 2025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile north from Kraainess pan towards Sawmill Road.<\/li>\n<li>The two Plains Camp male lions, resting at Simba Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of twenty elephants, feeding on Bush Camp East.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of twelve elephants, feeding along Rhino Ring North.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 11 July 2025<\/p>\n<p>(29\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of twelve elephants, feeding at Rhulani Open area.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of twenty elephants, drinking at Bush Camp Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Maribye, the male leopard and Luna, the female leopard interacting at Wildebeest Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Tshipondo, the young female leopard stationary at Twin Dams.<\/li>\n<li>Two African elephant bulls feeding along Vuyatela Access.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopards successfully hunting impala and taking it into a marula tree on Buff Skull South.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 12 July 2025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard resting in a marula tree with her impala kill on Buff Skull South.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of 7 individuals stationary East of Grass Cut.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a bushbuck kill at Ntoma Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile South on Kudu Drift.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 50 African elephants feeding around Rampan Pan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11192\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tortoise-Pan-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11192\" class=\"wp-image-11192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tortoise-Pan-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tortoise-Pan-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tortoise-Pan-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tortoise-Pan-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tortoise-Pan-480x270.jpeg 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-11192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tortoise Pan, the male leopard. 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