{"id":11216,"date":"2025-08-17T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T07:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11216"},"modified":"2025-08-17T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T07:38:04","slug":"weekly-big-5-sightings-11-aug-17-aug-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/08\/weekly-big-5-sightings-11-aug-17-aug-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big 5 Sightings 11 Aug-17 Aug 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11217\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ARM01896-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11217\" class=\"wp-image-11217 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ARM01896-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ARM01896-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ARM01896-480x320.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-11217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nkuhuma Pride, Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 11 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(24\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three African elephant bulls feeding along EP Grass cut.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of four lionesses feeding on an elephant carcass West of Xibamu Road with four Kambula male lions.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile South from Rhulani open towards EP\/Simbambili cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Five African elephant bulls feeding along poachers\u2019 road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 12 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 20 African elephants feeding on EP Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile North from mamba Road to Rhino Pan.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of six lionesses with two Ndzhenga males feeding on an elephant carcass West of Xibamu Road.<\/li>\n<li>One Kambula male lion and one Nkuhuma lioness stationary at Treehouse Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 13 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, with one cub feeding on a Duiker kill, North of Ximungwe Road.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of 8 African Wild Dogs, mobile West along Arathusa Main Road towards Silvan.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of six lionesses with two Ndhzenga male lions feeding on an elephant carcass West of Xibamu Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11219\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ndzhenga-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11219\" class=\"wp-image-11219 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ndzhenga-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ndzhenga-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ndzhenga-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-11219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ndzhenga Male, Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 14 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five African elephant bulls mobile North East from Elephant Plains Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile South from EP \/ Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of five lionesses with two Ndhzenga male lions feeding on an elephant carcass West of Xibamu Road.<\/li>\n<li>One Cape buffalo feeding on Simbambili Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 20 African elephants, feeding at Ntoma Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, hunting duiker on Arathusa Main Road, East of Big Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 15 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(29\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 20 African elephants, feeding along Sawmill.<\/li>\n<li>Two Cape buffalo bulls feeding on Simbambili Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile South along old Bush camp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 16 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, hunting duiker along Xihumbane Road.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma Pride 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