{"id":11222,"date":"2025-08-24T09:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11222"},"modified":"2025-08-24T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:01:06","slug":"weekly-big-5-sightings-18-24-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/08\/weekly-big-5-sightings-18-24-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big 5 Sightings 18 &#8211; 24 August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11223\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11223\" class=\"wp-image-11223 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-cub-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiyani&#8217;s cub. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 18 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(25\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, with one cub mobile South West along Bushcamp East during AM Drive.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of six African Wild Dogs, mobile North East along Londolozi boundary towards Milkberry.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 25 African elephants, feeding on Elephant Plains delivery road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 25 African elephants feeding on Leadwood Road.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile North on Tsalala collecting one cub from Kimbeon\u2019s Crossing, during PM Drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 19 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of 30 African Elephants, drinking at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of five lionesses were sleeping on Galago Shortcut Link.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard feeding on an impala kill on Konkoni Road north of Seepline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 20 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard feeding on an impala kill on Konkoni Road north of Seepline.<\/li>\n<li>One of the Kambula male lions, sleeping east of Gowrie Dam.<\/li>\n<li>One of the Nkuhuma lioness and one Ndhzenga Male lion, mating at Treehouse Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A Breeding herd of 10 African Elephants, feeding on the junction of cutline and Hyena Den Road.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile north from Ngwenya North.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11224\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kudu-bull-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11224\" class=\"wp-image-11224 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kudu-bull-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" 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the female leopard and her female cub were feeding on a scrub hare kill south of Simbambili bush breakfast site.<\/li>\n<li>The Ntsevu pride of lions, consisting of 2 lioness and three cubs were mobile south from Londolozi Drift.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard and Makhomsava, the female leopard was mating south of 1<sup>st<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard sleeping on One Eye Pan Road.<\/li>\n<li>A bachelor herd of five elephant bulls, mobile in a north easterly direction from Boundary Pan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 22 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bachelor herd of 2 buffalo bulls, mobile in an easterly direction from Ntoma Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>The 2 Plans Camp Male lions, sleeping south of Bush Camp West open area.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her female cub were mobile south from Rampan.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard and Makhomsava, the female leopard was mating at Pungwe Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard feeding on an impala south of One Eye Pan Open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 23 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(39\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2 Ndhzenga male lions, resting on A-main junction with the southern side of Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of 8 Wild dogs, hunting impala on Kudu Drift.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of 300 buffalo mobile north on Cheetah Cutline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11225\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani--scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11225\" class=\"wp-image-11225 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani--1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani--1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 24 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub mobile south from Wetpatch Shortcut.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding herd of 12 African elephants feeding on the northern side of Elephant Palins Airstrip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 18 August 2025 (25\u00b0C) Tiyani, the female leopard, with one cub mobile South West along Bushcamp East during AM Drive. A pack of six African Wild Dogs, mobile North East along Londolozi boundary towards Milkberry. A breeding herd of approximately 25 African elephants, feeding on Elephant Plains delivery road. 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