{"id":11230,"date":"2025-08-31T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2025-08-31T10:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:47:57","slug":"weekly-big-5-sightings-25-aug-31-aug-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/08\/weekly-big-5-sightings-25-aug-31-aug-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big 5 Sightings 25 Aug-31 Aug 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11231\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-palm--scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11231\" class=\"wp-image-11231 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tiyani-palm--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiyani, the female leopard. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 25 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of eight elephants feeding on Shirley\u2019s open area.<\/li>\n<li>Mzemba, the male leopard, stationary at Leeuikuil seen cleaning wounds.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull drinking at Leeukuil.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill with one cub on a Jackalberry on Nyati Bamba Road.<\/li>\n<li>One breeding herd of approximately 300 buffalo mobile east on Squirrel\u2019s View Road.<\/li>\n<li>One breeding herd of approximately 30 elephants drinking at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 26 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, joined Tiyani and cub feeding on an impala kill on a Jackalberry, Nyati Bamba Road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 300 buffalo mobile north on Sussen\u2019s Road.<\/li>\n<li>Two members of the Nkuhuma Pride of lions, stationary between Galago Shortcut and Vuyatela Access.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of two African Wild Dogs stationary at Nyala Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Ntsumi, the female leopard, stationary with a duiker kill in a Marula, west of Sjambok Road.<\/li>\n<li>One lioness, resting injured at the northern end of Big Dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 27 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(30\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One lioness scavenged upon by hyenas at the northern end of Big Dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>One member of the Ndzhenga male lion coalition, stationary south of Buff Pan.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of two African wild Dogs, chasing an impala into Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding at Tamboti Crossing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11232\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laluka-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11232\" class=\"wp-image-11232 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laluka-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laluka-2-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laluka-2-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laluka-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laluka-2-480x270.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-11232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laluka, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 28 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pack of two African Wild Dogs, mobile east from Rhulani Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile east from Rhino Ring East.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile west with one cub from Tsalala Road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of elephants feeding along Marula Bult West.<\/li>\n<li>One Ndzhenga male lion, stationary at Twin Dams.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull stationary on Khaya Manzi dam wall.<\/li>\n<li>The Kambula coalition consisting of four of male lions, stationary around Big Dam, Buffelshoek. One seenmating with Imbali lioness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 29 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Kambula coalition of lions consisting of three members, mobile east from Khaya Manzi Dam.<\/li>\n<li>One African Wild Dog drinking at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 30 buffalo mobile east on the firebreak from old EP Driveway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 30 August 2025<\/p>\n<p>(37\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ntsevu Pride of lions, consisting of three lionesses with three subadults, drinking at Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Two buffalo bulls feeding along MMM \/ One Eye Pan.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephants drinking at Baobab Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Mzemba, the male leopard, mobile west from Rhino Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north from Pump House.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 10 elephants feeding along Mabuza Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11233\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ntsevu-female--scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11233\" class=\"wp-image-11233 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ntsevu-female--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ntsevu lioness. 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