{"id":11253,"date":"2025-09-29T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11253"},"modified":"2025-10-05T09:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:41:12","slug":"big-five-sightings-22-28-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/09\/big-five-sightings-22-28-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five sightings 22 &#8211; 28 September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/964A0349-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11198 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/964A0349-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/964A0349-980x653.jpg 980w, 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Spike Thorn Road.<\/li>\n<li>One Nkuhuma lioness, static on Drakensburg Road, contact calling members of her pride.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 24 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tlalamba, the female leopard, with her cub Tshipondo, mobile east from Treehouse Dam Road to Elephant Carcass.<\/li>\n<li>One male cheetah, resting on a termite mound west of Londoz Drift.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma Pride, consisting of five lionesses resting on the island at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill along Kudu Drift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kambula-males-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11185 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kambula-males-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kambula-males-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kambula-males-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>Thursday, 25 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(20\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill along Kudu Drift.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately fifteen elephants feeding along KBR crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, scavenged Makhomsava\u2019s impala kill on Kudu Drift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 26 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(29\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile west from Ngwena North to the inflow of Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of two African wild dog\u2019s mobile west from Gabys Open towards Robson 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