{"id":11261,"date":"2025-10-12T09:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11261"},"modified":"2025-10-12T09:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:35:36","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-6-12-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/10\/weekly-big-five-sightings-6-12-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 6 &#8211; 12 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11262\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARM01896-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11262\" class=\"wp-image-11262 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARM01896-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARM01896-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/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-11262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nkuhuma pride feeding on a buffalo carcass. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 06 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(29\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pack of two African wild dogs mobile east from Francolin Road towards Leeukuil.<\/li>\n<li>Two Nkuhuma lionesses mobile west along Simbambili firebreak into PU corner.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephant\u2019s mobile from Leeukuil to five Way Junction.<\/li>\n<li>Six members of the EP Hyena clan was found feeding on a giraffe carcass west of EP Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Two Ndhzenga male lions, mobile east from Road 7 into Djuma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 07 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(21\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Nkuhuma lionesses mobile west from Nyala Crossing to Mamba Road.<\/li>\n<li>Three Nkuhuma lionesses and two Ndhzenga male lions feeding on a wildebeest kill, east of Boerbean Open.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephant\u2019s mobile west from Shirley\u2019s Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on a duiker kill with her one cub, south of Tamboti Crossing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday 08 October 025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile west with her one cub from Ngala Open Area towards the Pungwe riverbed.<\/li>\n<li>Five elephant bulls mud wallowing at Kraaines Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Two Nkuhuma lionesses feeding on a zebra kill with four cubs on west of Ekiso junction to Parallel.<\/li>\n<li>Two Ndhzenga male lion\u2019s mobile from Serengeti Pan toward Sixes Road.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile west from 1<sup>st<\/sup> Windmill to Madash South.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11263\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11263\" class=\"wp-image-11263 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TP-at-Kraainess-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tortoise Pan, the male leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 09 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(25\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twelve members of the EP Hyena clan feeding on scavenged zebra carcass from the Nkuhuma lionesses at Kraaines Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Cara, the female leopard, with feeding on a warthog kill on Kanyeni Road.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile west from Kraaines Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile south in the Marikeni riverbed.<\/li>\n<li>Five Nkuhuma lionesses resting at Serengeti Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Mzemba, the male leopard, west of Sawmill\/Grasscut Junction. Chased by Tiyani.<\/li>\n<li>Two Ndzhenga male lions, resting on Magic Willie Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Three elephant bulls mobile south from Jacana Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Two buffalo bulls resting along Xihumbane Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 10 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(30\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately twenty elephants feeding along Airport link.<\/li>\n<li>The nomadic Nottens male leopard, resting in a Jackalberry tree in the Molwati riverbed, east of Pangolin Track Road.<\/li>\n<li>Mzemba, the male leopard, resting in a Marula tree east of Triple M North.<\/li>\n<li>The Nharu pride consisting of three lionesses and two cubs feeding on a zebra kill south of Triple Pan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 11 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two African Wild dogs feeding on an impala kill, south of 16<sup>th<\/sup> Crossing Road.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile east from Mfezi Open Area towards Konkoni.<\/li>\n<li>The EP hyena den on Francolin was active, with seven adults and three sub adults.<\/li>\n<li>The Nharu pride of lions, consisting of three lionesses and two cubs, feeding on a zebra kill south of Triple Pan.<\/li>\n<li>One Ndzhenga male lion stationary on Old EP Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of eight elephants feeding in EP Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>One of the Skybeds male lions son stationary at Gaby\u2019s Open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11264\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11264\" class=\"wp-image-11264 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tiyani-at-rampan-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiyani, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 12 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(36\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions, consisting of seven lioness stationary West of 15<sup>th<\/sup> crossing junction Track South<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately eighteen elephants feeding on Londolozi Boundary junction Rocky Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 06 October 2025 (29\u00b0C) A pack of two African wild dogs mobile east from Francolin Road towards Leeukuil. Two Nkuhuma lionesses mobile west along Simbambili firebreak into PU corner. A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephant\u2019s mobile from Leeukuil to five Way Junction. 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