{"id":11266,"date":"2025-10-19T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11266"},"modified":"2025-10-19T08:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:50:14","slug":"weekly-big-5-sighting-13-19-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/10\/weekly-big-5-sighting-13-19-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big 5 Sighting 13-19 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11269\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11269\" class=\"wp-image-11269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nkuhuma-and-cub-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nkuhuma lioness and Cubs, Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 13 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill with one cub, in the Manyeleti, north of EP Watering hole.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile south west from EP\/Shirley\u2019s Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses, stationary on Seepline West.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 14 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses stationary with four cubs, Parallel Road North.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary south of EP Deliveries Road.<\/li>\n<li>Four elephant bulls feeding on EP Open Area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 15 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(22\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses on a zebra kill at Triple Pan, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of two African Wild Dogs mobile south from Simbambili breakfast site.<\/li>\n<li>Hlambela, the male leopard, mobile south from Ekiso\/ Hyena Den Junction.<\/li>\n<li>Two buffalo bulls feeding on Simbambili firebreak.<\/li>\n<li>A herd of 60 buffalo mobile, east from Cruse Camp, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>Three Kambula male lions, stationary at Hyena dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11267\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARM03266-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11267\" class=\"wp-image-11267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARM03266-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tortoise Pan, the male leopard. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 16 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(21\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, circling Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Six Nkuhuma lionesses with four cubs, stationary at Red Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Three elephant bulls, feeding north of EP Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north with one cub on Bushcamp East.<\/li>\n<li>One male lion, stationary north of Mafufenyane Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of twelve elephants, mobile west across EP\/Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 17 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(17\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, stationary on East Bank Manyeleti, north of EP\/Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary east of Leadwood\/Ximungwe junction.<\/li>\n<li>Two elephant bulls, feeding on Horseshoe Open Area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 18 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hyena den on Francolin Road was active with one adult and two cubs.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants, feeding around African Hawk-eagle.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 50 buffalo mobile east om the firebreak from Pommie\u2019s Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, with one cub on a bushbuck kill in front of Simbambili\/Ntoma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11268\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11268\" class=\"wp-image-11268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hlambela-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hlambela, the male leopard. 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