{"id":11308,"date":"2025-12-07T09:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11308"},"modified":"2025-12-07T09:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:55:30","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-01-07-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/12\/weekly-big-five-sightings-01-07-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 01 \u2013 07 December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11309\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC00078-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11309\" class=\"wp-image-11309 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC00078-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xidulu, the female leopard. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 01 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub, feeding on an impala kill on Madash South, south of 16<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 20 Elephant mobile west from Marula Bolt South towards Shortcut Wetpatch.<\/li>\n<li>The Hyena Den on Hyena Den Road was active with two Adults and five cubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 02 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hyena Den on Hyena Den Road was active with one adults and three cubs.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma Pride of lions (7), stationary with two Ndzhenga males, north of Hyena Road, Djuma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 03 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>14 mm Rainfall overnight<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Six buffalo bull\u2019s stationary on Wattle Way, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull feeding at the Silvan Safari Entry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11310\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC00184-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11310\" class=\"wp-image-11310 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC00184-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spotted Hyena. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 04 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the make leopard, stationary in a Jackalberry north of The Island Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary with her cub at Horseshoe Open Area<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile south along Madash.<\/li>\n<li>Three elephant bulls mobile north into Manyeleti, from Tom Tom Road, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 05 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her one cub, mobile west from Scops Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>The EP hyena den was active with one female and three cubs.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull feeding along the southern link of EP airstrip junction to Arathusa Main.<\/li>\n<li>The two Ndhzenga male lions mobile south on Safari airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of elephants feeding along East Bank Manyeleti junction to Kimbeons Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 06 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>(36\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<p>1.5 mm Rainfall overnight<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three buffalo bulls resting on Firebreak East, west of Gowrie Gate.<\/li>\n<li>The two Plains Camp male lions mobile north from Londolozi Boundary junction to Ottawa Boundary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11311\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC00103-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11311\" class=\"wp-image-11311 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC00103-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kambula lioness and cubs. 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