{"id":11380,"date":"2026-03-29T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11380"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:01:15","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-23rd-29th-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2026\/03\/weekly-big-five-sightings-23rd-29th-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings  23rd \u2013 29th March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11382\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tiyanis-cub-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11382\" class=\"wp-image-11382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tiyanis-cub-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tiyanis-cub-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tiyanis-cub-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tiyanis-cub-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tiyanis-cub-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-11382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiyani&#8217;s Cub. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 23 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some members of the EP Hyena clan on an impala kill on Tamboti Thicket\/Guarri Central.<\/li>\n<li>Five members of the Nkuhuma Pride of lions, with six cubs and one Ndzhenga male feeding on a waterbuck kill, north of Tambotie Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile north along EP Driveway from Drongo North.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary at Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull feeding south of Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 24 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five members of the Nkuhuma Pride of lions, with six cubs and one Ndzhenga male stationary on Djuma Firebreak.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 200 buffalo stationary at Big Dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding along Dolerite road.<\/li>\n<li>Toulon Pack of African wild dogs on a warthog kill on EP Airstrip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 25 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Toulon Pack of African wild dogs, hunting around PU Corner. Followed by six hyenas.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile south west from Leeukuil.\n<ul>\n<li>In the evening she was on an impala kill with her cub on Francolin\/Ep Driveway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11381\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/water-thickknee-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11381\" class=\"wp-image-11381 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/water-thickknee-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/water-thickknee-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/water-thickknee-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/water-thickknee-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/water-thickknee-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-11381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Water Thick-knee. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 26 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, and her cub, stationary on Francolin\/Ep Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Three Nkuhuma lionesses mobile east from Buff Skull north.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, with her two cubs on an impala lamb kill on Mutzenzeleke\/Mehluane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 27 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary with her two cubs on Buff Skull crossing.<\/li>\n<li>A small herd of approximately 20 Buffalo, feeding along Xihumbane.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 12 elephants feeding around Bushbuck dam.<\/li>\n<li>Four hyenas feeding on an impala kill south of EP Old\/New Driveway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 28 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of 12 elephants feeding along Big Dam Link South.<\/li>\n<li>Three Nkuhuma lionesses stationary on Hunters Road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 50 buffalo feeding on Makulu Open.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard with her two cubs, on an impala kill, North of Simbambili Dam Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11383\" style=\"width: 1923px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/european-roller-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11383\" class=\"wp-image-11383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/european-roller-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/european-roller-scaled.jpg 1913w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/european-roller-1280x857.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/european-roller-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/european-roller-480x321.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) 1913px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0European Roller. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 29 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 50 buffalo feeding on Makulu Open.<\/li>\n<li>Four Nkuhuma lionesses, two Ndzhenga males and seven cubs mobile east on Gowrie main.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile south along One Eye Pan road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 23 March 2026 (34\u00b0C) Some members of the EP Hyena clan on an impala kill on Tamboti Thicket\/Guarri Central. Five members of the Nkuhuma Pride of lions, with six cubs and one Ndzhenga male feeding on a waterbuck kill, north of Tambotie Dam. 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