{"id":11391,"date":"2026-04-12T09:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11391"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:24:01","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-6-april-12-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2026\/04\/weekly-big-five-sightings-6-april-12-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings  6 April \u2013 12 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11392\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/99CB88CF-9995-412F-BEB1-D2DC463A9244-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11392\" class=\"wp-image-11392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/99CB88CF-9995-412F-BEB1-D2DC463A9244-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Xidulu&#8217;s Cubs. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 6 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary in a tree with her two cubs west of 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Windmill Road\u2019s mud wallows.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of elephants feeding along Big Dam link north.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull feeding in a thicket at the southern end of Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 100 buffalo being hunted by three Kambula male lions, in the block between Waxbill and Lapwing, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>The three Kambula male lions were relocated at Cheetah Pan during PM Drive, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>Mzemba, the male leopard, stationary on a termite mound in the thicket west of Cheetah Pan, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>One Nkuhuma lioness mobile from Djuma into Arathusa Safari from Impala Clearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 7 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(22\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, feeding on an Nyala carcass with her two cubs. Stolen by Hyena.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile north from Nyala Crossing to the northern end of EP Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of ten elephants feeding at EP Driveway\/Airstrip Junction.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of four African Wild Dogs stationary at Jacana Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Two Ndzhenga male lions, four Nkuhuma lionesses with two cubs stationary on Gowrie Main, south of Twin Dams.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 15 elephants feeding around Xihumbane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 8 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile northeast from EP\/Manyeleti Crossing along East Bank Manyeleti.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, stationary in a Marula tree on Arathusa Main Road, west of Leopard Drift.<\/li>\n<li>Two African Wild Cat Kittens playing on the Manyeleti Boundary, west of Big Dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11393\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01732-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11393\" class=\"wp-image-11393 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01732-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01732-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01732-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01732-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01732-480x320.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-11393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hippo and Baby. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 9 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani and Xidulu, the female leopards, having a territorial interaction around Horseshoe Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, hunting impala around Big Dam Link South.<\/li>\n<li>Seven Nkuhuma lionesses with six cubs and two Ndzhenga male lions stationary on the firebreak of Gowrie Main and Cheetah Cutline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 10 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(30\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north from Drongo North.<\/li>\n<li>One buffalo bull east of The Island Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Three elephant bulls feeding along One Eye Pan, east of Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 11 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary in the Manyeleti river, south of Ntoma Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile east on Arathusa Safari Driveway with her two cubs.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull mobile north on 1<sup>st<\/sup> Windmill Road.<\/li>\n<li>One buffalo bull on The Island.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11394\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01766-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11394\" class=\"wp-image-11394 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC01766-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kambula Male lion. Photo by Armand Otto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 12 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three Kambula male lions and one unidentified female at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Six Nkuhuma lionesses with one Ndzhenga male lion stationary, south of One Eye Pan Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 6 April 2026 (33\u00b0C) Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary in a tree with her two cubs west of 2nd Windmill Road\u2019s mud wallows. A breeding herd of elephants feeding along Big Dam link north. One elephant bull feeding in a thicket at the southern end of Arathusa Airstrip. 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