{"id":11413,"date":"2026-05-24T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11413"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:46:16","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-18-may-24-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2026\/05\/weekly-big-five-sightings-18-may-24-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings  18 May \u2013 24 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11416\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cheetah-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11416\" class=\"wp-image-11416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cheetah-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cheetah-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cheetah-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cheetah-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cheetah-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-11416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Male Cheetah. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 18 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile south on Sawmill<\/li>\n<li>The Kambula breakaway pride consisting of two lionesses and six subadults, stationary south of Marula Bult South\/Arathusa Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of two African Wild Dogs, mobile north from EP\/Shirley\u2019s Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani and Mahlowasi, the female leopards, feeding on an impala lamb on Drongo North.\n<ul>\n<li>Scavenged by Hlambela the male leopard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A pack of ten African Wild Dogs, mobile west on EP Delivery Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 19 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hlambela, the male leopard, mobile west on Simbambili firebreak.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 12 elephants mobile west on Drongo North.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan and Xidulu, male and female leopards, with two cubs feeding on a hippo carcass at Arathusa Dam.<\/li>\n<li>The Kambula breakaway pride, consisting of two females and six subadults mobile west from Marula Bult Central West.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 20 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(26\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pack of six African Wild Dogs mobile south on Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, stationary south of Brown ivory on Xinzele Road.<\/li>\n<li>Two cheetah hunting impalas on Impala Plains, Djuma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11415\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ntsumi-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11415\" class=\"wp-image-11415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ntsumi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ntsumi-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ntsumi-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ntsumi-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ntsumi-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-11415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ntsumie, the female leopard. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 21 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(24\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pack of six African Wild Dogs interacting with two Cheetah on Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, with two cubs at Arathusa Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani and Mahlowasi, the female leopards, feeding on an impala carcass on Rhulani, east of Scops Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of six elephants drinking around The Island.<\/li>\n<li>A group of eight Hyenas feeding on a hippo carcass at Arathusa Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 22 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(27\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ntsumie, the female leopard stationary south of Hornbill Road, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>Two Mantimahle male lions, mobile south from Manyeleti to Big Dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>Mahlowasi, the female leopard, feeding on an impala carcass on Rhulani, east of Scops Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of five African Wild Dogs, mobile southwest from Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Two Imbali lionesses stationary at Jordaan\u2019s Dam, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 23 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(29\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Ndzhenga male lions mobile south on MMM.<\/li>\n<li>Two cheetahs stationary at Buff Pan.\n<ul>\n<li>Chased into Hoffman\u2019s by Ndzhenga male lions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile west on Shirley\u2019s Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile southwest along Mutzenzeleke with one cub.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, he female leopard, mobile west into PU at PU Corner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11414\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wild-dog-16x9-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11414\" class=\"wp-image-11414 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wild-dog-16x9-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wild-dog-16x9-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wild-dog-16x9-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wild-dog-16x9-1-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wild-dog-16x9-1-480x270.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-11414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African Wild Dog, Photo by Nicholas Greeff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 24 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile west south Elephant Carcass.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile south from 2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>One elephant feeding on EP Driveway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 18 May 2026 (27\u00b0C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile south on Sawmill The Kambula breakaway pride consisting of two lionesses and six subadults, stationary south of Marula Bult South\/Arathusa Cutline. 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