{"id":11530,"date":"2026-11-08T09:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11530"},"modified":"2026-11-08T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:45:28","slug":"11530","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2026\/11\/11530\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Big Five Sightings<\/p>\n<p>2 November \u2013 8 November 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiyani-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11482\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiyani-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday, 2 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(30\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary north of Shortcut Wetpatch.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, with her male cub and an impala kill on Vuyatela Access.<\/li>\n<li>Three elephants feeding east of Ntoma Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses with 13 cubs and one Ndzhenga male lion, stationary on Rhulani\/Horseshoe link.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of eight elephants feeding north of EP Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north from Sherley\u2019s Open Area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 3 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride consisting of seven lionesses with 13 cubs and two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary south of Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile north from EP Manyeleti.<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 50 elephants drinking at EP Open Area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 4 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, and her 2 cubs, resting at her den site, North of EP Manyeleti crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, and her male cub, mobile South West on Southern Fork.<\/li>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, feeding on an impala lamb carcass, up a marula tree, West of Big Dam Link South, South into Londolozi.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile West on Road Seven, towards Madash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC00964-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11357\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC00964-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 5 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard mobile South East from Safari Donga North.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 100 Cape buffalo feeding on EP Parallel.<\/li>\n<li>Hlambela, the male leopard feeding on a warthog kill in a fig tree West of 2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 6 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(37\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding herd of 8 African elephants mobile South from Central Road Djuma.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard watching impala on Shidula Road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 20 elephants drinking at Big Dam.<\/li>\n<li>Mahlowasi, the female leopard mobile West from Rhulani Pan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 7 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard resting at her den site North of EP Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Mahlowasi, the female leopard mobile South from Horseshoe West.<\/li>\n<li>Nottens male leopard crossing from Leadwood Road into Little Gowrie.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard mobile west with her male cub from Simbambili Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ARM03559-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11306\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ARM03559-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 8 November 2026<\/p>\n<p>(23\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard resting at her den site with two cubs North of EP Manyeleti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>One Nstevu male lion stationary on Kudu Drift, west of Leopard Drift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Big Five Sightings 2 November \u2013 8 November 2026 Monday, 2 November 2026 (30\u00b0C) Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stationary north of Shortcut Wetpatch. 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