Our Big 5 highlight would have to be all the elephants that we saw on drive during the past week. You can pick and choose your favourite: big ellies, small ellies, feeding ellies, bathing ellies, playing ellies…You name it, we’ve seen it during the week!
Monday, 13 August 2012
(29 °C)
- Lamula the male leopard and the Ostrich Koppies female leopard moving south from Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Wetpatch open area
- Another breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on EP open area
- Five buffalo bulls feeding on Puffadder Road
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
(30 °C)
- Salayexe the leopard stalking some impalas on Rhino Ring East
- Tingana the leopard stalking impala at Zimba Bridge
- Lots of breeding herds of elephants: 15 on EP open area, 40 at Marula Bult and 20 at Leeukuil
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
(31 °C)
- One female cheetah resting on a termite mount just north of Gowrie Main Road
- Shadow the female leopard with a duiker kill at Simbambili Dam
- Salayexe the female leopard resting on a termite mount on Rhino Ring East
Thursday, 17 August 2012
(26 °C)
- Shadow the female leopard still feeding on the duiker kill
- Salayexe the leopard walking west from Kudu Drift
- A breeding herd of about 50 elephants drinking water at EP and another herd of 15 elephants drinking water at Serengeti
Friday, 18 August 2012
(27 °C)
- Kwatile the female leopard walking east along A-Main
- Five buffalo bulls feeding around Little Gowrie
- A breeding herd of elephants playing in the mud wallows on Road 7
- Two buffalo bulls feeding at Rulani
Saturday, 19 August 2012
(29 °C)
- Salayexe the leopard on an impala kill at Nyati Road
- The Styx pride of lions resting close to MM / Annette’s cutline
- Tingana the male leopard taking over Salayexe’s kill
- Salayexe the leopard walking east along A-Main
- A breeding herd of about 60 elephants feeding around Serengeti
Sunday, 20 August 2012
(29 °C)
- Tingana the male leopard still on the stolen impala kill
- A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding around Kudu Drift
- Salayexe the female leopard walking south along Nyati Bamba
- Tingana the male leopard stalking impala on Midden Road
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at EP waterhole
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on A-Main