Big 5 Sightings 01 – 07 October 2012

Our Big 5 highlight of the week was definitely seeing BB the lioness and her cub playing in the sand in the dry Manyeleti riverbed. The cub, being a few months old now, entertained us with its antics – running, jumping and rolling all over the place. What a special sighting!

BB and her cub - Willie Woest

Monday, 01 October 2012

(27 °C)

• Two Majingi male lions and three Tsalala lionesses resting on Londoz boundary
• Kurula the female leopard resting on MMM North
• The pack of 14 wild dogs feeding on an impala kill south of Misi Mati
• Two buffalo bulls feeding close to Misi Mati
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Oom Corrie’s loop

Tuesday, 02 October 2012

(33 °C)

• One elephant bull feeding on MMM North
• A breeding herd of about 40 elephants feeding on Rulani Road
• One buffalo bull resting south of Leeukuil
• Xivambalana, the young male leopard,
• With a bushbuck kill on Gowrie Main Road
• Four buffalo bulls feeding around Baboon Pan

Wednesday, 03 October 2012

(34 °C)

• Five buffalo bulls feeding south of Milkberry Road
• One Majingi male lion moving south from A-Main
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding northeast of Bush Camp Pan
• Xivambalana the young male leopard, Thandi the female and Thandi’s son, all at the bushbuck kill close to Chitwa driveway
• One unknown male leopard moving south from Gowrie Main
• Salayexe the female leopard and her cub with a grey duiker kill east of Shirley’s waterhole
• Tingana the male leopard moving north along Ellie Alley

Mvula and Ntima - Willie Woest

Thursday, 04 October 2012

(37 °C)

• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on MMM North
• Two Tsalala lionesses feeding on a giraffe kill close to Ellie Alley
• The Styx pride lioness drinking water at Chitwa Dam
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding close to Rampan
• BB the lioness, her one small cub and two of the sub-adults resting close to Big Dam
• Moya the female leopard moving west along our southern boundary

Friday, 05 October 2012

(29 °C)

• The two older Tsalala lionesses resting on Eagle Owl open area
• A small breeding herd of about 20 buffaloes feeding on Wetpatch Road
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Milkberry Road
• Three buffalo bulls resting in the water at Serengeti Pan
• Fourteen wild dogs feeding on a grey duiker close to EP airstrip

Saturday, 06 October 2012

(34 °C)

• One buffalo bull resting on EP open area
• Fourteen wild dogs playing on Kraaines open area
• Mvula the male leopard and Ntima the female walking close to Chitwa driveway
• Seven Styx pride lionesses and two young males all playing close to Chitwa airstrip
• Breeding herd of about 20 elephants moving south from Baboon Pan

Grey heron - Morné Fouché

Sunday, 07 October 2012

(35 °C)

• BB the lioness and her cub playing in the riverbed, close to Serengeti Pan
• Two older Tsalala lionesses and their two cubs resting at Kraaines
• Salayexe the female leopard resting at Grizzly Bear Crossing
• A breeding herd of about 20elephants feeding on Kuala Bear Road
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding inside Kimbian’s Crossing
• Six buffalo bulls feeding around Serengeti Pan