Big 5 Sightings 11 to 17 March 2013

The Big 5 highlight this week was to see a female cheetah stalking a blue wildebeest calf. Her plan was to separate the calf from the rest of the herd, but after running a few meters with a cheetah on its heels, the calf got away unharmed.

Cheetah female stalking blue wildebeest - Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 11 March 2013

(29ºC)

• Styx pride lionesses and their cubs resting on our Southern boundary
• Salayexe, the female leopard’s cub resting on Wetpatch Road
• One buffalo bull resting in the water at Big Dam
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding around Seefs Pan
• One elephant bull drinking water at Boundary Pan

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

(30ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 30 elephant drinking water at Leeukuil Pan
• One buffalo bull feeding on Seepline Road
• Kwatile, the female leopard, stalking a group of waterbuck on A-main Road
• Another breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Grasscut Road

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

(28ºC)

• Salayexe, the female leopard, chasing after a side-striped jackal on Wetpatch open area
• One female cheetah and her 3 cubs resting on Safari airstrip
• Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on A-main Road
• A pack of 17 wild dogs chasing impalas around on Serengeti open area
• One of the Breakaway lionesses of the Tsalala pride stalking impalas on EP open area
• Two buffalo bulls feeding close to Serengeti Pan

Elephant calf drinking water - Morné Fouché

Thursday, 14 March 2013

(27ºC)

• One female cheetah chasing after a wildebeest calf on Safari airstrip
• One of the Breakaway Tsalala lionesses resting on Leadwood Road
• One buffalo bull resting on Kudu Drift
• Two elephant bulls feeding on Mfezi open area
• One elephant bull drinking water at Serengeti Pan
• Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on Bushcamp East

Friday, 15 March 2013

(29ºC)

• One buffalo bull resting east of Big Dam on Ngwenya road
• One of the Breakaway Tsalala lionesses stalking a kudu on EP open area

Saturday, 16 March 2013

(30ºC)

• Tingana, the male leopard, moving south from Kraaines
• Two buffalo bulls resting south of Zimba Bridge
• One of the Breakaway Tsalala lionesses resting south of Leeukuil
• Salayexe, the female leopard, scent marking on Marula Bult South

Impala males fighting - Morné Fouché

Sunday, 17 March 2013

(31ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Gowrie Main
• The Styx lion pride resting on the open area close to Little Gowrie Lodge
• Mvula, the male leopard, being chased up a tree by an unknown male lion east of Wessel’s house
• Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala southwest of Old Bushcamp