Big 5 Sightings 25 February – 03 March 2013

Salayexe and her cub - Louis Liversage

Monday, 25 February 2013

(30ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes resting south of Baboon Pan
• Two lioness and four Sub-adults of the Styx lion pride resting at Misi Mati
• One female cheetah and her three cubs resting on Safari airstrip
• One elephant bull drinking water at Misi Mati
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding north of Treehouse Pan

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

(31ºC)

• Salayexe, the female leopard, moving east with her cub on Wetpatch Road
• A female cheetah and her three cubs resting on Safari Airstrip
• One elephant bull feeding on Bushcamp East
• Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at 2nd Windmill
• Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on Kudu Drift

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

(32ºC)

• One elephant bull feeding close to Bushcamp Pan
• One buffalo bull resting in the water at Rhino Pan
• One adult lioness of the Styx pride with two sub-adult cubs and three small cubs resting at Baboon Pan
• Three Nkuhuma pride lionesses and five cubs resting on the firebreak, east of One Eye Pan Road
• Salayexe, the female leopard, resting close to Pungwe Pan

Cheetah cubs - Louis Liversage

Thursday, 28 February 2013

(29ºC)

• Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Seef’s Pan
• One elephant bull drinking water at Leeukuil
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding close to Serengeti Pan
• Another buffalo bull resting north of 2nd Windmill Pan

Friday, 01 March 2013

(30ºC)

• One elephant bull feeding south of Kimbian’s crossing
• Another elephant bull feeding on our southern boundary
• One buffalo bull resting close to Big Dam
• Another buffalo bull feeding on Kudu Drift
• The Styx pride lionesses with their cubs resting south of Treehouse Pan
• Tingana, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill at Big Dam

Saturday, 02 March 2013

(30ºC)

• One sub adult Nkuhuma male lion resting at Simbambili Dam
• One elephant bull drinking water at Simbambili Dam
• Shadow, the female leopard, moving west from Simbambili Dam
• One female cheetah with her 3 cubs resting on Safari airstrip
• Tingana, the male leopard, still feeding on his impala kill at Big Dam

Buffalo calf - Louis Liversage

Sunday, 03 March 2013

(29ºC)

• Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, with a bushbuck kill on EP open area
• One female cheetah and her 3 cubs resting on Safari airstrip
• Five elephant bulls feeding on Safari airstrip
• One buffalo bulls resting close to Shirley’s crossing