The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see a female cheetah and her two cubs hunting impala on Safari airstrip.
Monday, 13 January 2014
(32ºC, 13mm rain)
- Four Breakaway female lions with their 9 cubs feeding on a zebra kill on EP airstrip
- One elephant bull feeding on EP airstrip
- One buffalo bull feeding on Kuala Bear Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard, resting up in a tree on Josie’s Road
- Two buffalo bulls feeding in Kimbians Crossings
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Safari driveway
- Three buffalo bulls resting at Big Dam
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
(29ºC)
- One elephant bull feeding on Methlowani Road
- The four Breakaway female lions and their 9 cubs still feeding on a zebra kill on EP airstrip
- Tingana, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Methlowani Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-main
- Two buffalo bulls resting at Simbambili Firebreak
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
(29ºC)
- One female cheetah and her two cubs resting at Ingwe open area
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Mnisi Pan
- One buffalo bull drinking water at EP open area
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving east from Leopard Drift
- Thandi, the female leopard moving east with her male cub from Mnisi Pan
- Kurula, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill with her two cubs on Parallel Road
- Four Breakaway female lions resting south of EP open area
- Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Simbambili Firebreak
Thursday, 16 January 2014
(31ºC)
- One female cheetah and her two cubs hunting impala on Safari airstrip
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP driveway
- The four Breakaway female lions resting on A-main
- The Styx lion pride feeding on a kudu kill on Safari/Donga North
- One elephant bull feeding on Big Dam Link South
Friday, 17 January 2014
(31ºC)
- The Styx lion pride resting on Safari/Donga North
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Horseshoe East
- One buffalo bull resting at Big Dam
- One female cheetah hunting and killing an impala with her two cubs on Safari airstrip
- Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting and killing an impala on EP open area
- Tingana, the male leopard, chasing the three cheetahs of their kill on Safari airstrip
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Seefs Pan Road
- Three buffalo bulls resting south of Leeukuil Pan
Saturday, 18 January 2014
(31ºC)
- The four Breakaway female lions and their nine cubs resting in Shirley’s Crossing
- The Styx lion pride resting on Safari driveway
- A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring East
- One elephant bull feeding on EP/Shirley’s cutline
- Anderson, the male leopard, mating with an unknown female leopard on A-main
- One elephant bull feeding at Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving east on our Southern Boundary
Sunday, 19 January 2014
(31ºC)
- The four Breakaway female lions resting with their nine cubs on Rhino Ring West
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM-North
- One buffalo bull feeding at EP/Manyeleti Crossing
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving west on Seepline Road
- Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from EP open area
- The young Robsons male leopard, moving south from Shirley’s Crossing
- One elephant bull feeding at Big Dam
- Two buffalo bulls feeding at Lowveld Link