The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see two Matimba male lions moving east from Chitwa Chitwa Dam.
Monday, 30 December 2013
(22ºC, 30mm rain)
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM South
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP airstrip
- One buffalo bull feeding on EP/Shirley’s cutline
- One buffalo bull feeding on Rhino Ring North
- Tingana, the male leopard, resting on MMM South
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
(30ºC)
- Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on Madash Road
- Lamula, the male leopard, scent marking on A-main
- Two male lions of the Matimba coalition resting on Chitwa Chitwa Dam wall
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Shirley’s open area
- Two buffalo bulls resting on A-main in a mud wallow
- Three elephant bulls feeding on EP driveway
Wednesday, 01 January 2014
(30ºC)
- Two buffalo bulls feeding around Shirley’s Crossing
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Boundary Pan
- Styx pride of lions resting on Ellie Alley
- Fifteen wild dogs hunting impalas on Wetpatch open area
Thursday, 02 January 2014
(32ºC)
- Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from Wetpatch open area
- Fifteen Wild dogs hunting and killing impalas on Pungwe open area
- One buffalo bull feeding on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
- Styx lion pride resting on Safari airstrip
Friday, 03 January 2014
(32ºC)
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Elephant Carcass
- Lamula, the male leopard, resting at Big Dam
- Fifteen wild dogs hunting impalas on EP driveway
- One elephant bull feeding on our Western Boundary
- Three buffalo bulls resting at Grissly Bear Crossing
Saturday, 04 January 2014
(30ºC)
- Mvula, the male leopard, hunting impalas on Wessels Old driveway
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Kuala Bear Road
- One buffalo bull resting in Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
- One bull elephant feeding at EP open area
Sunday, 05 January 2014
(31ºC)
- Moya, the female leopard, hunting a killing a juvenile kudu on our Southern Boundary
- Six buffalo bulls resting at EP/Manyeleti Crossing
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving west on Rhino Ring South
- Three buffalo bulls resting on EP open area
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on our Southern Boundary