The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the 3 Styx lion pride cubs playing around in the rain.
Monday, 7 April 2014
(31ºC)
- Four sub-adult Styx lions resting on Seef’s Pan Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Horseshoe open area
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Simbambili Firebreak
- Two Styx female lions and their three cubs resting east of Safari airstrip
- One buffalo bull resting east of Safari airstrip
- One elephant bull feeding on Simbambili Firebreak
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
(29ºC)
- The Styx lion pride resting on Safari airstrip
- Robson’s, the male leopard, moving east from Bushcamp East
- One elephant bull feeding on Safari airstrip
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on Pungwe open area
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
(28ºC)
- The Styx lion pride resting south of Lowveld Link
- One buffalo bull resting south of Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
- Lamula, the male leopard, scent marking on Seepline Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard, scent marking on Drongo South
Thursday, 10 April 2014
(27ºC, 11mm rain)
- The Styx lion pride resting on Ncombe Road
- Three buffalo bulls feeding close to Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
- Four buffalo bulls resting close to Land Cruiser Crossing
Friday, 11 April 2014
(25ºC)
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on EP open area
- One buffalo bull resting north of EP/Manyeleti Crossing
- Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on Safari driveway
- Wabayiza, the young male leopard, resting in a tree on Wessels old driveway
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Lucas open area
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding around Baboon Pan
Saturday, 12 April 2014
(27ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, resting in a marula tree on Eastern Bank Manyeleti Road
- One buffalo bull feeding at 2nd Windmill Pan
- One buffalo bull resting north of EP/Manyeleti Crossing
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding close to Treehouse Pan
- Another breeding herd of about fourty elephants feeding on Road 47 open area
Sunday, 13 April 2014
(28ºC)
- Tingana, the male leopard, resting around One Eye Pan
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Southern Fork Road
- One buffalo bull resting on Grasscut Road
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Mafufunyana Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Methlowani open area
- One buffalo bull resting south of Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing