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Big 5 Sightings 08 to 14 April 2013
The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the Styx lion pride stalking and killing a juvenile waterbuck just west of Chitwa Chitwa airstrip
Styx female lion hunting - Dawie Jacobs
Monday, 8 April 2013
(33ºC)
- Styx lion pride killing a juvenile waterbuck west of Chitwa airstrip
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala kill at Pungwe Island Crossing
- One buffalo bull feeding south of Kimbians Crossing
- One elephant bull feeding in Shirley’s Crossing
- Seventeen wild dogs hunting a herd of impalas north of Wetpatch Road
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
(33ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub moving east from EP open area
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Simbambili firebreak
- One buffalo bull resting in the water at Seef’s Pan
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
(23ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, resting in a tree on Marula Bult South
- One buffalo bull feeding at Grissly Bear Crossing
One of Shadow`s cubs - Dawie Jacobs
Thursday, 11 April 2013
(21ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala kill on Marula Bult South
- One buffalo bull feeding south of Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
- Shadow, the female leopard, and her two cubs moving west from 2nd Windmill Pan
- One buffalo bull resting at Land Cruiser Crossing
Friday, 12 April 2013
(25ºC)
- One elephant bull feeding on Rhino Midden Road
- Two elephant bulls feeding on EP open area
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala kill on Ntoma Driveway
- Two elephant bulls drinking water at Simbambili open area
- One buffalo bull resting on Rhino Ring West
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving east on A-Main
Saturday, 13 April 2013
(24ºC)
- One elephant bull feeding and drinking water at Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Leopard Drift
- One buffalo bull resting on Rhino Ring West
Giraffe cow and calf - Louis Liversage
Sunday, 14 April 2013
(27ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, moving east on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
- Four Majingi male lions resting on Tamboti open area
- Three buffalo bulls resting in the water at 2nd Windmill Pan
- One elephant bull feeding on Saffron Road
- The 2 sub-adult male lions of the Styx pride resting on Safari airstrip
Big 5 Sightings 01 to 07 April 2013
The Big 5 highlight of the week was seeing seventeen wild dogs hunting impalas on Guarri central!
Wild Dogs - Dawie Jacobs
Monday, 1 April 2013
(29ºC)
- Breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding and drinking water at Red Dam
- Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting impalas on Josie’s Road
- One buffalo bull feeding on Marula Bult Road
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
(31ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, moving west on Marula Bult Central
- One buffalo bull resting in Shirley’s Crossing
- Seventeen wild dogs hunting and killing two impalas on Guarri Central
- Breeding herd of about forty elephants moving east from One Eye Pan
- Shadow, the female leopard and her two cubs, moving north on 2nd Windmill Road
- One buffalo bull resting in the water at Leeukuil
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
(25ºC and 49 mm of rain)
- Seventeen wild dogs resting on Zebra Drive
- One buffalo bull resting on Kudu Drift
- Tingana, the male leopard, moving west on A-main
- Kwatile, the female leopard, drinking water at Buff Pan
- One elephant bull feeding on Impala Road
Buffalo Bull - Dawie Jacobs
Thursday, 4 April 2013
(23ºC and 1 mm of rain)
- Three elephant bulls feeding on Safari / Simbambili cutline
- One elephant bull feeding on Wetpatch Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Seepline Road
- One Nkuhuma male lion moving west from Safari airstrip
- One buffalo bull feeding on Wetpatch Road
Friday, 5 April 2013
(25ºC)
- One buffalo bull feeding on Sixes Road
- One Nkuhuma male lion moving north from EP open area
- Xivambalana, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill up in a tree, with an unknown male leopard resting close by on little Gowrie / Hoffman’s cutline
- One elephant bull feeding on Robson’s boundary
- One buffalo bull feeding on EP open area
Kwatile, the female leopard - Dawie Jacobs
Saturday, 6 April 2013
(27ºC)
- Moya, the female leopard, walking east on A-main
- Three elephant bulls feeding on Robson’s Boundary
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, playing on Shortcut to Wetpatch
- Breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Sawmill Road
- One buffalo bull feeding on EP open area
Sunday, 7 April 2013
(29ºC)
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving west on Londoz Boundary
- One buffalo bull resting in Serengeti / Manyeleti Crossing
- One buffalo bull resting in Land Cruiser Crossing
- Tingana, the male leopard, feeding on a kudu kill west of Simbambili Dam
Big 5 Sightings 25 to 31 March 2013
The Big 5 highlight of the week was when we saw Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking his territory on A-main under the beautiful African full moon!
Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking - Louis Liversage
Monday, 25 March 2013
(29 ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, feeding on a bushbuck kill south of Leeukuil
- Three Breakaway female lions resting south of Rampan
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving west across Madash Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at EP floodplain
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
(28 ºC)
- Three Breakaway female lions moving south from EP open area
- One buffalo bull resting at Zimba Bridge
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding at 16th Crossing
- Seventeen wild dogs hunting impala at Wetpatch Road
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
(30 ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, moving east on Wetpatch Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting at Grissly Bear Crossing
- One buffalo bull moving north of EP Manyeleti Crossing
- Tingana, the male leopard, moving east on A-main
Giraffe silhouette - Devon Sean Becker
Thursday, 28 March 2013
(30 ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, moving west on Marula Bult Central
- One buffalo bull feeding on Marula Bult Central
- One elephant bull feeding east of Rampan
- Salayexe’s cub stalking impala at Madash Road
- One buffalo bull resting south of 2nd Windmill
Friday, 29 March 2013
(24 ºC, 3mm rain)
- One buffalo bull resting in the water at Seef’s Pan
- Salayexe’s cub hiding from a hyena at Wetpatch open area
- One breakaway female lion feeding on a juvenile blue wildebeest kill at Simbambili open area
- One elephant bull feeding at Drongo South
Saturday, 30 March 2013
(29 ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, resting on Wetpatch open area
- One breakaway female lion moving south on EP Delivery Road
- Five elephant bulls feeding on Wetpatch open area
- Three elephant bulls feeding on EP open area
- One buffalo bull resting in 2nd Windmill Dam
Hippo's fighting - Devon Sean Becker
Sunday, 31 March 2013
(28 ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, feeding on an impala kill at Wetpatch open area
- Two elephant bulls feeding on Horseshoe West
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Mfesi open area
- Nsele, the female leopard, moving south from Sawmill Road
Big 5 Sightings 18 to 24 March 2013
Wild dogs hunting - Dawie Jacobs
The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see a pack of 17 wild dogs in action while hunting impala!
Monday, 18 March 2013
(31ºC)
- Moya, the female leopard, stalking an impala male on A-main, east of Big Dam
- Two buffalo bulls drinking water at Big Dam
- One elephant bull feeding on The Island
- A breeding herd of about 35 elephants feeding on Rhulani Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at 2nd Windmill Pan
- One buffalo bull feeding at Seefs Pan
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
(32ºC)
- One Breakaway Tsalala lioness resting on EP driveway
- One unknown male leopard resting on our southern boundary
- One female cheetah and 2 cubs resting on Safari airstrip
- One buffalo bull feeding and drinking water at Big Dam
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
(30ºC)
- One Breakaway Tsalala lioness feeding on a juvenile giraffe kill on Guarri Central Road
- Tingana, the male leopard, walking south from our airstrip
- Salayexe, the female leopard, resting in a tree on Madash Road
Breakaway Tsalala female - Dawie Jacobs
Thursday, 21 March 2013
(29ºC)
- One buffalo bull feeding around Big Dam
- Salayexe, the female leopard’s cub, chasing a hyena on Wetpatch Road
- One elephant bull moving south on Marula Bult South
- Lamula, the male leopard, resting at Serengeti Pan
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at Buff Pan
Friday, 22 March 2013
(30ºC)
- A pack of 17 wild dogs chasing and killing an impala on Guarri Central Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub moving north on Madash Road
- Two buffalo bulls wallowing in the mud on Ngala open area
- Another buffalo bull feeding close to Serengeti Pan
- Three Breakaway Tsalala lionesses resting close to Big Dam
Saturday, 23 March 2013
(30ºC)
- Three Breakaway Tsalala lionesses resting on Track South
- One buffalo bull resting at Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about 25 elephants feeding on EP floodplain
- One buffalo bull resting close to 2nd Windmill Pan
- Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on 2nd Windmill Road
- Another breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Lowveld Link
- Another breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding on Rhino Ring South
Salayexe`s cub in marula tree - Dawie Jacobs
Sunday, 24 March 2013
(30ºC)
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding close to EP airstrip
- Another breeding herd of about 40 elephants moving east towards Wetpatch open area
- Four buffalo bulls drinking water on EP open area
- Two buffalo bulls resting close to Shirley’s crossing
- Salayexe, the female leopard’s cub resting in a Marula tree close to Eastern Bank Manyeleti Road
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
Elephant Plains Game Lodge is situated in the northern part of the world famous Sabi Sand Game Reserve, which forms part of the Greater Kruger National Park. The lodge is owner run and can accommodate a maximum of 24 guests. This ensures personal service and attention to detail.
