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Sighting Report

16 - 22 March 2009

Monday, 16 March 2009
(28º)
  • Mafufunyane resting on Seepline
  • A breeding herd of about 50 elephants drinking water at Chitwa open area
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffaloes walking southward on Grasscut Road
  • Ntima resting on MMM South close to Hoffman’s drift
  • Two buffalo bulls rolling in the mud at Big Dam
  • Three rhino’s drinking water at Buffalo Pan
 
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
(26º, 12mm rain)
  • Shadow resting on Parallel Road
  • Three rhino’s feeding on the southern side of Arathusa/Safari Cutline
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Saseka Road
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffaloes feeding at Londoz Drift
  • Mafufunyane scent marking on Parallel Road
  • A breeding herd of about 25 elephants playing in the water on Chitwa open area
  • An elephant bull at Treehouse Pan

  Hippo playing at Serengetti. Picture by Etienne Swart
  Hippo playing at Serengetti. Picture by Etienne Swart
 

Wednesday, 18 March 2009
(25º)
  • Two elephant bulls fighting on MMM South
  • Tyson moving in a southern direction at Big Dam Link
  • Safari resting on Seepline
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffaloes feeding on Central Road
  • A breeding herd of about 40 elephants playing in the sand on Kudu Drift
 
Thursday, 19 March 2009
(29º, 2mm rain)
  • Shadow with an impala kill on the firebreak close to the gate
  • Nyeleti and her cub (mbuli) feeding on an impala kill on Seepline close to Big Dam Link North
  • Safari resting on Seepline, close to Nyeleti and Mbilu
  • Two rhino’s drinking water at Serengeti Pan
  • A breeding herd of about 40 elephants at Serengeti Pan
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • Two rhino’s moving northward from Seepline
  • A breeding herd of about 25 buffaloes resting in the water at Serengeti
 
Friday, 20 March 2009
(27º, 7mm rain )
  • Nyeleti and Mbuli moving southward on Rhino Ring South
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Rhino Ring North
  • Two rhino’s feeding at One Eye Pan
  • A herd of about 180 buffaloes feeding on MMM South
  • Tyson resting on Rhino Ring East
  • Three rhino’s feeding at One Eye Pan
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding at Pommies Pan
  • Two buffaloes resting at One Eye Pan
 
Saturday, 21 March 2009
(29º)
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding at 16th Crossing
  • Two buffalo bulls resting on A-main
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on EP airstrip
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Serengeti Pan
  • An elephant bull feeding on Safari Dam wall
 
Sunday, 22 Marc 2009
(32º)
  • Two Mapogo’s moving Southward from Ingwe Pan
  • Two elephant bulls drinking water at Safari Dam
  • Kurula and her cubs are feeding on an impala on MMM
  • Five rhino’s moving northward from Seepline
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Safari airstrip
 
   
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