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Monday, 24 August 2009
(21 °C)
- Salayexe and two cubs playing in the river bed south of Ntoma Crossing
- Six rhinos feeding around Kimbean’s Crossing
- Two young male rhinos drinking water at Serengeti Dam
- Two unknown male lions still feeding on the buffalo kill
- Shadow moving west from Gowrie Main Road / MMM junction
- A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding at Shirley’s Crossing
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Young Elephant. Picture by Morne Fouche |
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
(25 °C)
- Nyeleti with a duiker kill at Leopard Drift / Arathusa Main Road
- Two buffalo bulls feeding at Zimba Bridge
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Arathusa Main Road / Sixes junction
- Safari moving north on Kudu Drift
- A breeding herd of about 400 buffalo feeding on Marikeng Drive
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
(27 °C)
- A breeding herd of about 400 buffalo drinking water at 2nd Windmill
- Three rhinos feeding at Robson’s / Londoz corner
- Two young rhino bulls moving south from Serengeti Pan
- Two rhino resting at Parallel Road / Zebra Drive
- A breeding herd of about 30 elephants drinking water on EP open area
Thursday, 27 August 2009
(29 °C, 10 mm rain)
- The Sandy Patch female and her cub resting at 2nd Windmill
- The Stix pride resting west of Little Gowrie driveway
- Tyson moving south on Saffron Road
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Wetpatch open area
- Salayexe with her cubs on a bushbuck kill inside the Manyeleti, north of Grizzly Bear Crossing
- A breeding herd of about 20elephants feeding at Grizzly Bear Crossing
Friday, 28 August 2009
(20 °C)
- Salayexe and two cubs resting north of Land Cruiser Crossing
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Pan to Pan Road
- A breeding herd of about 400 buffalo resting at Horseshoe West
- The Stix pride of lions resting on Shomboma Road
Saturday, 29 August 2009
(26 °C)
- The Stix pride of lions resting on Ellie Alley
- A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding at Grizzly Bear Crossing
- A rhino female and her calf feeding at Little Gowrie driveway
- A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding at Zimba Bridge
- Salayexe still north of Land Cruiser Crossing
- Mbilo searching for her kill which was stolen by hyenas.
Sunday, 30 August 2009
(30 °C)
- A breeding herd of about 60 elephants feeding at Sixes junction Arathusa Main
- Three buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines
- The Stix pride of lions resting on Rulani Road
- One rhino bull, Londoz, drinking water at Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about 20buffaloes feeding at Grizzly Bear Crossing
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Elephant Plains Game Lodge is endorsed by the the AA Travel Guide as Superior Accommodation. |
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