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Sighting Report

12 - 18 October 2009

Monday, 12 October 2009
(30 °C)
  • Salayexe and her cubs resting west of Rhino Ring West
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Sixes Road
  • Two rhino feeding around Grasscut
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Puff adder
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
(34 °C, 2 mm rain)
  • Two Mapogo’s and the two Stix females hunting on Little Gowrie
  • Salayexe moving north from EP open area
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding around Pungwe open area
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding at Leeukuil
  • Six rhinos feeding on Rhino Ring East
  Elephant. Photo by Morne Fouche
  Elephant. Photo by Morne Fouche

 
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
(19 °C)
  • Two Mapogo males feeding on hippo on Chitwa open area
  • Salayexe and her cubs playing on Rulani Road
  • Two buffalo bulls resting in EP Crossing
  • Six rhinos sleeping on Kudu Drift
  • Whitecloth moving west from Chitwa airstrip
  • Safari hunting impala off of MMM South
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding at Leeukuil
 
Thursday, 15 October 2009
(32 °C)
  • The Sandy Patch female and her cub resting east of Simbambili open area
  • Four rhinos feeding on Grasscut Road
  • Six rhinos resting on MMM North / Zebra drive
  • Three elephant bulls feeding on EP airstrip
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Serengeti Dam
  • Salayexe and her two cubs with an impala kill on the firebreak close to Simbambili Dam
  • Mbilo with a duiker kill on Kudu Drift / Leopard Drift junction
 
Friday, 16 October 2009
(37 °C)
  • The Tsalala pride resting at Big Dam
  • Two rhino feeding on Madashi Road close to the S-bend
  • One elephant bull feeding on the firebreak close to Pungwe
  • Four buffalo bulls rolling in the mud at Leeukuil
  • A breeding herd of about elephants feeding on EP flood plain
  • Another breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding on the Island
 
Saturday, 17 October 2009
(32 °C)
  • One rhino cow and her calf feeding on Kudu Drift
  • The Tsalala pride still resting at Big Dam
  • Nita with an impala kill on Little Gowrie / Hoffman cutline
  • A small breeding herd of about buffaloes feeding at Puff adder viewpoint
  • A breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding in the Serengeti / Manyeleti Crossing
 
Sunday, 18 October 2009
(28 °C)
  • The Tsalala pride moving south from Big Dam
  • Mafufunyana resting north of 2nd Windmill
  • A big breeding herd of buffalo feeding on the Island
  • A small breeding herd of about 20 buffalo drinking water at Serengeti
  • The Sandy Patch female and her cub resting on Southern Fork
  • One elephant bull feeding in the Marikeng
  • One rhino bull lying in the grass close to Puff adder viewpoint
  • Five rhino feeding on Grasscut
   
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