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Sighting Report

7 - 13 December 2009

Monday, 7 December 2009
(33°C, 2 mm Rain)
  • Salayexe & 2 cubs playing on Wetpatch cut line.
  • Stix pride resting on Chitwa new drive way.
  • White Cloth moving South over Gowrie Main of the Mulawanini.
  • Breeding herd of about 69 elephants drinking water & swimming at Big Dam.
  • A Rhino bull, Londoz feeding on Kudu Drift.
  • Safari resting on Airport Link.
  • 6 Buffalo bulls feeding on Little Gowrie drive way.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
(33°C)
  • 2 Mapogo’s resting on Gowrie Main junction, Chitwa old drive way.
  • White Cloth’s cub resting in a tree not far from the Mapogo’s.
  • Mbilo resting in a tree on Londolozi boundary, close to Leopard Drift.
  • A rhino bull, Londoz rolling in the mud on Kudu Drift.
  • An Elephant bull feeding at Big Dam Link South.
  • 10 Buffalo bulls drinking water at Simbambili Dam.

  Salayexe. Picture by Morne Fouche
  Salayexe. Picture by Morne Fouche


Wednesday, 9 December 2009
(31°C)
  • 3 Buffalo bulls resting on EP Airstrip.
  • Safari with an impala kill on Central.
  • Sandy Patch female & her cub drinking water at Boundary Pan.
  • Breeding herd of elephants feeding on Eastern Bank Manyeleti.
  • 2 rhino bulls feeding just south of Boundary Pan.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
(30°C)
  • Salayexe & cub on Marula Bult South.
  • Breeding Herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Pungwe Island.
  • Safari still on the impala kill on Central Road.
  • Mafufunyane resting on Safari drive way.
  • Mbilu stalking impalas on Konkony Road.
  • A rhino cow and calf rolling in the mud south of One-eyed-pan.
  • Salayexe & 1 cub resting south of Eagle Owl Crossing.
Friday, 11 December 2009
(29°C)
  • Salayexe & 1 cub resting South of Eagle Owl Crossing.
  • Breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Methlowane Open Area.
  • A rhino bull moving South on Hawk Eagle Road.
  • Mbilu resting in a Leadwood tree at Serengeti Pan.
  • Breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding at Zimba Bridge.
  • A male cheetah feeding on a young impala on Chitwa Airstrip.
Saturday, 12 December 2009
(28°C)
  • Salayexe & cubs resting at The Rocks.
  • Mbilu resting at Big Dam link South.
  • 1 Wild Dog moving west on Londoz Boundary.
  • Breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water on EP Open Area.
  • 4 rhino’s drinking water at Buffalo Pan.
  • Breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water on EP Open Area.
Sunday, 13 December 2009
(31°C, 15mm Rain)
  • Tsalala pride with a wildebeest kill on Safari Airstrip.
  • 6 buffalo bulls drinking water at Buffalo Pan.
  • Salayexe’s female cub resting in the river bed north of EP/Manyeleti Crossing.
  • 3 rhino’s feeding close to One-eyed-pan.
  • Breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at Big Dam.
  • Mbilu with an impala kill on Londoz Boundary East of Big Dam Link South.
   
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