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Monday, 14 December 2009
(24°C, 2mm rain)
- Breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Bush Camp open area
- Breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Bush Camp East
- Salayexe and cubs with an impala kill on Franklin road
- Mbilu’s kill got stolen by Safari and Mbilu waiting close by
- Mafufunyana resting on MMM south and A-main junction
- Breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at Boundary Pan
- Three rhino’s feeding on Rulani
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
(29°C)
- Salayexe and her cubs resting on EP old drive way
- Three rhino’s drinking water at Simbambili Dam
- Breeding herd of about 100 buffaloes feeding around Boundary Pan
- Sandy Patch female and her cub resting on Methlowani open area
- Breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Londoz and Robsons corner
- Four buffalo bulls resting in the water at Big Dam
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Mapogo Male. Picture by Morne Fouche |
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
(34°C)
- Salayexe and her cubs resting at Pungwe Pan
- Stix Pride with a wildebeest kill on the fire break close to Gowrie gate
- Six buffalo bulls resting in the mud wallows on Rulani
- Breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding at Tamboti Crossing
- One rhino bull, Shorthorn drinking water at Simbambili Dam
- One rhino cow and calf feeding at One-Eyed-Pan
Thursday, 17 December 2009
(33°C)
- Tyson resting in the Pungwe south of Tamboti Crossing
- Breeding herd of about 40 elephants feeding on Mamba Road
- Four wild dogs with an impala kill at Kraaines
- One unknown leopard female resting at Poachers Corner
- One elephant bull drinking water at Leeukuil
- One rhino bull, Londoz drinking water at Buffalo Pan
Friday, 18 December 2009
(32°C)
- Breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Wetpatch open
- One unknown female leopard resting on Rhino Midden Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Robsons boundary south of Poachers Corner
- Breeding herd of about 40 elephants feeding on Mamba Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Kraaines
- One rhino bull feeding at Methlowani open
- Shadow moving north from Seepline
- Nyeleti and three cubs resting in the Manyeleti close to Our Farther Crossing
Saturday, 19 December 2009
(33°C, 2mm rain)
- Breeding herd of about 60 elephants feeding on EP open area
- Unknown female leopard and sub adult cub resting at Zimba/Robsons junction
- One buffalo bull resting in the mud wallows at A-main/Sixes
- One rhino bull, Londoz feeding on Tamboti open
- Shadow moving west on First Windmill Road
Sunday, 20 December 2009
(36°C, 32mm rain)
- Breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at EP open area
- Mafufunyana resting north of Knobthorn Pan
- One buffalo bull resting in Red Dam
- Two rhino’s resting in the mud at Simbambili Dam
- 12 buffalo bulls resting in the water at Tree House Pan
- Ntima resting on Little Gowrie/Hoffman cutline
- Two rhino’s drinking water at Buffalo Pan
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Elephant Plains Game Lodge has been graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa as a 4 star facility. |
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Elephant Plains Game Lodge is endorsed by the the AA Travel Guide as Superior Accommodation. |
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