The Big 5 highlight of the week was seeing Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, playing and jumping over the rain puddles on The Rocks!
Monday, 10 December 2012
(33 ºC and 25mm of rain)
- One buffalo bull feeding around Kuala Bear view point
- Lemula, the male leopard, walking east on A-main close to Tamboti open area
- Nkuhuma, the sub adult male lion, resting on the fire break close to Simbambili dam
- One buffalo bull resting in the mud on Sixes Road
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
(24 ºC)
- Herd of twenty elephants feeding east on Marula Bult
- Salayexe, the female leopard, hiding from the rain under a tree on Marula Bult Central
- Two elephants bulls feeding north on Robson’s boundary
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
(28 ºC)
- Two Lionesses of the Break Away pride, resting at Poacher’s Corner
- One big elephant bull feeding on Rocky Road
Thursday, 13 December 2012
(33 ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, hissing and swatting at a vine snake on Rhino Ring East
- Two elephant bulls feeding on Mamba Road
- One buffalo bull resting in a mud wallow just off of Sixes Road
- Five buffalo bulls resting in the water on Mamba Road
Friday, 14 December 2012
(31 ºC)
- Nkuhuma, the sub-adult male lion, resting at Picanini Utah water hole
- Herd of forty elephants feeding around Leadwood Road
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on EP and Shirley’s Cutline
- Five buffalo bulls resting in Kraaines water hole
Saturday, 15 December 2012
(33 ºC)
- One Elephant bull walking at Kudu Drift
- Tingana, the male leopard, feeding on an impala lamb kill up in a tree west of Safari airstrip
- One buffalo bull resting in the water off of Sixes Road
- Three buffalo bulls feeding around Ncombe Road
- Nkuhuma, the sub adult male lion, sleeping at One Eye Pan
Sunday, 16 December 2012
(30 ºC)
- One buffalo bull feeding around Old Bushcamp
- Small herd of five elephants feeding south on Pump Track
- Two buffalo feeding on Wetpatch open Area