The Big 5 highlight of the week was to have Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub with a bushbuck kill in a tree right in front of our Leopard Luxury Suite.
Monday, 22 April 2013
(26ºC)
- Two buffalo bulls feeding west of EP/Manyeleti crossing
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM South
- Lamula, the male leopard, moving west on Seepline Road
- Two lionesses of the Tsalala pride and one Majingi male lion walking south from 15th Crossing
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Safari airstrip
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
(26ºC)
- Four wild dogs moving west from Safari airstrip
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on MMM South
- Xivambalana, the young male leopard, following Mvula, the male leopard, on MMM South
- Salayexe, the female leopard, scent marking on Marula Bult North
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on Hawk Eagle Road
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
(25ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting impala on Kudu Drift
- One buffalo bull resting on Seepline Road
- A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Robson’s boundary
- Two Majingi male lions feeding on a buffalo kill west of Rhino Ring West
- Moya, the female leopard, moving south on Big Dam wall
- One elephant bull feeding on Shirley’s open area
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants also feeding on Shirley’s open area
Thursday, 25 April 2013
(26ºC)
- One Majingi male lion still feeding on the buffalo kill west of Rhino Ring West
- Another Majingi male lion moving north on A-main
- Salayexe, the female leopard, moving west from Kimbians Crossing
- One buffalo bull feeding north of 2nd Windmill Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on the western side of Safari open area
- One elephant bull feeding on 16th Crossing
Friday, 26 April 2013
(26ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub with a juvenile bushbuck kill in front of our lodge.
- Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Rhino Pan
- A breeding herd of about twenty five elephants feeding around Wetpatch open area
- Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Madash Road
- One buffalo bull feeding close to Big Dam
Saturday, 27 April 2013
(29ºC)
- Mvula, the male leopard, resting on Gowrie Main
- Shadow, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on an impala kill on Central Road
- A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Seepline Road
- One buffalo bull feeding on Rhino Ring East
- Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala kill close to Pungwe Island
Sunday, 28 April 2013
(29ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub still feeding on the impala kill close to Pungwe Island
- Shadow, the female leopard, and her two cubs feeding on an impala kill on Central Road
- A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding east of Safari airstrip
- One buffalo bull feeding at Eagle Owl Crossing
- BB, the old lioness, and the sub-adult lioness of the Tsalala pride hunting impala on Safari airstrip