The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the three Ximungwe lionesses being chased up a tree by a clan of hyenas
Monday, 4 May 2015
(29ºC)
- Two Matimba male lions moving west from Safari airstrip
- Two Fourway male lions drinking water at Big Dam
- One Breakaway lioness moving south/west from Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephant’s drinking water at Big Dam
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
(30ºC)
- Two buffalo bulls resting at Simbambili Dam
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP open area
- Shadow, the female leopard, stalking impala’s on Xigodi Pan
- One young male leopard moving east from Treehouse Pan
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding north of Treehouse Pan
- Three buffalo bulls feeding on Lucas open area
- Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on MMM North
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
(30ºC)
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP open area
- One lioness of the Breakaway pride resting at Serengeti Pan
- Salayexe the female leopard resting on EP driveway
- Two Matimba male lions and two Styx lionesses, on a kudu kill at Hammerkop Nest Road
Thursday, 7 May 2015
(24ºC)
- A pack of thirteen Wild Dogs chasing Salayexe the female Leopard up a tree on EP Driveway
- Tingana, the male leopard, still on his impala kill North of Seepline
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Seepline Road
- Nsele, the female leopard, moving north from Ekiso
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants playing at Big Dam
Friday, 8 May 2015
(25ºC)
- A pack of 13 wild dogs, resting on Parallel Road
- Tingana, the male leopard, resting east of Simbambili Dam
- Nkuhuma lion pride, resting on One Eye Pan Road
- One buffalo bull, resting at Pungwe Pan
- A herd of about twenty elephants, drinking water at Simbambili Dam
- Three lionesses of the Ximungwe lion pride, got chased up a tree by a clan of hyenas on Wetpatch Road
Saturday, 9 May 2015
(27ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, drinking water at Kraaines Pan
- A bachelor herd of ten buffalo bulls, feeding on Gowrie main
- One Matimba male lion and one Styx lioness mating on Gowrie main
- One buffalo bull resting in the water at Rampan
- Two buffalo bulls resting at Simbambili Dam
Sunday, 2015
(29ºC,16mm rain)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, drinking water at Kraaines Pan
- Styx lion pride, resting on Methlowani Road
- Two elephant bull, feeding on Shimboma Road
- Breakaway lion pride, resting on Safari open area
- One buffalo bull feeding around Simbambili Dam