The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the Nkuhama lionesses feeding on two young buffalo kills on Xinzele Road
Monday, 7 March 2016
(40ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub resting at Gabby’s Pan
- Three Birmingham male lions resting at Ingwe Pan
- Shadow, the female leopard, resting at Knob Thorn Pan
- Seven buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam
- Seven buffalo bulls feeding around Treehouse Pan
- Three lionesses from the Styx lion pride resting at Majingi open area
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
(38ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub moving west on Mabuza Road
- Three lionesses from the Styx pride and one Birmingham male lion resting south of Treehouse Pan
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Pungwe Island
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
(25ºC, 65mm)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on an impala kill north of Rampan
- Five lionesses from the Nkuhuma lion pride moving west from Mutzenzeleke Road
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on MMM North
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Pan to Pan Road
Thursday, 10 March 2016
(25ºC)
- A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Guarri Central
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
- One elephant bull feeding on Madash Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on an impala kill on Pungwe open area
- Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Rhino Pan Road
- Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma lion pride feeding on a young buffalo kill on Xinzele Road
- One buffalo bull resting at Kraaines
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding close to Rampan
- One buffalo bull resting at Drongo South
Friday, 11 March 2016
(27ºC, 34mm)
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Madash Road
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on Sawmill Road
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Sixes Road
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Old Borehole Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on the impala kill north of Rampan
- Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma lion pride feeding on another young buffalo on Xinzele Road
Saturday, 12 March 2016
(28ºC, 7mm)
- Three lionesses from the Styx pride resting on Safari Donga North
- One buffalo bull resting on Safari Driveway
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM North
- Five lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride moving east from Southern Fork Road
Sunday, 13 March 2016
(34ºC)
- One elephant bull feeding on EP/Shirley’s Cutline
- One elephant bull feeding on Methlowani Road
- Three buffalo bulls resting on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
- Tsakani, the female leopard, resting on Rhino Ring South
- A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding around Picanini Utah Pan
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Robson’s boundary
- Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding close to Simbambili Dam
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
- Three lionesses of the Styx lion pride resting on Gowrie Main