The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Tingana, the male leopard, mating with Shadow, the female leopard, on Shirley’s/Safari Cutline.
Monday, 15 August 2016
(26ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard and her daughter Tiyani, still feeding on her grey duiker kill on Pungwe Island Open Area
- A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at Leeukuil Pan
- Four buffalo bulls resting at Kimbians Crossing
- Three buffalo bulls feeding at Ngala Open Area
- Tiyani, the female leopard, still feeding on the grey duiker kill just north of Kimbians Crossing
- Another breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding on EP Open Area
- Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants drinking water at Big Dam
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
(25ºC)
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-Main
- Three buffalo bulls feeding on Marula Bult Central
- Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding at Serengeti Open Area
- Salayexe, the female leopard, moving south from Pungwe Island
- Another breeding herd of about twenty-five elephants feeding at Bushcamp Pan
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
(24ºC)
- Tiyani, the female leopard and Anderson, the male leopard, resting at Rampan
- Karula, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on an impala kill on Magic Willy Road
- Moya, the female leopard, stalking impalas on Milkberry Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Bushcamp Pan
- One buffalo bull feeding at 1st Windmill Road
Thursday, 18 August 2016
(25ºC)
- Moya, the female leopard, moving North from our Southern Boundary
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Chitwa Open Area
- Three buffalo bulls resting on MMM North
- One elephant bull feeding on Bush Camp East
- One elephant bull feeding at EP/Manyaleti Crossing
- Three buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam
Friday, 19 August 2016
(27ºC)
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Bush Camp East
- Three buffalo bulls resting on MMM North
- Two lionesses from the Styx lion pride with eight cubs feeding on an nyala kill just East of Chitwa Airstrip
- Karula, the female leopard, moving south from Baboon Pan
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Rampan
Saturday, 20 August 2016
(27ºC)
- Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on A-main
- A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at Ntoma Crossing
- One Birmingham male lion resting at Mhisi Mati
- Flat Rock male leopard, feeding on a bushbuck kill on Shinzele Road
Sunday, 21 August 2016
(28ºC)
- Tingana, the male leopard, mating with Shadow, the female leopard on Safari/Shirley’s Cutline
- The flat rock male leopard, moving south from Seepline Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Marula Bult South
- Three buffalo bulls resting on EP Open Area
- One Birmingham male lion and three Styx female lions resting with 8 cubs at Ingwe Pan