Big 5 Sightings 26 September to 02 October 2016

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Thandi, the female leopard, with her two cubs feeding on their impala kill on Gowrie Main.

Thandi, the female leopard, and her cubs - Dawie Jacobs

Thandi, the female leopard, and her cubs – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 26 September 2016
(29ºC)

  • Three wild dogs moving east from EP Airstrip
  • Salayexe the female leopard moving east on Madash Road
  • A breeding herd of about Fifty buffalo feeding on Hyena Den road

 

Tuesday,27 September 2016
(35ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about sixty buffalo feeding on Impala Road
  • Three members of the Styx pride resting on Cheetah Plains Driveway
  • Nchila, the female leopardfeeding on her impala kill at One Eyed Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Gowrie Main

 

Wednesday, 28 September 2016
(34ºC)

  • Five members of the Tsalala pride resting west of Zimba Bridge
  • Salayexe the female leopard and her daughter Tiyani feeding on their bushbuck and duiker kills at Tamboti Crossing
  • A breeding herd of twenty elephants feeding around Serengeti Manyeleti Crossing
  • A breeding herd of thirty buffalo feeding around Ntoma Crossing
Tsalala Male Lions - Wayne Lubbe

Tsalala Male Lions – Wayne Lubbe

Thursday, 29 September 2016
(29ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, and Shadow the female leopard feeding on their impala kill on Zebra Drive
  • Five members of the Tsalala pride resting on Lowveld Link
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about ten buffalo feeding on Ekiso Road
  • Salayexe the female leopard, and her daughter Tiyani feeding on their impala kill on Simbambili Firebreak
  • A breeding herd of ten buffalo feeding on Simbambili Firebreak

 

Friday, 30 September 2016
(32ºC)

  • Five members of the Tsalala pride resting on Serengeti open Area
  • Tingana the male leopard, still feeding on his impala kill around Zebra Drive
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Konkoni Road

 

Saturday, 1 October 2016
(24ºC)

  • Five members of the Tsalala pride feeding on a buffalo kill on Rhino Ring South
  • A breeding herd of about twenty buffalo feeding on Simbambili Firebreak
  • Two elephant bulls feeding around Leeukuil
  • Tiyani the female leopard resting at Rampan
Mother and youngster giraffe - Wayne Lubbe

Mother and youngster giraffe – Wayne Lubbe

Sunday, 2 October 2016
(23ºC)

  • Five members of the Tsalala pride resting at Big Dam
  • Thandi the female leopard with her two cubs feeding on their impala kill on Gowrie Main
  • A breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding around EP Parallel

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