The highlight of the weekly sightings was to see two male hippos fighting at Big Dam.
Monday, 12 December 2016
(28ºC, 5mm rain)
- Tiyani, the female leopard, moving west from EP driveway
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Ikiso Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting at Serengeti Pan
- A breeding herd of about hundred buffaloes feeding on Rocky Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting on A-main
- A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Central Road
- Three lionesses from the Styx pride and their two cubs resting together with three Birmingham male lions on Wessels Old Driveway
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
(36ºC, 2mm rain)
- Five lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride and their six cubs feeding on a buffalo kill on Horseshoe East
- Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on EP airstrip
- A breeding herd of about thirty buffaloes feeding on Rhulani Road
- Tingana, the male leopard, mating with Kurula, the female leopard at Red Dam
- A breeding herd of ten elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
- Another breeding herd of about hundred buffaloes feeding on Sixes Road
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
(28ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on Saseka Road
- Five lionesses and six cubs of the Nkuhuma pride, drinking water at 2nd Windmill
- A breeding herd of about hundred buffaloes resting at Serengeti Pan
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Guarri Central
- Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on EP open area
- One elephant bull feeding on Kudu Drift
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at Leeukuil
- Sixteen lions of the Breakaway pride resting on Robson’s boundary
Thursday, 15 December 2016
(32ºC, 2mm rain)
- Salayexe, the female leopard, was chased up into a Jackelberry tree by four lions from the Tsalala pride at Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about hundred buffaloes resting on Seepline Road
- Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma pride resting on Wetpatch Road
- A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding south of Kraaines
- Another breeding herd of about forty buffaloes feeding on Central Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on Konkoni Road
- Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Rhino Pan
Friday, 16 December 2016
(31ºC, 4mm)
- Five lions of the Tsalala pride, feeding on a buffalo kill on Safari/Shirley’s cutline
- Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma pride feeding on a buffalo kill on Rhulani Road
- One elephant bull feeding on EP driveway
- Anderson, the male leopard, resting on The Rocks
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
Saturday, 17 December 2016
(26ºC)
- Four lions from the Tsalala pride resting at Big Dam
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring West
- Tingana, the male leopard, resting on Safari driveway
- Five lionesses with six cubs from the Nkuhuma pride feeding on a buffalo kill on Mutsenzeleki Road
- Another breeding herd of thirty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
Sunday, 18 December 2016
(32ºC)
- Five lionesses with six cubs from the Nkuhuma pride, feeding on another buffalo kill on Simbambili/Safari cutline
- Shadow, the female leopard, resting on Simbambili firebreak
- Kurula, the female leopard’s one cub resting east of Little Gowrie driveway
- Three buffalo bulls resting at Tamboti Crossing
- Four buffalo bulls resting on A-main
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Ximungwe Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Leadwood Road