The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Hosana, the young male leopard, stalking a hyena around Wessels Old Driveway.
Monday, 4 December 2017
(37ºC)
- Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on the northern side of EP airstrip
- Young Ingrid’s Dam female leopard with a duiker kill in a marula tree on Madash/16th Crossing junction
- One elephant bull feeding on EP driveway
- Fourteen buffalo bulls feeding on A-Main
- A small breeding herd of about five elephants feeding around Land Cruiser Crossing
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP floodplains
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
(30ºC)
- Young Ingrid’s Dam female leopard still with her duiker kill on Madash/16th Crossing junction
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants playing in the mud at Baboon Pan
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on White Cloth open area
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding close to Leeukuil Pan
- Four buffalo bulls resting at the water at Kraaines Pan
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Rhino Ring West
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP driveway
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
(26ºC)
- The Nkuhuma lion pride and one Birmingham male lion resting north of Rhino Ring South
- A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Leopard Drift Road
- Six buffalo bulls feeding on A-Main Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Rhino Ring West
- Young Ingrid’s Dam female leopard and an unknown male leopard with an impala kill on Safari Donga North
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Safari driveway
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Rhino Ring West
Thursday, 7 December 2017
(29ºC)
- The Nkuhuma lion pride resting on Methlowani open area
- One elephant bull feeding on Shortcut Wetpatch
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Madash Road
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Ngala open area
- Four buffalo bulls feeding on Robson’s boundary
Friday, 8 December 2017
(28ºC)
- Three lionesses of the Styx pride resting on Seepline Road
- Tiyani, the female leopard, stalking impala on Rhulani Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Wetpatch Road
- Six buffalo bulls resting on Puffadder Road
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Gowrie Main
- Four big elephant bulls drinking water at Paul’s Kaya
- Shadow, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on a juvenile impala kill close to Paul’s Kaya
- Eleven wild dogs resting on Hoffman/Little Gowrie cutline
Saturday, 9 December 2017
(29ºC)
- Two Matimba male lions resting on EP airstrip
- Tiyani, the female leopard, killing and eating a squirrel on Sawmill open area
- Old Ingrid’s Dam female leopard with an impala kill on Sixes Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Seepline Road
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on MMM South
- Six buffalo bulls feeding on Sawmill Road
- Five buffalo bulls feeding on Kuala Bear Road
- Two buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Pan Road
Sunday, 10 December 2017
(26ºC)
- The Nkuhuma lion pride with two buffalo kills close to Methlowani open area
- One elephant bull feeding around Pungwe Island Crossing
- Four buffalo bulls resting on Rhino Pan Road
- Two buffalo bulls resting on Rhino Ring West
- Old Ingrid’s Dam female leopard and her cub still feeding on the impala kill on Sixes road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring North