Game Drive Sightings 06 – 12 July 2020

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Elephant herd drinking on EP open area

 

The game drive highlight of the week was to have the elephant breeding herds around our camp every day.  These herds all have a number of little ones which make the sightings extra special.

 

Monday, 06 July 2020

(30°C)

The hyena den was active with 3 adults and 2 pups

A breeding herd of about forty elephants drinking at Big Dam

Cara, the female leopard, moving east from Boundary Pan

Two buffalo bulls feeding close to Tamboti Crossing

Another breeding herd of fifteen elephants feeding on Mafufunyane Road

 

Tuesday, 07 July 2020

(28°C)

A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Seepline Road

One African civet male scent marking around our camp

One buffalo bull feeding on Puff Adder Road

The hyena den was active with 1 adult and 3 pups

 

African wild dogs

 

Wednesday, 08 July 2020

(26°C)

A breeding herd of ten elephants drinking water on EP open area

Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at Big Dam

The hyena den was active with 1 adult and 4 pups

One buffalo bull feeding on Impala Road

 

Thursday, 09 July 2020

(24°C)

Ndzutini, the young female leopard, resting in a tree on Drongo North

A breeding herd of twenty elephants feeding around Rampan

Three buffalo bulls feeding on Pungwe Island

Another breeding herd of elephants feeding on Madash Road

 

Friday, 10 July 2020

(26°C)

A pack of 9 African wild dogs hunting impala on EP Delivery Road

Ndzutini, the young female leopard, with an impala kill at Kraaines Pan

A breeding herd of ten elephants drinking water at Leeukuil Pan

The Nkuhuma lion pride feeding on a buffalo kill on Rocky Road

The hyena den was active with 2 adults and 6 pups

Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Saseka Road

 

Hyena pup

 

Saturday, 11 July 2020

(29°C)

A pack of 9 African wild dogs hunting impala on EP airstrip

A breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on Zebra Drive

Two buffalo bulls drinking water at Rhino Pan

A tower of 7 giraffe feeding around Kraaines Pan

Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Hawk Eagle Road

An unknown young male leopard resting on Big Dam Link South

 

Sunday, 12 July 2020

(26°C)

The Nkuhuma lion pride resting close to Serengeti open area

A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Puff Adder Road

One buffalo bull resting in the water at One Eye Pan

Hosana, the male leopard, resting on Robson’s Boundary

Two African wild dogs moving west from MMM/Gowrie Main Junction

Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on EP open area

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