Big 5 Sightings 16 to 22 April

by Marlet | Apr 23, 2018 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings

Anderson the male Leopard – Morné Arnold

• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Ngala open
• Moya the female leopard cub on a Impala kill at Leopard drift road
• Two buffalo bulls resting at Pungwe island
• Nkuhuma pride of lions drinking water at Pungwe Island
• One unknown male leopard walking East at One Eye Pan road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at Pungwe Island
• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at One Eye Pan

• Three Tsalala male lions resting at Shirly`s Open
• Moya the female leopard cub resting at Leopard Drift road

• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at Pump house road
• Moya the female leopard cub resting at Leopard drift road
• A small buffalo herd feeding at EP drive way
• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Gowrie main road
• Three Tsalala male lions resting at Rhino pan road
• Tiyani the female leopard on a Impala kill at KBR road
• A pack of six wild dogs running west on Wet patch road
• One unknown male leopard on fens line road
• A small breeding herd of about eight buffalos resting at Tamboti crossing
  

  Hippo chasing hyena
  – Morné Arnold

• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at Kimbeons road
• Tsalala pride of lions on a kill at Big Dam
• A pack of nine wild dogs running west at Seef`s pan road
• Tiyani the female leopard still on her kill at KBR road
• A pack of 9 wild dogs running at Gwarie Centeral road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions walking south from Marula bult centeral

• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants walking on Shortcut Matunzeluka pan road
• A breeding herd of about ten buffalos feeding on Fire brake
• Tiyani the female leopard on a kill at KBR road
• Three Avoca male lions resting at Fire brake
• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at 2^nd Windmill

• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Zebra drive road
• Hukumuri the male leopard on a warthog kill at 1^st windmill road
• Nsele the female leopard walking on Elephant carcass road
• One Tsalala female lions walking east on fens line road
•  A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding at Ngala road

Big tusked elephant bull
– Morné Arnold

• Moya the female leopard cub walking at Mfezi road
• Tiyani the female leopard and Nsele the female leopard having a stand off at Rhino pan road
• Hukumuri the male leopard still on its kill at 1^st Windmill road
• Tiyani the female leopard walking at Marula Bult Centeral
• One elephant bull feeding at Buff Pan

Big 5 Sightings 09 to 15 April

by Marlet | Apr 16, 2018 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings

The Big 5 highlight of the week was, Sibuye the female leopard and her Cub
 

Sibuye the female leopard and her Cub
– Gert Smit

• Styx pride of lions resting South of Ingwe pan
• Hosanna the male leopard on a grey duiker kill at Mike’s kitchen
• One elephant bull walking on Rhino midden road
• One Majingi male lion resting at Big dam

• One female lion of the Tsalala pride of lions walking East of Londoz drift road
• Two of the Mitumba male lions resting at Nagla open area
• Two elephant bulls drinking water at PU dam

• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants walking at Shirley’s crossing
• The Torchwood pride of lions resting at Sabalala road
• Xidulu the female and Hukumuri the male leopard mating at Bufscull crossing
• Two Mitumba male lions resting on Sawmill
  

  Pangolin
  – Gert Smit

• Xidulu the female and Hukumuri the male leopard mating at Mutzenzeleke road
• A breeding herd of buffalo walking on firebreak road
• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Impala road
• One elephant bull walking at Boundary pan
• Hukumuri the male leopard and Tiyani the female leopard having a standoff at Horse shoe West
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting on Rhino ring West
   

• Nkuhuma pride of lions on a waterbuck kill East of Big dam
• A pack of 9 wild dogs running North on MMM North
• A breeding herd of about 80 buffalos feeding on One Eye Pan Road
• One pangolin resting at Jozi link road
• Tiyani the female leopard resting on Shortcut Wet pach road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions walking North on Madash road
   

• Breeding herd of about 50 buffalos resting at MMM North road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting close to Boundary pan on Madash
• Xidulu the female leopard moving South on Marula Bult
• Breeding herd of six buffalo feeding east of Picinini Uthla Camp
• Breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving north over Kimbeon`s road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions drinking water close to Boundary pan
• Tiyani the female leopard calling on top of a termite mound on Kimbeons road
  

  Dwarf mongoose
  – Gert Smit

• Tiyani the female leopard and Hukumuri the male leopards moving south from Marula Bult
• A breeding herd of about ten elephants close to Ngala open area
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting east of Boundary pan
• Sibuye the female leopard and one cub drinking water at Ingwe dam
• Two elephants feeding on EP open area
   

Big 5 Sightings 2 to 8 April

by Marlet | Apr 11, 2018 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings

Hosana, the male Leopard
– Morné Fouché

• Ingrid dam the female leopard resting at Chestnut Open Area
• A breeding herd of about 40 elephants walking west from Horseshoe Open
• A breeding herd of about ten buffalos resting at Drongo North Road
• Xidulu the female leopard resting at Xinzele Road

• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on A Main
• Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Kraaines Pan
• Hukumuri the male leopard walking on Wet patch Open Area
• A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Gowri Central

• A pack of 8 wild dogs feeding on a impala at Gowri Central Road
• Tiyani the female leopard moving South east on Rhino Ring North
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at 15th crossing Road
• One elephant bull feeding at Mfezi Open area
• Hosanna the male leopard walking at JC Brink Pan
• Tingana the male leopard walking at Three house East

Tower of Giraffes feeding
– Morné Fouché

• Hukumuri the male leopard walking at Sawmill Road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions feeding on a Kudu kill at Wet Patch Road
• One elephant bull walking along EP Open area
• Anderson the male leopard and Moya the female leopard mating at Our Fathers crossing
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at Serengeti Pan
• A herd of about Four elephants walking west over A Main
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at Lead Wood Road

• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at Gowrie Central Road
• Styx pride of lions resting at Big Dam
• A breeding herd of about five elephants walking along Poachers corner
• Tiyani the female leopard resting at EP Manyeleti crossing
• Three elephant bulls drinking water at Bush champ pan

• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at Ep/Simbambili cutline Road
• One of the Majingi male lions resting at Shirley`s crossing
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants walking at Mkhulu Open area
• Ten buffalo bulls resting at solar panel Road at PU corner
• Hosanna and Tingana the two male leopards resting close to Chitwa Dam
• A breeding herd of about 50 elephants drinking water at Big Dam

Elephant bull drinking water
– Morné Fouché

• Breeding herd of about twenty elephants walking along Seepline road
• Three Southern Ground horn bills feeding on Seepline road
• Tingana the male leopard resting on Chitwa dam wall
• One of the Majingi male lions resting on Gowri main road
• One unknown male leopard walking East on Gowrie main MMM road

Big 5 Sightings 26 March to 1 April

by Marlet | Apr 2, 2018 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings

Flap Neck Chameleon
– Gert Smit

• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting on Puffader Road
• Tsalala pride of lions resting at Serengeti Pan
• A pack of 8 wild dogs resting at 2nd Windmill Road
• One buffalo bull walking along Rhino Ring South
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding at Red Dam
• Nkuhuma female lions chasing the Tsalala female lions South
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants walking East at Pumptrack
• 8 Buffalo bulls resting at Kudu Drift Road

• Hukumuri the male leopard walking East at Airport Link road
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants walking East over MMM South
• Three buffalo buls resting in the water at Rampan
• Xidulu the female leopard on a Grey Duiker kill at Southern Fork Road
• Tiyani the female leopard walking South at Horsshoe West Road
• Nkuhuma pride of lions walking East at Londoz Boundry Road

• Tiyani the female leopard resting at Serengeti pan
• One elephant bull walking on Seepline Road
• A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding at Safari/Shirley`s Cutline road
• Nsele the female leopard walking West along EP/Shirley`s Cutline Road
• Tiyani the female leopard walking South West on Mamba Road
• One elephant bull drinking water at Big Dam

Sabi Sand Sunset.
– Gert Smit

• Hukumuri the male leopard walking West on Zebra Drive Road
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Simbambili firebreak
• One buffalo bull resting on Rhino Ring South
• One of the Styx female lions and 3 cubs walking West at Ingwe Pan

• A pack of 7 wild dogs moving west on Londolozi boundary
• A pack of 7 wild dogs resting on EP Driveway
• Xidulu the female leopard drinking water at Boundary Pan
• One buffalo bull resting at Ingwe Pan
• Five cubs of the Styx pride resting at Brown Ivory Extension
• One elephant bull moving west on MMM North

• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Buff Scull South
• The Styx pride of lions resting at Tree House Pan
• The Styx pride of lions resting on Wessels/Little Gowrie Cut Line Road
• A breeding herd of about 10 buffalos resting at Picanini Utah Dam

Giraffe
– Gert Smit

• Tingana the male leopard walking on Tree House East Road
• Hosana the male leopard walking at Chitwa Dam
• Ingrid Dam’s female leopard with her cub feeding on a grey duiker at Chestnut Open
• Seven buffalo bulls resting in the mud east of Picanini Utha Dam
• A small breeding herd of about 5 elephants moving east of Ingwe Dam

Big 5 Sightings 19 to 25 March

by Marlet | Mar 26, 2018 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings

Martial Eagle – Gerrit Ackerman

• Tiyani, the female leopard still feeding on the impala kill east of Elephant Plains airstrip
• One young lioness moving east from Big Dam
• A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Rhino Pan Road
• Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Serengeti Pan
• Xidulu, the female leopard scent marking on Simbambili firebreak
   

• Xidulu, the female leopard stalking impalas close to Eagle Owl Crossing
• Hukumuri, the male leopard scent marking around 2nd Windmill Pan
• Two buffalo bulls feeding around Tamboti Crossing
• One elephant bull feeding close to Methlowani open area
• A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Zebra Drive
• Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Seepline Road

Wednesday, 21 March 2018
(37ºC)

• Anderson, the male leopard and Hukumuri, the male leopard having a standoff east of Safari airstrip
• Nkuhuma pride of lions resting at 2nd Windmill Pan
• Tsalala pride of lions resting on EP open area
• Two buffalo bulls feeding at Tamboti Crossing
  

  Thamba the male leopard – Gerrit Ackerman

   

• One lioness of the Nkuhuma pride of lions resting on Tsololo
• A pack of 8 wild dogs having a standoff with 6 hyenas on EP Old driveway
• One elephant bull feeding on Rocky Road
• Two buffalo bulls feeding South of Tamboti Crossing
• Xidulu the female leopard resting on a termite mound on horseshoe Open area
• A breeding herd of about twenty Elephants feeding on Madash Road
   

• One Buffalo bull resting at Seefs pan
• A breeding heard of about twenty buffalos feeding at EP Shirlys Cutline
• One lioness of the Nkuhuma pride resting on Old Borehole Road
• Three elephants feeding west on A Main
• A small breeding herd of about 12 buffaloes feeding on Robsons boundary
   

• Two buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Ring West
• A breeding heard of about ten elephants walking east over MMM South
• Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Robsons boundary
• One Buffalo bull resting on Rhino Ring West
• A breeding heard of about ten Elephants walking South over Makulu Open area
• One lioness of the Nkuhuma pride resting at 2nd Windmill
• Xidulu the female leopard drinking water at Pommies Pan
• A pack of 8 wild dogs resting on One Eye Pan open area
  

  Hyena chased by Nkuhuma female lion – Gerrit Ackerman

   

• A breeding herd of about ten elephant feeding on MMM South
• Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Airport Link Road
• A pack of 8 wild dogs hunting and killing an impala south of Seefs Pan Road
• Tsalala pride of lions resting on EP open area
• Tsalala pride of lions resting at Bushcamp East
• A breeding heard of about 12 elephants drinking water at Tamboti Open Area