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Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 28 April – 04 May ’19 Sunday 28 April 2019 1 Leopardess at van wyk heading S 12 Elephants feeding around xidulu road Monday 29 April 2019 1 Male lion at singwe plain 4 Elephants feeding around charlie’s hide 12 Elephants feeding at 1/2 cutline 1 Male […]
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS #66 The week kicked off with an amazing sighting involving the Kudyela pride and a big male leopard, enjoy this week’s weekly highlights. We set out one afternoon to go and find the Kudyela pride where some of the other rangers had left them in the morning. We approached the area where they […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 21-27 April ’19 Sunday 21 April 2019 4 Lionesses with 9 cubs resting S of singwe boma 1 Black rhino bull 50 Buffaloes grazing at 4/5 cutline 30 Elephants feeding at huppel weg 1 Female leopard at main road east heading S 1 Female leopard at xigenenga […]
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS #65 Last week the lions had the spotlight in the weekly highlights but this week our leopards were running the show. Although most of the sightings were only from a few individuals, watching a leopard move through the bush with stealth and each step taken with precision is an amazing sight no matter […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 14-20 April ’19 Sunday 14 April 2019 1 Female leopard with 2 cubs at rhulans road 7 Kudyela lionesses with 12 cubs at main road 20 Elephants feeding at pondoro main 1 Bull elephant S of justins road 1 Bull elephant at mohlabetsi cutline 1 Lioness with […]
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS #64 It is Easter weekend and time for another selection of our weekly highlights. Within the last 2 months we have seen more and more of the two young leopards, while the young male is relaxed around the vehicles his little sister is not so much. They still rely heavily on their mother […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 07-13 April ’19 Sunday 07 April 2019 2 Kudyela lionesses with 2 cubs feeding on an impala at nonwane 1 Black rhino 15 Elephants feeding at huppel weg 1 Female leopard with 2 cubs west of dead end dam Monday 08 April 2019 2 Leopard cubs west […]
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS #62 We had a few cold and wet mornings this past week but we have no regrets. The Strydom pride of lions were moving deep into the Kudyela pride’s territory during the week and even spent a day napping. Their time there was cut short when some of the Kudyela lionesses came to […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 31 March – 06 April ’19 Sunday 31 March 2019 2 Leopard cubs at rhulans road heading east with Faka Nchovela 1 Leopardess at venture camp road 15 Elephants at xigalana dam 1 Buffalo bull at mangwa dam 2 Black rhino 1 Bull elephant feeding at koppie […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 24-30 March ’19 Sunday 24 March 2019 1 Machaton male with 5 Kudyela lionesses and 12 cubs west of breite weg 2 Black rhino 1 Buffalo bull drinking at bush lodge waterhole 1 Female leopard south of boetabessie dam 35 Elephants feeding at main road 10 Spotted […]
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS #61 The lions took the spotlight this week with many incredible moments shared with Africa’s biggest cat. In the beginning of the week we had a mating pair of lions in the western sector that spent about three days in one area. Hopefully in the near future we will have little lion cubs […]
MEET THE LEOPARDS OF PONDORO. I thought it’s about time we introduce you to the elusive rosette patterned cats that roam within our traversing in Balule Game Reserve. How do we identify each individual? Well apart from obvious signs like scars in their face, maybe a few nicks in the ears, a short/bent tail or […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 17-23 March ’19 Sunday 17 March 2019 1 Lioness with a kudu kill at mandleve road 1 Leopardess resting east of venture camp dam 3 White rhino Monday 18 March 2019 1Lioness east of gamma road 1 Male leopard at rhulans road heading east 2 White rhino […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 10-16 March ’19 Sunday 10 March 2019 1 Leopardess east of danrock 4 Elephants feeding at mondzo road 1 Bull elephant west of huppel weg 1 Male leopard north of impalabos cutline 1 Male lion with 6 cubs south of mountain view 3 White rhino 6 Elephants […]
Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 03-09 March ’19 Sunday 03 March 2019 1 Male lion at nonwane cutline 1 Female leopard at waterkant with an impala kill 18 Elephants at huppel weg 1 White rhino bull 3 Black rhino 2 Spotted hyenas at mbonga road Monday 04 March 2019 1 Male leopard […]