Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 10 to 16 January 2021

 

Sunday 10 January 2021

 

  • 15+ Elephants resting near Dead End dam
  • 3 Black Rhino feeding near Groeneboom
  • 1 Hyena drinking from Nyari Dam
  • 1 Male Leopard (Mathimba) sleeping near Huppel Weg
  • 40+ Elephants feeding near Suna Road
  • 50+ Buffalo feeding near Pondoro Main

 

 

Monday 11 January 2021

 

  • 15+ Elephants feeding near Huppel Weg
  • 60+ Buffalo feeding near River Lodge Main
  • 1 Hyena drinking at Tony’s Dam

 

Tuesday 12 January 2021

 

  • 60+ Buffalo drinking from Boetebesi Dam
  • 20+ Elephants drinking from Van Wyk Tranke
  • 1 White Rhino Bull feeding near Hamilton North
  • 1 Elephant Bull feeding near Groeneboom
  • 2 Lionesses with 3 Cubs (Kudyela Pride) feeding on a Kudu near Manana Road
  • 20+ Elephants drinking at Boetebesi Dam
  • 2 White Rhino Bulls drinking from Ngala Dam
  • 2 White Rhino feeding near Xikulu Dam

 

Wednesday 13 January 2021

 

  • 5 Lions sleeping near Mangwa Road
  • 20+ Elephants feeding near Mhisi Road
  • 15+ Elephants feeding near Main Road West
  • 2 White Rhino feeding near Pondoro Main
  • 1 Hyena heading South from Manana Road
  • 3 Lions sleeping near Dead End Dam
  • 20+ Elephants drinking from Gunter’s Water Hole
  • 2 White Rhino Bulls drinking from Ngala Dam
  • 15+ Elephants feeding near Nyari Dam
  • 3 Hyena heading South along Pondoro Main

 

Thursday 14 January 2021

 

  • 60+ Buffalo feeding near River Lodge Main
  • 15+ Elephants feeding near Klipspringer Road
  • 2 White Rhino Bulls feeding near Ngala Dam
  • 40+ Elephants feeding near Mazimbovu
  • 2 White Rhino feeding near Bush Lodge Main

 

Friday 15 January 2021

 

  • 1 Male Leopard (Matimba) sleeping in a tree near NokoNoko
  • 2 White Rhino Bulls feeding near Elephant Clearing
  • 2 Elephant bulls feeding near Groeneboom

 

 

 

Saturday 16 January 2021

 

  • 1 Black Rhino feeding near Mpfundla Road
  • 7 Lions (Kudyela Pride) heading West from Pondoro Main
  • 3 Hyena drinking from Nyari Dam

 

 

This is a short summary of the big 5 and other higlight sightings we had during the week.