Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 10 – 16 September ’23
Sunday 10 September 2023
- 1 Leopardess at Xibejuana dam
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 10 Elephants at Pondoro main feeding
- 2 Leopardesses at Xigamba dam
Monday 11 September 2023
- 100 Buffalo at Elefanten Traenken weg feeding
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 10 Elephants at Impalabos/Mohlabetsi cutline feeding
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo males) 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Bushcamp waterhole
- 5 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 sub-adult cubs at Venture camp dam resting
- 1 male Leopard at Pondoro main/Xihingwana junction
Tuesday 12 September 2023
- 1 Elephant bull at Xindzele feeding
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 2 Spotted Hyaena and 4 cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
- 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 2 Lionesses (Kudyela females) at bushcamp waterhole
- 100 Buffalo’s at Xiduli road grazing
- 1 Elephant bull at Mondzo road feeding
Wednesday 13 September 2023
- 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 2 Lionesses (Kudyela females) at Bushcamp waterhole
- 4 Lionesses and 1 young male Lion (River pride) at 8/9 cutline east of Ngala dam
- 1 Elephant bull west of bushcamp waterhole
- 10 Elephants at Ngwenya dam drinking
- 2 White Rhino
- 4 Wild dogs at Uitsig hunting Kudu
- 100 Buffalo at Olifants/Marula boma junction
Thursday 14 September 2023
- 1 Leopardess at Giraffe road
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 30 Elephants at Polyshort feeding
- 10 Elephants at Marula/Pondoro main junction feeding
- 15 Elephants at Xindzele feeding
- 1 Leopardess at Giraffe road on a kill
- 1 male Leopard at Coert’s waterhole
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 10 Elephants at Makhoti feeding
- 4 Lionesses and 1 young male Lion (River pride) south of Rome II camp resting
Friday 15 September 2023
- 1 Leopardess at Giraffe road
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo males), 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Chapel north resting
- 100 Buffalo at Imagine Africa grazing
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 8 Wild Dogs and 8 pups at Mhisi loop
- 1 male Elephant (Ezulwini) at Mhisi loop feeding
- 1 Elephant cow and 1 newborn calf at Xikulu dam
- 1 Leopardess at Giraffe road feeding on an Impala
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo males), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Impala dam
- 60 Buffalo at Ngala dam drinking
- 1 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro lodge
Saturday 16 September 2023
- 2 Spotted Hyaena’s and 4 cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
- 60 Buffalo at Pondoro main/Jika-jika junction heading north
- 50 Elephants at Xibejuana dam
- 6 Lionesses and 6 cubs at Elias’s pan resting
These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 16 September ’23.
