Big 5 safari sightings for the week of  13 – 19 August ’23

 

Sunday 13 August 2023 

  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) at Bachstein junction Breite weg resting
  • 100 Buffalo at Ngwenya dam drinking
  • 3 White Rhino’s
  • 5 Elephants north of Ngwenya dam feeding
  • 2 White Rhino’s
  • 30 Elephants at Pondoro main south of the lodge feeding
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 1 Elephant bull at Koppie road feeding

 

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Monday 14 August 2023

  • 100 Buffalo at Dead-end dam
  • 20 Elephants at van Wyk drinking water
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Barnard airstrip heading north
  • 1 male Elephant at Xindzele feeding
  • 30 Elephants at Nkumbi north feeding
  • 3 White Rhino
  • 50 Buffalo at Dead-end dam drinking
  • 2 White Rhino’s
  • 20 Elephants at Kudu road feeding
  • 3 Black Rhino’s

 

Tuesday 15 August 2023

  • 1 Leopardess north of Xigamba dam resting
  • 2 White Rhino’s
  • 50 Buffalo at Dead-end dam
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 cubs north of Kudu dam resting
  • 4 White Rhino’s

 

 

Wednesday 16 August 2023

  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 1 Lioness at Xigamba dam resting
  • 1 Leopardess at Xigamba dam
  • 1 Elephant bull at Mamba road feeding
  • 1 White Rhino
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
  • 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) at Nonwane Kaya resting
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Giraffe/Munti junction
  • 3 Elephant bulls at Pondoro Hyaena den feeding
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Pondoro main/Olifants junction feeding

 

 

Thursday 17 August 2023

  • 4 Hyaena’s and 2 cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
  • 1 Leopardess  at Kwarhi road heading east
  • 2 Leopardesses east of Nonwane Kaya on a Impala kill
  • 3 Elephants at Xindzele feeding
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 2 cubs  at 3/4 cutline
  • 2 Leopardesses east of Nonwane airstrip
  • 3 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Dean’s dam

 

 

Friday 18 August 2023

  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 cubs at Gama road resting
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Dean’s dam
  • 2 White Rhino’s
  • 30 Elephants at Nyoka pan feeding
  • 4 Lionesses and 5 cubs at York/Barnard cutline resting
  • 50 Buffalo at York/Barnard cutline heading north
  • 1 Leopardess at Ntaba/Giraffe junction in a tree
  • 10 Elephants at Xindzele feeding

 

 

Saturday 19 August 2023

  • 1 Leopardess north of Chapel road feeding in a tree
  • 20 Elephants at Kokwana/Pondoro main junction feeding
  • 1 White Rhino
  • 20 Elephants at Olifants feeding
  • 50 Buffalo at Impala dam heading south
  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 4 cubs east of 4.9
  • 20 Buffalo’s at Bush lodge waterhole drinking

 

These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 19 August ’23.