Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 14 – 20 May ’23
Sunday 14 May 2023
- 20 Elephants south of Xibejuana dam feeding
- 50 Elephants at Xigamba dam drinking
- 8 Wild Dogs at Olifants/Huppel weg junction resting
- 1 Leopardess (FakaNchovela) at Top road heading east
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo males) at Sable road heading north
- 150 Buffalo at Hamilton North grazing
- 35 Elephants at Huppel weg feeding
- 1 White Rhino bull grazing
- 30 Elephants at Sable road feeding
Monday 15 May 2023
- 40 Elephants at Mfundla road heading west
- 1 White Rhino bull grazing
- 2 Lionesses at Boetebessie dam
- 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at Nonwane/Barnard junction Olifants road feeding on an Impala
- 30 Buffalo at Braai road resting
- 35 Elephants at Pipeline feeding
- 15 Elephants west of Ringana dam feeding
- 1 Spotted Hyaena west of Nyarhi dam, heading south
Tuesday 16 May 2023
- 1 Black Rhino cow and calf
- 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at Mamba road, south of Rhulan’s dam
- 20 Elephants at Main road west heading west
- 1 Leopardess east of Ngwenya dam heading south
- 50 Elephants at Mohlabetsi/Impalabos cutline heading north
- 40 Buffalo at Xibejuana dam drinking
- 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 2 adult males (Masungulo) at Imagine/Olifants junction heading west
- 2 Leopardesses at Barnard airstrip hunting
- 3 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction heading west
Wednesday 17 May 2023
- 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) and 5 small cubs east of Mashopi resting
- 40 Elephants at Kwarhi road feeding
- 2 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction resting
- 40 Elephants at Nonwane/Barnard cutline junction Maroela heading west
- 2 adult male Lions (Masungulo males) and 3 Lionesses at campfire and 2/3 cutline junction resting
- 30 Elephants at Impalaweg 1 heading west
- 1 African Wild Cat at Olifants road resting
- 20 Elephants at Xipalatsi road heading south
Thursday 18 May 2023
- 40 Buffalo at Impalaweg 5 heading east
- 20 Elephants at Xiromberombi heading west
- 5 Lionesses and 1 sub-adult male (River pride) at Nongonoko junction Lumanyama resting
- 3 White Rhinos resting
- 1 Elephant bull at Venture camp road feeding
- 25 Elephants at Venture camp dam feeding
- 1 Spotted Hyaena Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction heading west
Friday 19 May 2023
- 20 Elephants at Ntava road feeding
- 2 White Rhino grazing
- 1 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro main/Manana junction heading north
- 35 Buffalo at Nyarhi dam drinking
- 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride), 7 young cubs and 1 adult male Lion (Masungulo male) east of Mashopi resting
- 35 Buffalo at Mamba road heading east
- 1 male Leopard at Huppel Weg heading south
- 20 Elephants at Pondoro main/Manana junction feeding
Saturday 20 May 2023
- 1 White Rhino bull at Mohlabetsi/Impalabos east cutline heading south
- 20 Elephants at Schornstein weg feeding
- 1 Elephant bull at Xipalatsi/Pondoro main junction feeding
- 2 Spotted Hyaena at Xipalatsi/Pondoro main junction resting
- 30 Elephants at Pipeline/Mfundla junction feeding
- 1 adult male Lion (Masungulo male) and 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) feeding on an Impala east of Sable road
- 1 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro main/Kokwana junction heading south
- 20 Elephants at Monte road feeding
These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 20 May ’23.
