Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 17 – 23 September ’23
Sunday 17 September 2023
- 1 Lioness and 2 young cubs at Naledi resting
- 50 Elephants at Xigamba dam
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 1 Leopardess at Xibejuana dam
- 50 Buffalo at Matsongo/Mangwa junction grazing
- 10 Elephants at Gama road feeding
- 20 Elephants at Xibejuana dam
- 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Elias’s pan
Monday 18 September 2023
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo males), 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction heading west
- 6 White Rhino’s
- 100 Elephants at Ngala dam
- 10 Elephants at Gama road feeding
- 4 Wild Dogs at Hamerkop dam heading west
- 1 Leopardess at Xigamba dam heading north
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo males), 5 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at 4/5 cutline resting
- 40 Elephants at Ngala dam drinking
- 4 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro main resting
Tuesday 19 September 2023
- 2 Spotted Hyaena’s and 2 cubs at Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction resting
- 200 Buffalo at Boetebessie dam drinking
- 1 White Rhino cow and calf
- 1 Lioness (River pride female) at Pondoro main/Gama junction heading west
- 4 Wild Dogs at Hamerkop dam
- 7 White Rhino’s
- 20 Elephants at Ngala dam drinking
- 1 Leopardess east of Xibejuana dam
- 4 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs at Rome IV waterhole resting
Wednesday 20 September 2023
- 4 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs at Braai road resting
- 100 Buffalo’s at Kudu dam drinking
- 5 Elephants east of Impalabos east camp
- 1 White Rhino bull
- 7 Elephants at Braai road feeding
- 4 Elephant bulls at Impalaweg 1 feeding
- 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Kambaku dam resting
- 4 Spotted Hyaena cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
Thursday 21 September 2023
- 5 Spotted Hyaena at Robbies road resting
- 10 Elephants at Mpfundla road feeding
- 100 Buffalo at Elefaenten Traenken weg feeding
- 6 White Rhino’s
- 6 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 3 cubs at Siyabona main resting
- 15 Elephants at Bush lodge main feeding
- 200 Buffalo at Bush lodge waterhole drinking
- 6 White Rhino’s
- 10 Elephants at Pondoro main feeding
- 10 Elephants at Waterkant heading east
Friday 22 September 2023
- 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) west of Pipeline resting
- 20 Elephants at Tintaka heading west
- 6 White Rhino’s
- 5 Elephant bulls at Makhoti feeding
- 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) at Toni’s dam resting
- 1 Leopardess (Fakanchovela) at Kambaku road
- 100 Elephants at Bush lodge main feeding
- 8 Wild dogs and 8 pups at Mhisi loop
Saturday 23 September 2023
- 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) at Xigamba dam
- 6 Lion cubs west of Imagine/Barnard cutline heading west
- 4 Elephant bulls west of Impalabos west camp
- 30 Elephants at Venture camp dam drinking
- 1 White Rhino
- 3 Elephant bulls at Gunters waterhole drinking
- 50 Elephants at Bush lodge main feeding
- 200 Buffalo south of Bushlodge waterhole heading south
- 2 male Lions (Masungulo male) and 1 Lioness (Kudyela female) at Maroela dam
- 2 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Dean’s dam on a Waterbuck kill
- 1 White Rhino bull
These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 23 September ’23.
