Big 5 safari sightings for the week 18 – 24 December 2016

Sunday 18 December 2016

  • 5 Lions of Impalabos pride at Top rd
  • 1 Male cheetah at Mountain View
  • 1 Elephant bull at Siyabona Main rd
  • A herd of 20 buffaloes at Hamilton’s south
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Mahlolwa loop
  • 2 Young male lions and 3 lioness at Koppie rd
  • A herd of 8 elephants at York/Hearne cutline
  • 1 Male cheetah at Steven’s rd
  • 8 Hyenas at Siyabona Main rd
  • A herd of 15 elephants at Xipalatsi rd

Safari sightings at Pondoro

 

Safari sightings at Pondoro

 

Monday 19 December 2016

  • 6 Male lions of Mohlabetsi coalition at a buffalo kill at Main rd east
  • 1 Black rhino cow and calf
  • A herd of 20 elephants at Impalabos/Mohlabetsi cutline
  • 3 Male lions at a buffalo kill
  • 1 Female leopard (Faka Nchovela) at Xikulu dam feeding on an impala kill
  • A herd of 10 elephants drinking at Bushlodge waterhole

Tuesday 20 December 2016

  • A female leopard (Faka Nchovela) feeding on 2 impala kills at Xikulu dam
  • 2 Lionesses of Impalabos pride hunting zebra at Bushcamp main
  • A herd of 50 buffaloes at Danroc
  • A herd of 40 elephants swimming at Deadend dam
  • A herd of 20 elephants at Waterbuck weg
  • 2 Buffalo bulls lying in the water at Nyari dam
  • 1 Elephant bull at Huppel weg
  • 2 White rhino bulls
  • A herd of 30 elephants at Rian’s rd
  • A herd of 50 buffaloes at Venture Camp dam lying in the water

Wednesday 21 December 2016

  • 4 Lions of the Impalabos pride at Top rd
  • 1 Elephant bull at Xipalatsi rd
  • A herd of 10 elephants drinking at Gunter’s reservoir
  • A herd of 50 buffaloes close to Nyala pan
  • 1 Female leopard at Bushlodge Main
  • A herd of 20 elephants drinking at Nyari dam

Thursday 22 December 2016

  • A white rhino bull, cow and calf
  • A herd of 50 buffaloes at Nonwane
  • 1 Black rhino bull
  • 4 Lions of Impalabos pride at Coert’s Bush camp
  • 3 Lionesses and a male at Nsuna rd
  • A herd of a 100 buffaloes at Rome 4
  • A herd of 20 elephants at Mfundla rd

Safari sightings at Pondoro

 

Safari sightings at Pondoro

 

Friday 23 December 2016

  • 2 White rhino bulls
  • 5 Buffalo bulls at Hearne/Impalabos cutline
  • 3 Elephant bulls at Danroc
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Shepard’s rd
  • 1 White rhino bull, cow and a calf
  • A herd of 15 elephants at Shangana rd
  • A black rhino cow and calf

Saturday 24 December 2016

  • 1 Black rhino bull
  • A herd of 40 elephants at Mwangi rd
  • 2 Male cheetahs at Thsukudu cutline
  • A herd of 100 buffaloes at Chapel
  • Kudyela’s pride of 9 lions at Xigamba dam
  • 1 Elephant bull at 8/9 cutline
  • 1 Male leopard (Chavaluthu) at Xintowana rd
  • A herd of 15 elephants at Jiga-Jiga rd

 

This was the Big 5 safari sightings and other interesting safari sightings for the week ending 24 December 2016