Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 21-27 Jan ’18

Sunday 21 Jan 2018

  • 1 Machaton male at hearnes cutline
  • 1 Machaton male mating with a Kudyela lioness
  • 2 Female leopards east of dead end dam
  • 1 Hyena heading east of nyari dam

safari sightings

Monday 22 Jan 2018

  • 1 Black rhino bull
  • 1 White rhino bull
  • 1 Female leopard at nyala pan with a kudu kill
  • 2 White rhino
  • 10 Elephants feeding at marula road
  • 2 Black rhino
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses resting at torra dam

safari sightings

Tuesday 23 Jan 2018 

  • 1 Machaton male and a single Kudyela lioness mating at hearnes
  • 1 White rhino bull
  • 15 Elephants feeding at marula road
  • 1 Black rhino calf
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses lying down at pride rock

Wednesday 24 Jan 2018

  • 1 Bull elephant feeding at marula road
  • 1 White rhino bull
  • 1 Machaton male with a Kudyela lioness at Rian’s road
  • 1 Female leopard at nyala pan
  • 4 Kudyela lioness at impala dam

Thursday 25 Jan 2018

  • 1 Female leopard sleeping in the nyala tree at nyala pan
  • 2 Black rhino
  • 3 Lionesses and 1 Machaton male at danroc main

Friday 26 Jan 2018

  • 7 Elephants feeding at river lodge main
  • 1 Female leopard with her 2 cubs feeding on a kudu kill at xindzele
  • 1 Hyena heading west from pondoro main
  • 8 Elephants heading north from cheetah plains
  • 6 Elephants heading east from klipspringer road

Saturday 27 Jan 2018

  • 2 Machaton males resting at butabessie dam
  • 3 White rhino
  • 1 Hyena drinking at ngala dam
  • 2 Female leopards drinking at van wyk

This was the big 5 safari sightings and other interesting safari sightings for the week ending 27 Jan 2018.