Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 22 to 28 September ’19

 

Sunday 22 September 2019

 

  • 1 Female Leopard sleeping near Rome 4 Dam
  • 3 White Rhino feeding near Tranken Weg
  • 60+ Buffalo heading towards Impala Dam
  • 15+ Elephants static near Pondoro Main
  • 1 Male Leopard (Matimba) static at Ngala Dam
  • 2 Black Rhino static near Nguluve South
  • 20+ Elephants static near RObbie’s Road
  • 2 White Rhino and 5 Spotted Hyena at Van Wyk

 

Monday 23 September 2019 

 

  • 7 Lionesses with 16 Cubs sleeping near Rose’s
  • 20+ Elephants static on Rome 2
  • 1 Black Rhino feeding near Charlie’s Hide
  • 15+ Elephants feeding near Kambaku Road
  • 1 Male Lion (Machaton) North East of Rose’s
  • 60+ Buffalo drinking at Bushbuck Ridge

 

Tuesday 24 September 2019

 

  • 50+ Elephants feeding around Chapel North
  • 1 Female Leopard sleeping near Boethbessie Dam
  • 2 Lionesses heading South from Ngala Dam
  • 60+ Buffalo heading North from Monarch Road
  • 1 Male Leopard (Chavaluthu) with a Grey Duiker kill East of Van Wyk
  • 20+ Elephants static feeding on 1/2 Cutline
  • 1 Black Rhino static just West of View Point
  • 20+ Elephants drinking from Ngala Dam

 

 

Wednesday 25 September 2019

 

  • 1 Male Leopard (Chavaluthu) sleeping East of Van Wyk
  • 1 Male Leopard (Unknown) with 2 Impala Kills near Lodge’s Loop
  • 1 Male Lion static n Singwe Plains
  • 5 Adult Wild Dogs with 8 Pups heading East from Kudu Road
  • 20+ Elephants feeding near Pondoro Main
  • 1 Female Leopard static near Lodge’s Loop
  • 2 White Rhino East of Loop Weg
  • 60+ Buffalo heading North West from Marula Loop

 

 

 

Thursday 26 September 2019

 

  • 2 Elephant Bulls feeding near Hongonyi Road
  • 3 Male Lions (Machaton Males) sleeping East of Leadwood Pan
  • 7 Lionesses with 16 Cubs heading North West from Chain Road
  • 10+ Elephants feeding on Gunter New Road
  • 1 White Rhino female with a young calf chasing a young female Black Rhino South from Hamilton North
  • 1 Male White Rhino static feeding near Torva Road
  • 1 Male White Rhino drinking from Tony’s Dam
  • 60+ Buffalo feeding around Monarch Road

 

Friday 27 September 2019

 

  • 2 Lionesses with 3 cubs sleeping near Ximangwane
  • 3 Wild Dogs with 8 Puppies sleeping on Vierde Weg
  • 1 Male Black Rhino feeding East of Xirhomberhombe
  • 10+ Elephants feeding near Mfundla Road
  • 40+ Elephants static near Groeneboom
  • 30+ Elephants feeding West of Mangwa Dam
  • 1 Male Leopard (Matimba) heading West from Van Wyk
  • 1 Female Leopard (Nkanyi) hunting a Steenbok near Huppel Weg

 

Saturday 28 September 2019

 

  • 1 Skittish Male Leopard mobile North from Elephant Dam
  • 2 Black Rhino near Charlie’s Hide
  • 10+ Elephants feeding on Pondoro Main
  • 60+ Buffalo drinking from Xigamba Dam
  • 1 Female Leopard (Vhaganchovela) with 2 Cubs feeding on a baby Kudu at Buthabesi Dam
  • 1 Male Leopard (Matimba) with another young male Leopard (Unknown) growling at each other near EW Cutline
  • 60+ Elephants feeding near Mangwa Road
  • 4 White Rhino static on Huppel Weg

 

 

 

This is a short summary of all the incredible animals we managed to find on safari this week