Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 24-30 July ’22
Sunday 24 July 2022
- 5 Kudyela lionesses with 13 cubs and 2 Masungulo males at the giraffe carcass
- 2 White rhino bulls
- 4 White rhino (mother & calf, 2 bulls)
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at huppel weg
- 20+ Elephants drinking and feeding at venture camp dam
- 2 Spotted hyenas heading north on 4/5 cutline
- 1 White rhino bull
- 7 Wild dogs and 12 puppies at the den site
Monday 25 July 2022
- 6 Kudyela lionesses and 13 cubs with 1 Masungulo male at the giraffe carcass
- 1 White rhino bull
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at cheetah plains
- 20+ Elephants feeding at mahlo road
- 30+ Elephants feeding at huppel weg
- 1 Spotted hyena heading north from mandlevana road
Tuesday 26 July 2022
- 2 White rhino (mother & calf)
- 4 Spotted hyenas heading west on olifants main
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at nkorho road
- 20+ Elephants feeding at main road east
- 6 Kudyela lionesses with 13 cubs and 1 Masungulo male at the giraffe carcass
- 1 Spotted hyena heading west from khalle stelle weg
- 7 Wild dogs and their 12 pups at the den site
Wednesday 27 July 2022
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at ngala dam
- 1 Lioness resting at van-wyk
- 2 White rhino bulls
- 2 Spotted hyena heading east from nyari dam
- 4 Kudyela lionesses with 9 cubs and 1 Masungulo male at the giraffe carcass
- 20+ Elephants feeding at nsuna road
- 7 Wild dogs and 12 pups at the den site
- 1 Spotted hyena heading north from cheetah plains
Thursday 28 July 2022
- 20+ Elephants feeding at kudu weg
- 2 White rhino bulls
- 2 Spotted hyenas west of mfundla road
- 7 Wild dogs and 12 pups at the den site
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at mamba road
- 1 Leopardess (Black dot) and her 2 cubs with a steenbuck kill at xigamaba road
Friday 29 July 2022
- 4 Kudyela lionesses and 9 cubs resting at rockfig loop
- 3 White rhinos
- 50+ Elephants feeding at nyala pan
- 100+ Buffaloes drinking at ngala dam
- 6 Wild dogs caught a common duiker on 8/9 cutline
- 1 Spotted hyena at mamba road and another at main road west
- 20+ Elephants feeding at breite weg
Saturday 30 July 2022
- 15+ Elephants feeding at pride rock
- 4 Kudyela lionesses with 9 cubs moving north from top road
- 1 Kudyela lioness mating with a Masungulo male at dead end dam
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at ngulube road
- 7 Wild dogs and 12 pups at the den
- 5 Spotted hyenas feasting on an impala on pondoro access road
- 1 Bull elephants feeding at koppie road
It was an eventful week on safari for the sightings ending 30 July 2022.
