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

Big 5 safari

 

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

Big 5 safari

 

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

Big 5 safari

 

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.