Big 5 safari sightings for the last week of 2022!

Sunday 25 December 2022

  • 3 Kudyela lionesses with 3 cubs resting west of ngwenya dam
  • 1 Masungulo male lion resting on Barnard airstrip
  • 2 Bull elephants feeding south of van-wyk
  • 40+ Elephants drinking at ngala dam
  • 150+ Buffaloes grazing at river lodge main
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses resting west of ringana dam
  • 1 White rhino bull

Monday 26 December 2022

  • 1 Male leopard (Dyambu) heading north from hongoni road
  • 30+ Elephants drinking water at ngala dam
  • 9 Buffalo bulls grazing at river lodge main
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses resting at Gavin’s road
  • 1 White rhino bull
  • 1 Kudyela lioness and a single masungulo male resting at xigamba dam
  • 15+ Elephants drinking at Toni’s dam
  • 30+ Elephants feeding south of nyari dam

 

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Tuesday 27 December 2022

  • 1 Male leopard (Dyambu) heading west from nyari dam
  • 40+ Elephants feeding at pondoro main
  • 4 Kudyela lionesses with 3 cubs resting at ngwenya dam
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses with 7 cubs resting at xigalana dam
  • 1 Black rhino bull
  • 20+ Elephants feeding at ndlovu clearing

Wednesday 28 December 2022

  • 100+ Buffaloes drinking at ngala dam
  • 2 Black rhino (mother & calf)
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses with 7 cubs resting at xihingwana road
  • 20+ Elephants feeding at pondoro main
  • 15+ Elephants drinking at Koert bush camp
  • 3 White rhino

Thursday 29 December 2022

  • 100+ Buffaloes drinking at Koert bush camp
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses and 7 cubs resting at pondoro main
  • 1 Male leopard (Dyambu) heading east from 4/5 cutline
  • 30+ Elephants drinking at ngala dam
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses with 3 small cubs at xigamba dam
  • 2 Masungulo males resting at xintiwana road
  • 20+ Elephants feeding at huppel weg

 

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Friday 30 December 2022

  • 30+ Elephants feeding at danrock main
  • 100+ Buffaloes resting at pondoro main
  • 3 Kudyela lionesses resting at xintiwana road with a single masungulo male
  • 2 White rhino bulls
  • 2 Kudyela lionesses resting at E/W cutline
  • 1 Bull elephants (Ezulwini) heading east from torra road

Saturday 31 December 2022

  • 1 Male leopard (Dyambu) drinking water at xikulu dam
  • 1 Buffalo bull resting at Robbie’s road
  • 3 White rhino
  • 10+ Elephants feeding at confluence dam
  • 1 Masungulo male resting at nonwane cutline
  • 1 Masungulo male resting at xintiwana road with a Kudyela lioness and her 3 cubs
  • 100+ Buffaloes grazing at 8/9 cutline
  • 20+ Elephants heading south from xirhomberombe

 

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These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 31 December.