Big 5 safari sightings for the week of  27 August – 2 September ’23

 

Sunday 27 August 2023 

  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at shortcut resting
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena at shortcut resting
  • 5 Elephant bulls at Robbies dam feeding
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena and 2 cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
  • 1 Leopardess north of Ngwenya dam
  • 13 Spotted Hyaena on a giraffe kill at shortcut
  • 1 Black Rhino cow
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 40 Elephants at east/west cutline
  • 150 Buffalos at Jika-jika grazing

 

 

 

Monday 28 August 2023

  • 3 White Rhino’s
  • 40 Elephants at Olifants road feeding
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 1 Lioness (Kudyela female) mating at Imagine Africa
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 1 Leopardess north of Ngwenya dam heading north
  • 1 White Rhino cow and calf
  • 40 Elephants at Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction feeding

 

Tuesday 29 August 2023

  • 150 Buffalo at Lumanyama resting
  • 30 Elephants south of Nyarhi dam feeding
  • 100 Buffalos at Top road grazing
  • 25 Elephants at Kudu dam drinking
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Deans dam
  • 150 Buffalo at Ngala dam drinking
  • 40 Elephants at Huppel weg feeding

 

 

 

Wednesday 30 August 2023

  • 40 Elephants at Pondoro main/Olifants junction feeding
  • 3 White Rhino’s

 

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Thursday 31 August 2023

  • 2 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) at Ingwe walk
  • 40 Elephants at Mamba road feeding
  • 20 Elephants at Pondoro main feeding
  • 150 Buffalos at Venture camp dam drinking

 

 

Friday 1 September 2023

  • 30 Elephants at Ngala dam drinking
  • 2 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 1 male lion (Masungulo male) at Ingwe walk resting
  • 25 Elephants at east/west cutline feeding
  • 40 Elephants at Nyarhi dam feeding
  • 150 Buffalo at Cheetah plains grazing
  • 2 male Lions (Masungulo males), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Naledi road resting
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 40 Elephants north of Venture camp dam feeding
  • 1 Leopardess at Giraffe road on Impala kill

 

 

 

Saturday 2 September 2023

  • 150 Buffalo at Leoparden weg grazing
  • 40 Elephants at van Wyk feeding
  • 1 White Rhino bull at 8/9 cutline grazing
  • 25 Elephants at Olifants road feeding
  • 2 male Lions (Masungulo males), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Singwe boma resting
  • 150 Buffalo at Imagine/Barnard cutline grazing
  • 2 White Rhino bulls
  • 40 Elephants at Pondoro lodge

 

These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 2 September ’23.