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
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.