Big 5 safari sightings for the week of  30 July – 5 August ’23

 

Sunday 30 July 2023 

  • 20 Elephants at Pondoro main south of Nyarhi dam feeding
  • 25 Elephants at Tora dam feeding
  • 2 White Rhinos
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 1 Lioness (Kudyela) mating at Naledi bushcamp

 

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Monday 31 July 2023

  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Imagine Africa resting
  • 2 White Rhino bulls
  • 40 Elephants at Imagine/Barnard cutline feeding
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro Hyaena den

 

Tuesday 1 August 2023

  • 1 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro Hyaena den
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) east of Deans dam
  • 2 White Rhino
  • 1 Leopardess north of Barnard airstrip
  • 5 White Rhino
  • 1 Leopardess at Mahlolwa hunting impala
  • 4 Lionesses and 4 cubs (Kudyela breakaways) feeding on a kudu at Mhisi loop
  • 1 Elephant bull (Ezulwini) at Mohlabetsi/Greenfire cutline heading east
  • 30 Buffalo at 5 elephant dam road grazing
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena and 2 young cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den

 

 

 

Wednesday 2 August 2023

  • 1 Leopardess at Cubs drive
  • 6 Lion cubs at York/Barnard cutline resting
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 20 Elephants west of Ngwenya dam feeding
  • 3 White Rhino’s
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Pondoro main/Olifants junction feeding
  • 1 Elephant bull at Coerts new road

 

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Thursday 3 August 2023

  • 2 White Rhino’s
  • 1 Black Rhino
  • 20 Elephants at Ngala dam
  • 50 Buffalo at 5 Elephant road
  • 6 Lion cubs at Ntaba road
  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Xipene road
  • 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Rhino walk resting
  • 20 Elephants at Rhino rock feeding

 

 

Friday 4 August 2023

  • 2 male Lions (Masungulo males) and 6 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) at York/Barnard cutline resting
  • 10 Elephants at Tonis dam
  • 2 White Rhinos
  • 1 Leopardess at Pondoro main south of Marula road
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 5 cubs at Manzibomvu
  • 100 Buffalo at Ngulube road grazing
  • 30 Elephants at Waterkant feeding
  • 20 Elephants at Top road feeding
  • 5 White Rhinos

 

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Saturday 5 August 2023

  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Koos’s pan
  • 4 Wild dogs at Venture camp/dead end damjunction
  • 20 Elephants at Top road feeding
  • 2 White Rhino
  • 10 Elephants at Mamba road feeding

 

These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 5 August ’23.