Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 30 April  – 6 May ’23

 

Sunday 30 April 2023 

  • 5 Spotted Hyaena at Pondoro main junction Xipalatsi resting
  • 200 Buffalo at big bend grazing
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at dead-end dam drinking
  • 20 Elephants south of Pondoro lodge feeding
  • 2 Wild Dogs at Impalabos west/Mohlabetsi cutline heading north
  • 20 Elephants at Barnard airstrip heading south
  • 15 Elephants north of Billy’s lodge feeding
  • 2 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) with 5 cubs north of Billy’s lodge resting
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) with 5 sub-adult cubs at Mohlabetsi/Impalabos cutline resting
  • 1 White Rhino bull drinking
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 1 adult male (Masungulo male) south of Naledi bushcamp resting
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena at Nyarhi dam resting
  • 20 Elephants at Robbie’s road feeding
  • 1 Leopardess (Faka-nchovela) at Xidulu road heading north
  • 20 Elephants at Olifants road at Nonwane/Barnard cutline heading south

 

 

Monday 1 May 2023

  • 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) with 2 young cubs at Koos’s pan feeding on an impala
  • 1 adult male Lion (Masungulo male) feeding on an impala
  • 4 White Rhino’s grazing
  • 1 White Rhino bull grazing
  • 2 Wild Dogs at shortcut heading north
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Pondoro lodge feeding
  • 20 Elephants at Huppel weg feeding
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at Xintomana road resting
  • 1 adult male Lion (Masungulo male), 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) with 2 young cubs at Koos’s pan resting
  • 30 Elephants west of Nyarhi dam mud-wallowing
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena west of Pondoro main resting
  • 1 White Rhino bull grazing

 

Tuesday 2 May 2023

  • 10 Spotted Hyaena south of Rome IV kaya
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adults drinking at Rome IV waterhole
  • 8 Wild Dogs north of Olifants road heading north
  • 2 White Rhino bulls resting
  • 2 Leopardesses east of Xibejuana dam resting
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adults resting at Rome IV waterhole
  • 25 Elephants at Ngala dam drinking
  • 2 White Rhino bulls grazing
  • 1 Leopardess (Black Dot) with 2 sub-adult cubs at Nonwane/Barnard cutline up in a tree

 

 

Wednesday 3 May 2023

  • 8 Wild Dogs at Olifants road hunting Impala
  • 35 Elephants at Coert’s new road feeding
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at Coert’s new road resting
  • 25 Elephants at 1/2 cutline feeding
  • 20 Elephants at Lumanyama road feeding
  • 2 Buffalo bulls east of Nonwane airstrip grazing

 

Thursday 4 May 2023

  • 1 White Rhino bull east of Nonwane/Impalabos grazing
  • 20 Elephants at Mfundla/Pipeline junction feeding
  • 150 Buffalo at Venture camp dam drinking
  • 30 Elephants at Huppel weg feeding
  • 25 Elephants at Braai road feeding
  • 150 Buffalo at Groenebaum junction main road grazing
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) with 5 sub-adult cubs at Coert’s new road sodic area resting
  • 1 male Leopard north of Nyarhi dam heading north
  • 20 Elephants at Pondoro main junction transport feeding
  • 1 White Rhino bull grazing
  • 20 Elephants at 1/2 cutline feeding
  • 25 Elephants at Greenfire/Impalabos east cutline feeding
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena east of Tamboti dam resting

 

Friday 5 May 2023

  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at Impalaweg 1 resting
  • 20 Elephants at Toni’s dam drinking
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena at Nyarhi dam resting in water
  • 10 Elephants at big dam Imagine Africa drinking
  • 1 Buffalo bull at Nyarhi dam resting
  • 20 Elephants at Mamba road heading west
  • 40 Buffalo at York/Mohlabetsi cutline grazing
  • 20 Elephants at van Wyk Tranke waterhole drinking
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena west of Pondoro/Xipalatsi  junction resting

 

 

Saturday 6 May 2023

  • 1 adult male Lion (Masungulo male) at Singwe boma resting
  • 2 Lionesses at Kambaku dam feeding on Impala
  • 20 Elephants at Ngwenya dam drinking
  • 10 Elephants at Bachstein feeding
  • 25 Elephants at Kudu dam drinking
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena west of Pondoro main/Xipalatsi junction resting
  • 20 Elephants at Nyarhi dam drinking
  • 150 Buffalo at Breite weg grazing
  • 20 Elephants at Huppel weg feeding
  • 20 Elephants south of Venture camp dam feeding
  • 2 Lionesses at Kambaku dam resting
  • 200 Buffalo at Kudu weg grazing
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena at Nonwane kaya heading south

 

These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 6 May ’23.