Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 5  – 11 March ’23

Sunday 5 March 2023

  • 2 Spotted Hyaena at N’wambu road resting
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 sub-adult cubs at east/west cutline
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • +-100 Buffalo at Kambaku road grazing
  • 20 Elephants at Shangana road feeding
  • 20 Elephants at 1/2 cutline feeding

 

Monday 6 March 2023

  • 3 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 5 young lion cubs south of Billy’s lodge resting
  • 1 Leopardess at faka-nchovela north of manzi-bovhu heading west
  • +-40 Elephants at Nkumbi-north feeding
  • 40+ Elephants feeding at impalaweg 5
  • 100 buffalo east of 8/9 cutline grazing
  • 1 Leopardess at Olifants road up a tree resting
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena at N’wambu road resting
  • +- 40 Elephants at Pondoro main feeding
  • 1 adult male Lion (Masungulo) and 1 Lioness (Kudyela pride) at Nonwane/Barnard cutline mating

 

Tuesday 7 March 2023

  • 20 Elephants at Pondoro main junction Shangana feeding
  • 100 Buffalo west of elephant dam feeding
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • +-40  Elephants at Olifants main road junction Nonwane feeding
  • 2 adult White Rhino bulls
  • 1 Leopardess at Nyarhi dam
  • +- 30 Elephants at Ngala dam drinking
  • 4 Lionesses and 3 cubs at Xingambu dam

 

Wednesday 8 March 2023

  • 20 Buffalo at east/west feeding
  • 2 Black Rhino
  • 2 White Rhino
  • 20+ Elephants feeding at Marula road
  • 40 Elephants at Pondoro Main feeding
  • 1 Leopardess (Nkanyi) at Venture camp heading east
  • 3 young male Lions (Kudyela pride)at Rhulani’s  road resting
  • +- 20 Elephants at Reget pad feeding
  • 100 Buffalo at Cheetah plain  grazing

 

Thursday 9 March 2023

  • 1 adult male Leopard (Dyambu) up a tree feeding
  • 25 Elephants at Pondoro main feeding
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena at Mhisi
  • 1 White Rhino cow and calf grazing
  • 100 Buffalo at Nyarhi dam
  • 1 White Rhino bull grazing

 

Friday 10 March 2023

  • +-150 Buffalo at oxford main grazing
  • 2 male Wild Dogs at Oxford main resting
  • 25 Elephants at Olifants main feeding
  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) with 5 young cubs resting
  • 1 Black Rhino feeding

 

Saturday 11 March 2023

  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo) at bush camp resting
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo) and 1 Lioness (Kudyela) resting
  • 1 Black Rhino cow feeding
  • 25 Elephants at Ngwenya dam drinking
  • 30 Elephants at Kwarhi road feeding
  • 1 female Leopard at Olifants road heading south
  • 40 Elephants at Nongonoko

These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 11 March.