Big 5 safari sightings for the week of 8-14 Jan ’23
Sunday 8 January 2023
- 4 Kudyela lionesses resting at the hearne cutline together with their 7 cubs
- 25+ Elephants feeding at breite weg
- 30+ Elephants feeding at pondoro main
- 3 Black rhino
- 1 White rhino bull
Monday 9 January 2023
- 4 Kudyela lionesses with a single Masungulo male and 7 cubs resting at kudu weg
- 6 Kudyela lionesses resting at impalabos west cutline
- 2 Kudyela lionesses with 4 new born cubs north of pride rock
- 30+ Elephants feeding at 4/5 cutline
- 3 White rhino
- 1 White rhino bull
- 1 Buffalo bull resting at five elephant dam
- 15+ Elephants drinking at van-wyk
Tuesday 10 January 2023
- 2 Spotted hyena heading north on pondoro main
- 30+ Elephants feeding at koppie road
- 1 White rhino bull
- 20+ Elephants feeding at ngala dam
- 1 Black rhino bull
- A single Masungulo male with 4 Kudyela lionesses and their 7 cubs resting at rome 5
- 1 White rhino bull
- 30+ Elephants drinking at Koert bush camp
- 25+ Elephants playing in the mud at nyari dam
Wednesday 11 January 2023
- 1 Masungulo male together with 6 Kudyela lionesses resting at hearne cutline
- 1 Buffalo bull at duke’s pan
- 30+ Elephants feeding at pondoro main
- 3 Spotted hyenas feeding on a elephant calf carcass
- 2 White rhino bulls
- 1 Kudyela lioness and her 4 cubs resting at torra dam
- 100+ Buffaloes drinking at ngala dam
Thursday 12 January 2023
- 20+ Elephants feeding at pondoro main
- 100+ Buffaloes grazing at ngala dam
- 1 Spotted hyena heading west from mfundla road
- 6 Kudyela lionesses resting at big bend
- 1 White rhino bull
- 1 Black rhino bull
- 1 Spotted hyena resting at xigalana dam
Friday 13 January 2023
- 4 Kudyela lionesses with a single Masungulo male resting north of pride rock together with 4 cubs
- 20+ Elephants feeding at pondoro main
- 1 Kudyela lioness resting at graig’s road
- 3 White rhino
- 20+ Elephants feeding at mhisi road
Saturday 14 January 2023
- 1 Male leopard (Dyambu) heading west from kudu dam
- 40+ Elephants drinking at van-wyk
- 50+ Elephants feeding at xintomana road + Big bull Ezulwini
- 1 Kudyela lioness resting at dean end dam with 25+ Elephants nearby
- 3 White rhino
- 1 Masungulo male lion heading west from torra dam
- 20+ Elephants drinking at ngala dam
- 1 White rhino bull
- 1 Buffalo bull resting at mondzo kaya
- 1 Young leopardess heading north from ngwenya dam
These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 14 January.