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

 

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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

 

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These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 14 January.