Sunday 5 July 2015

4 & 5 July

4th & 5th July 

Afternoon

- Mvula male leopard moving North and then East from Chitwa airstrip.
- Herd of elephants feeding close to Chitwa water hole.
- Found Thandi moving East on Mala Mala boundry, and then moved into the bush looking for a meal.
- Two Buffalo bulls feeding about not far from where we found Thandi.




Morning


- Elephant herd feeding East rom Chitwa airstrip.
- Another herd found West from the lodge feeding moving North.
- Inkanyeni found East from the Lodge busy stalking a Steenbuck.
- Quarentine young male Leopard moving about searching for a meal and then got trapped in                                               between a herd of Elephants.

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Saturday 4 July 2015

3 & 4 July

3 & 4 July 


Afternoon

- Matimba male with one Styx female resting about, with the the other two Styx female and tree cubs also resting close by.
- Big herd of Elephants at Chitwa waterhole.
- Nkuhuma pride of lions resting about on our entrance road to the lodge last night.
- On our way to our Bush dinner, we found the six sub-adults from the Talamati pride South from the lodge.





Morning

- Talamati pride we spotted South from the lodge.
- One Buffalo bull resting close to a road.
- Herd of Elephant crossing the main road close to us.


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Wednesday 1 July 2015

30th June & 1st July


30th June & 1st July

Afternoon


- The two Styx females where resting close to their kill, the three cubs where still around.
- Large family group of elephants where slowly feeding along the fire break, they walked right up to us and fed.
- Shadows young male cub was resting in a guarri thicket waiting for Shadow.


Morning


- The two Styx females and their cubs where eating the last of their kill this morning, there is not much left.
- One Matimba Male was resting in the shade and roaring every now and again.
- Lots of elephants all over this morning.


Tuesday 30 June 2015

29 & 30 June

29th June 
Afternoon


- Xivambalane male leopard resting in the drainage line for a while and then he got active scent marking and smelling for a female.
- The two Styx females where resting behind the dam wall.



       30th June 
Morning 

- A nice little herd of elephants slowly feeding.
- The two Styx females and the three little cubs where on a waterbuck kill, the little ones where very playful this morning.


Monday 29 June 2015

28 & 29 June

28th June 
Afternoon

- Massive herd of elephants on Golf Plains, they where all around us feeding and milling about. 
- Shadows youngster was lying next to the road in the shade. He was waiting for Shadow to come back.
- Tingaana male leopard in the tree with the half eaten python hanging over a branch. A patient hyena was waiting for some scraps to fall.


29th June 
Morning

- One Matimba male was resting East of the airstrip in the shade.
- The other Matimba male was mating with one of the Styx females.
- One female leopard just west of the lodge.

Sunday 28 June 2015

27 & 28 June

27 & 28 June 
Afternoon

- Thandi's cub resting on a termite mound West from the lodge.
- Buffalo bulls moving towards a water hole.
- Tingana moving around searching for a meal.
- Elephant herd joining in on our drink stop last night.
- On our way back to the lodge, the two Styx females were busy chasing Impala around on the main road.

Morning

- Cheetah male East from the lodge moving North away scent marking as he passes by.

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Thursday 25 June 2015

24 & 25 June


24 & 25 June 

Afternoon

- Spend some time with a big Elephant herd at Chitwa dam. It was a real treat watching the Elephants as they were drinking, feeding around the vehicle and chasing Buffalo around moving North away from us.
- Found Thandi resting close to a private camp( Anette's Camp ) moving around the garden.
- Came across some Elephant bulls on our way back to the Lodge.

  Morning

- This morning we had the opportunity again to have seen the two Styx females with the three cubs moving West on the main road. What a treat and huge excitement for our guest as it is their first trip to Africa.
- Saw a small herd of Elephants in some thick vegetation.
- We tracked Thandi down with a fresh kill she had made during the early morning just West from the Lodge.

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Wednesday 24 June 2015

23 & 24 June


23rd & 24th June 

Afternoon

- Two Styx males resting in the Rupapi drainage line.
- Big family group of elephants feeding east of the lodge.
- Young male leopard caught a pangolin and finished everything but the tail.

                                                                                                                                                              Morning

- Two Styx males and the two adult females with the sub adult females where resting near Graveyard pan when the two Matimba males burst in and chased them. We not sure what happened but we found the two Matimba boys after that with bloody faces but could not find any of the other lions.

Tuesday 23 June 2015

22 &23 July

22 & 23 July 

Afternoon

- Big herd of Elephants feeding West from the lodge moving slowly North.
- Another herd of Elephants drinking water joined by a small herd of Buffalo.
- Had a quick visual of some Wild Dogs moving over a boundary South into Mala Mala.
- Last night on our way back to the lodge, we came across the two Styx females with the three cubs resting on a road. Unfortunately we couldn't view them with the spotlight because the cubs are still to young and we left them.











Morning

- Herd of Elephants feeding around the vehicle.
- Saw Tingana around a termite mound waiting at the entry of a Warthog burrow.
- Two Styx males resting East from the Lodge.

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Sunday 21 June 2015

20 & 21 June


20 & 21 June 

Afternoon

- Big herd of Buffalo resting east from the lodge.
- Four sub-adults from the Nyaleti pride resting North-East from the lodge not far away from the Buffalo.
- Thandi's cub resting on top of a termite mound.
- Herd of Elephants West from the lodge feeding.

Morning

- Tw
o sub adults from the Nyaleti's resting South form the Lodge.
- Female Cheetah West from the lodge moving North.

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Wednesday 27 May 2015

26 & 27 May

26 & 27 May 2015

Afternoon
- Went to go and have a look at the hyena den, was lucky enough to see a few of the youngsters out of the den and playing around.
- Lone male elephant drinking water at one of our pans.

                                                                        Morning
- Saw some giraffe browsing on some acacias close to the lodge.
- 2 Matimba male lions and 2 females of the Styxs pride close to one of the lodges.

Tuesday 26 May 2015

25 & 26 May

25 - 26 May

Afternoon

- Big herd of Buffalo moving North over the main road.
- Tingana around of whats left of the kill he made two days ago, just resting about.
- Elephants joining in on our drinks break yesterday afternoon.
- On our way back to the lodge last night we found Shadow and her cub moving north.

                                                       Morning

- Big herd of Buffalo found just West from the lodge.
- Herd of Elephants also found not to far from the Buffalo.
- Wild Dogs found this morning moving West.

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Saturday 23 May 2015

22 & 23 May


22 & 23 May 2015

Afternoon

- 2 old male buffaloes resting in a mud wallow.
- Thandi female leopard calling her cub after a while the cub joined up with her and they moved north in to a drainage line.










Morning

- 11 Giraffe feeding just south of the lodge.
- Zebras and wildebeest feeding on the open area.
- Big herd of elephants feeding next to our game viewer.

Friday 22 May 2015

21 & 22 May

21 - 22 May 2015

Afternoon
- Pack of 5 wild dogs resting near the lodge.
- Thandi female leopard resting.
- 2 old male buffaloes resting in a mud wallow.
- One big male elephant moving towards a big dam.



Morning
- Followed up on some cheetah tracks not to far away from the lodge but with no luck looks like they moved off in to the Kruger.
- Found the same pack of wild dogs again feeding in a fresh Nyala kill in a drainage line.

Tuesday 19 May 2015

18 & 19 May


18-19 May

Afternoon.

- Thandi was found close to her kill resting beside a termite hill and then she moved up into a tree.
- Majingilane male still mating with the Breakaway female.
- Xilova was around the camp last night.

Morning

- Thandi and her cub were spotted around the kill this morning resting a distance from each other.

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Monday 18 May 2015

17 & 18 May


17 - 18 May 

Afternoon.

- We came across a small herd of Elephants feeding about.
- The Styx pride were found resting about in the later afternoon sun. After a while spending time with them they moved of in search for a meal.
- a Couple of Buffalo bulls blocked the road on our way back to the lodge last night and made sure that we were going to wait for them to move away.

Morning.

- The one brother of the Majingilane males were spotted with one of the Breakaway pride females mating not far from a water hole.
- Close by to the mating couple, a herd of Elephants moved pass us.
- Thandi and her cub were spotted with a newly made Impala kill.



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Thursday 14 May 2015

13 & 14 May


13 & 14 May 

Afternoon
- Kwatile female leopard mating with tingana close to one of the lodges.
- Kwatile's youngster chasing jackal around  one of the airstrips.
- Had a brief sighting of a cheetah but moved south over a boundary as we got closer.

Morning

- Inkanyeni female leopard moving east towards our lodge.
- Big breeding herd of elephants feeding around the vehicle.
- Lots of plains game close to the Kruger boundary.

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Friday 8 May 2015

7-8 May


07 - 08 May

Afternoon.

- Matimba brothers and one Styx female still around the Kudu kill from two days ago.
- Found Kunyuma drinking water. After he had his fill he was moving West searching for a meal.
- Small herd of Elephants drinking water at a water hole.
- Couple of Buffalo bulls feeding close by on our drink break last night.
                                                                                       Morning.

- One of the Matimbas brothers was found mating with one of the Styx females.
- Buffalo bulls grazing around a dried up waterhole.
- We found two Honey badger running over the main road. Was a great surprise for all of us as we do not see them that much.

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