Lions of Sabi Sands

[NLAL11]

Mala Mala Game Report July 2024

THE SAND RIVER PRIDE = 6
2 ADULT FEMALES ± 6 YEARS 0 MONTHS
1 ADULT FEMALE 4 YEARS 6 MONTHS
1 SUB-ADULT FEMALE 3 YEARS 11 MONTHS
2 SUB-ADULT FEMALES 2 YEARS 11 MONTHS
SOUTHERN CHARLESTON
(6 sightings)

Two lionesses were with a single Nkuhlu male at Flat Rocks on the 14th. Five lionesses were west of KK
Crossing on the 18th. On the 23rd, four lionesses were with the four Nkuhlu males at Charleston Rock
and were joined by another lioness the next day near Tjellahanga Pans. On the 25th, three lionesses
were with three Nkuhlu males west of Flat Rocks and on the 27th, they were joined by another female
and two more Nkuhlu males to the east of Verreaux’s Crossing

OTHER LIONS ENCOUNTERED:
• STYX PRIDE (1 sighting) – A young male and female from this pride were in the Sand
River at the confluence with the Rock Drift Donga on the 14th.
• TALAMATI MALE&NKUHUMA MALE (2 sightings) – These two males were seen together
north of Clarendon Dam on the 19th and they were feeding on a buffalo kill south of the
Windmill on the 22nd.
• KRUGER MALES [Mantimahle Males?] (1 sightings) – These two males were seen at Clarendon Dam on the
19th, shortly after the Talamati & Nkuhuma males left the area.
• NKUHLU MALES (7 sightings) – Two males were at River Rocks on the 12th and one male
was with the Sand River pride at Flat Rocks on the 14th. All four males were at Tjellahanga
pans on the 18th and were with the Sand River pride at Charleston Rocks on the 23rd and
returned to Tjellahanga Pans the next day. On the 25th, three of the males were with the
Sand River pride west of Flat Rocks. They were east of Verreaux’s Crossing with the Sand
River pride on the 27th.
• GIJIMA MALES (1 sighting) – These two males were in the Sand River at the confluence
with the Rock Drift Donga on the 13th. Reply