Lions of Sabi Sands

[Tonpa]

Monday, 31 October 2022

• Dark mane Avoca male found  just north of second windmill.
  

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

• Dark mane avoca male lion static at EP/Manyaleti crossing.
  

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

• S8 male lion seen with two of the talamati lioness east of long pole on Buffelshoek.
• Dark mane Avoca male lion seen on east bank manyaleti.
• Imbali pride consisting of 4 lioness 1 sub lioness 2 sub males on east west cutline junction wilderness rd on Buffelshoek.
  

Thursday, 3 November 2022

• Dark mane avoca male lion seen moving west from 16 crossing.
  

Friday, 4 November 2022

• Talamati pride consisting of 3 lioness 5 cubs were seen with the S8 male lion at tripple pan on Buffelshoek.
  

Saturday, 5 November 2022

• Talamati Pride of lions 2 lioness 5 cubs at tripple pan on buffelshoek.
  

Monday, 7 November 2022

• S8 male lion and one of the talamati females seen sitting on top of a termite mound mating in the block between diagonal rd west and hardekool lodge on Buffelshoek.
  

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

• Dark mane avoca male lion seen on guarri central, left static.
• The tourchwood pride of lions consisting of 5 lioness, 4 sub adult males, 2 sub adult females on a giraffe carcass in the block between casssia and milk berry cutline on Buffelshoek.
  

Thursday, 10 November 2022

• Tourchwood pride of lions consisting of 12 individuals were seen on their giraffe kill busy chasing an unidentified subadult male away from their kill before returning to it and continuing to feed with another unidentified subadult male, kill was between cassia and milkberry on buffelshoek.
• Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of 5 subadult males and 3 females attempting to hunt a buffalo at big dam.
• 1 male and 4 female lions on the giraffe kill around cassia and milkberry cut line on buffelshoek.
  

 
Friday, 11 November 2022

• Dark mane avoca male lion seen around simbambili old staff camp dam mobile north.
• Tourchwood pride of lions seen on their giraffe kill around Milkberry cutline on buffelshoek.
• Talamati subadults consisting of 3 sub adult females, 1 adult lioness and 2 sub adult males along with the dark mane avoca male on pan to pan road.
  Saturday, 12 November 2022
• Talamati subs consisting of 3 sub adult females  1 adult female and 2 sub adult males were last seen going south west across the old EP driveway going towards the airstrip.
  

Sunday, 13 November 2022

• Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of 3 females and 7 subadults were seen along the sherleys safari cutline.
• Tortoise Pan male leopard was found in a marula tree between 1st and second windmill.
• Talamati subs on rocky road close to impala junction.
  

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