During the past week we experienced a magnificent spectacle of a herd of elephants making their way across an open area with a rainbow in the background. The rain clouds were looming, but just a slight down pour was experienced on the Eastern parts of our property. The land is still crying out for proper rains, and if these dry spells continue, we will soon see the condition of herbivores deteriorate.

The five Southern Pride females and the two Fourways males were seen on a near daily basis, and nobody knows the exact whereabouts of the missing Southern Pride female. The lions need to make a kill soon as they haven't been successful in bringing down anything substantial during the past week.

Solo was also seen during the week. Upon finding him, rangers discovered another young male that was very skittish. Solo was seen chasing him around and later that night we also witnessed him roaring.

It was good to see the two Charleston males as well. They were found far east from their usual territory and the next day they were found on a buffalo cow carcass.

The Nottins female was spotted quite a few times during the past week. She is definitely showing signs of her age and has also shifted her territory more east.

Mahlathini has also been seen quite a few times as well. He is a very elusive cat, and usually slinks away into the deep thickets once spotted.

The other resident leopards were out in full force, after having quite a dry spell with them during the previous week. Warthog Wallow and Little Bush were on kills, Maxabeni was out moving through a large space in a short time, and the Kigelia female was also spotted a few times in Little Bush’s territory.

The highlight of the past week was when Maxabeni was found mating with the Tatowa female. The commotion attracted the Little Bush female, but as she approached, Tatowa moved further into the Msuthlu River and the Tatowa female was left unscathed.

After quite an absence it was also good to see the Toulon Pack of wild dogs. They successfully killed quite a few unsuspecting prey during their return and guests were able to witness them feeding on multiple occasions.

It has been an amazing week, filled with predator activity, and seeing the dynamics of the lion prides and leopards never ceases to amaze us here at Sabi Sabi.