Leopard kill
We’ve recently seen a lot more of the younger female leopard (known as the Makeppies female) and her cubs – it seems that she has taken over the territory around KwaMbili which used to belong to our old resident female…
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Category: Cats at KwaMbili Game Lodge
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Twinspots doing well!
We sighted our old resident female leopard, Twinspots, near KwaMbili the other day. She had found the carcass of a dead impala which she took up into a tree to feed on. Being around 15 years old, she really is…Read More »
On the rise…
The female leopard from the area north of KwaMbili has successfully raised three cubs to over a year old now. It is unusual for so many cubs to survive so long and demonstrates this female’s abilities. There are two little…Read More »
Twins Spots spotted!
We hadn’t seen our old resident female leopard Twin Spots for quite a while until this lucky sighting! We found her wandering quite far northwest in the reserve, an unusual area to find her. But she is old now and…Read More »
New boy on the…
A new male lion has come into the Thornybush Game Reserve and established himself in the central area of the reserve. He recently encountered the male that controls the north of the reserve and had already encountered the male from…Read More »
Cheetah family in the…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen cheetah in the north of the reserve but it seems there is now a female who has come up from the south exploring new territory – and that with cubs! With our historically…Read More »
A new Lion in…
A new male lion has come into the area and has started taking over part of the resident pride. The new male has been making his mark on the area, patrolling his territory and also has been fighting the sub-adult males…Read More »
A lion’s cleaning ritual
Lions, much like your smaller house cats, are very concerned about their hygiene – they have to be otherwise hunting would be almost impossible as their smell would be much stronger and so, if the wind were to change direction…Read More »
Lion territories
Since the fences were removed completely between Thornybush and Timbavati, we have had different prides of lions coming in and out of Thornybush. A few males have tried to take over control but our dominant male lion Black Dam has…Read More »
Kill in the camp!
Twin Spots, our resident female leopard, came into camp around noon the other day to have a drink of water. As we watched her, she started stalking one of the male nyalas which frequent the lodge in front of the…Read More »
