New leopard in town
Fairly recently a new male leopard moved into Thornybush and we were lucky enough to see him quite well. He is originally from the Sabi Sand area and has made his way right up here. At the moment he controls…
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Category: The Big 5
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The Cape Buffalo
The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large horned bovid. It is one of the Big Five, a term originally coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on…Read More »
R.I.P. Twin Spots
R.I.P. Twin Spots For years we have been reporting on our resident female leopard we called Twin Spots (because of her symmetrical facial markings). Now she has been found dead, probably as a result of a fight with another leopard.…Read More »
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…Read More »
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 »
Playful elephants
Young elephants are such adorable animals and love to show off when they know their mother is nearby, flaring their ears to make themselves look “bigger” and adding a little bounce to their step as if to say they don’t…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 lion cubs!
We knew months ago that a lioness from our northern pride was pregnant. She then disappeared for a while and we knew she had cubs hidden well east of KwaMbili. For her and her cubs’ sake the site was closed…Read More »
A successful daytrip to…
We had guests staying with us for a week who wanted to do something different so we took them to Kruger National Park for the day. We left early in the morning and, just after entering the gate to Kruger,…Read More »
