2 April
PM
-3 Rhino were found at 2nd Rock.
-A large herd of Buffalo were found in the south-western corner of the reserve moving east.
-The White Cloth female Leopard and her cub were found moving westwards along the Buffelshoek boundary.

PM
-A large herd of Elephants were found near Hyena road.
-4 Rhinos were found on the Kruger boundary north of Kudu Corner moving south.
-1 Male Lion (Nkuhuma) was found feeding on the Buffalo Carcass near Philemon's dip.
-4 Lionesses (Nkuhuma Pride) were found at Sandy Patch moving east. Close to Vuyatela lodge the pride moved onto Quarantine open area and began stalking a large herd of Impala. A successful ambush led to a successful kill. One of the Lionesses drove a young Impala ram into the rest of the Lionesses who were waiting patiently in the long grass. They ripped the carcass into pieces in no time, and each sat with her chunk of meat feeding quietly.
-Buffalo Bulls were found at Nyala Dam.

3 April
AM
-4 Lionesses (Nkuhuma Pride) were found at Sandy Patch resting in the riverbed.
-4 Rhino were found at the Little Gowrie Sign.
-1 big male Lion (Nkuhuma Male) was found moving southwards towards the Kill at Philemon's dip.

4 April
AM
-6 Lions (2 Males and 4 Females) from the Nkuhuma Pride were found near Philemon's dip feeding on the Buffalo carcass.
-1 Large male Leopard (Jordaan's Male) was found on the Kruger Boundary moving east into Kruger near Lion Pan.
-Elephant bulls were found all over the reserve.

7 April
AM
-The White Cloth female leopard and her cub were found on Gowrie main road just after sunrise walking eastwards along the road. They were in a playful mood and were stalking one another and chasing each other up and down trees. They were left heading towards the Fig Tree.
-1 Female leopard (Karula) and one of her cubs was found moving towards the southern side of Tree-house dam. The female lead her cub to a freshly killed duiker carcass. After feeding for a short while, she left her cub and moved north to fetch her other cub.
-1 Female Leopard (Safari Female) was found at the Triple-M Junction moving north towards the gate. She was looking in very good condition and it was good to see her again, as we don't see too much of them theses days.
-A bull Elephant was found on the Piet Dannhauser road.

PM
-A breeding herd of Elephants were found at Djuma dam. They were moving slowly towards 3 Pans.
-The female Leopard, Karula, was found with her 2 cubs west of Weavers nest road feeding on the Duiker kill.

8 April
AM
-2 Male and 6 female Lions (Nkuhuma Pride) were found at tree-house dam. They were milling around the dam and a few came down to drink. The pride split up here and a few of the lactating females moved northwards, perhaps to return to their cubs which we suspect are being hidden close to Galago.
-3 Rhinos were found on Impala Plains grazing.

PM
-3 Rhino bulls were found on Central road grazing. They moved off north towards Buffelshoek dam.
-A large herd of Buffalo were found resting on Cheetah plains open-area.
-A number of Elephant bulls were spotted all over the reserve.
-2 Lionesses (Nkuhuma Pride) were located at Vuyatela Dam. They moved off in a westerly direction, straight through the camp before heading towards the Buffelshoek sign.

9 April
AM
-1 Female Leopard (White Cloth) was found on Gowrie Main Rd moving east. She was hunting and weaving through the woodland on the fire -break. She eventually crossed the boundary of the reserve heading south.
-1 Female Leopard (Karula) was found on Twin-Dams Rd moving west. She was followed for some time and was left lying down close to the road.
-3 Lionesses (Nkuhuma Pride) were found close to Galago Camp moving west.
-3 Elephant bulls were found at 1st rock feeding west.

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