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In the Ranger's Diary we tend to concentrate on the "Big Five" or rather the "Big Seven" since these are the most popular animals. The "Big Seven" includes lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo, cheetah and wild dog. The term "Big Five" (the first five animals listed) was historically used to denote the five most dangerous animals to hunt in Africa. Fortunately the term is now used to describe the most popular animals.
 

1 February
AM
- Breeding herd elephant Chitwa Cut line animals eating Marula fruits
- Five bulls buffalo lying down at Buffelshoek dam closer to the water
- One bull rhino Marula pan grazing
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs lying down south of Bushbuck dam on Buffelshoek

PM
- 0ne female Leopard on top of Marula tree three on the road pan Djuma
- Nkuhuma pride with Ten cubs move the place from this morning towards east north
- Two females rhino with one calf and the male north of rubbing post dam in side Buffelshoek

2 February
AM
- Breeding herd buffalo drinking water Big Dam in Buffelshoek
- One male rhino south of Big Dam; animals grazing towards south
- One bull elephant Djuma new entrance animal walking south towards the Lodge
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PM
- One male Leopard for Beacon female Nkwareten south of Vuyatela
- Breeding herd buffalo drinking water Big dam
- One bull elephant eastern side of Cheetah plain pan

1 February
AM
- One female Cheetah on top of Termite Nkorho open area
- One female Lion approaching three female Giraffe at old Chitwa sign on Cheetah cut line
- One male Lion from Mapogo pride impala plain animals walking south towards Triple M across the boundary in to Arathusa Safari
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs finishing carcass of Blue Wildebeest north of Buffelshoek air strip
- One male rhino grazing at Marula pan

3 February
PM
- One female Cheetah move the place from this morning lying down cheetah plain water hole
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs drinking water Big dam
- Three male rhino grazing Sandy Patch north Vuyatela
- Breeding herd elephant drinking water Buffelshoek dam

2 February
AM
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs walking on the road north of Big dam
- One male elephant Djuma new entrance animal eating Marula fruit

PM
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs drinking water Big dam
- Breeding herd buffalo east of Cruise Camp Buffelshoek

5 February
AM
- One female and male and calf rhino south of Kaya Manzi camp
- Breeding herd buffalo south of Gowrie Gate animals lying down
- One male Leopard Ncila lying down rhino pan cut line
- One male Leopard Beacon female walking Vuyatela main road

PM
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs killing a buffalo east of Cruise Camp animals feeding
- Breeding herd elephant eating Marula fruits Nkwareten Vuyatela
- One big Mamba Gowrie cut line on top of the tree snake very relax

6 February
AM
- Two wild dog male and female south of Three on the road pan moving west
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs same place from last night
- Two male rhino south of cheetah pan animals grazing
- Two elephant bulls eating Marula fruits Gowrie main
- One hippo with the small calf out side of the water Cruise camp dam Buffelshoek

PM
- Nkuhuma pride with ten cubs same place eating carcass for buffalo
- Breeding herd of elephant on western side of cheetah plain pan; animals feeding on Marula fruits

7 February
AM
- Mapogo pride Five males lying down on the road western side of Djuma dam
- Breeding herd buffalo drinking water cheetah plain pan
- One female Leopard Kurula walking on Gowrie main western side of Mlowati
- One male rhino cross Gowrie main from baboon pan in to big Gowrie

PM
- Mapogo pride Five males same place from this morning
- One young male Beacon at Y- junction on Nyala road and vulture nest road; animal lying down
- Two rhino bulls south of Kaya Manzi; animals grazing

8 February
AM
- New pride coming from Kruger park Three females and the Two cubs Nkorho sign animals lying down
- Breeding herd buffalo lying down Green pan open area

10 February
PM
- One female lion from Nkuhuma pride animals lying down rhino cut line
- Nkuhuma pride with thirteen cubs on top of dam wall at Cruse's camp

11 February
AM
- Nkuhuma pride with thirteen cubs south of Sussen's dam; animals lying down
- One female Leopard Kurula lying down Buffelshoek sign on the boundary
- Two male rhino grazing on Impala Plain road south
- Breeding herd elephant Chitwa cut line; eating Marula fruits

PM
- One female Cheetah and one cub lying down three on the road pan Buffelshoek
- Nkuhuma pride with thirteen cubs same place from this morning animals lying down


12 February
AM
- Three wild dog two females and one male drinking water at Sydney dam inside Buffelshoek from there animals running across the boundary into Manyeleti Reserve
- Three male rhino animals grazing impala road south Vuyatela
- One female Leopard Kurula on top Marula tree; animals lying down
- One young female beacon Sandy Patch north animal walking on the road
- One female Cheetah and one cub same place from last night; lying down
- Ten buffalo bulls north of Galago camp
- Breeding herd elephant Triple M south animals eating Marula fruits

PM
- Breeding herd of buffalo drinking water Cheetah plain pan
- Another breeding herd of buffalo drinking water Kaya Manzi dam
- Breeding herd of elephant eating Marula fruits Chitwa cut line

13 February
AM
- Breeding herd of buffalo fire break north of Marula pan in side Torch wood
- One bull elephant south of Djuma Lodge animals eating Marula fruits
- One hippo in side the water Sydney dam Buffelshoek

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