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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.
 

12 April
PM.
- One male Rhino drinking water at Twin Dam
- A bull Elephant gracing on Mamba rd. (Twister)
- One Hyena with two pups lying at den.
- Troop of baboons feeding on quarantine.
- Herd of Impala grazing between the baboons.
- Journey of Giraffe browsing at Philemon's dip.

13 April
AM.
- Two male Lions (Mapogo) lying down on Chitwa cutline.
- A leap of leopards north east of Gowrie cutline. One female with two cubs (Karula)
- A herd of Buffalo's drinking water at "Kobus se dam".
- A breeding herd of Elephant feeding on Galago shortcut.

PM.
- A crash of Rhinos lying down in Twin dam having a mud bath.(5 rhinos)
- Female leopard and one cub feeding on a duiker on Gowrie Main.(Karula)
- A cluster of Kudu's browsing and drinking water at Buffelshoek dam.
- A lonely crocodile sun bathing at Buffelshoek dam.
- A hippopotamus lying inside the water at Buffelshoek dam.
- Herd of Impala grazing on Chitwa cutline.
- Two male waterbuck drinking water at Gowrie pan.

14 April
AM.
- Herd of Impala grazing by quarantine.
- One giraffe cow drinking water from Gowrie pan.
- A female Bushbuck lying down close to our Bush braai site.
- Herd of Kudu cows and one calf browsing east of Tamboti dam.
- Breeding herd of Elephant east of Nyala rd. feeding towards Central rd.

PM.
- Herd of Impala grazing around quarantine.
- A pair of Porcupines found close to Rubbing Post dam.
- A bull Rhino found walking along Galago shortcut towards Buffelshoek cutline.
- One bull Elephant drinking water from the pan in front of Galago.
- Two Buffalo bulls drinking water from Gowrie pan.
- One Bushbaby found at Vuyatela's drive way jumping around.

15 April
AM.
- Journey of Giraffe browsing west of Quarantine.
- A herd of Wildebeests with two calves grazing close to Zoë's rd.
- Dazzle of Zebra and one foal grazing with the Wildebeests.
- A breeding herd of Elephants feeding by Bateleur rd.
- Herd of Waterbuck drinking water from Gowrie pan.
- One Kudu bull browsing on the eastern side of Twin dam.

PM.
- One male Leopard lying inside the road of Spaghetti junction.
- One bull Rhino drinking water at Cheetah Plan Pan.
- Dazzle of Zebra grazing on Quarantine.
- One bull Elephant walking in the road from Philemon's dip.

16 April
AM.
- Journey of Giraffe found browsing west of Zoë's rd.
- A dazzle of Zebra grazing next to Vuyatela Access towards Zoë's rd.
- One female hyena by the den with two pups.
- A leap of Leopards feeding on an Impala male close to Nyala rd. (Beacon young)
- One male Leopard found walking in the road towards Little Gowrie. (Mafufunyana)
- A herd of Kudu browsing by Gowrie cutline.
- One hippopotamus inside Buffelshoek dam.
- A Black Mamba found on Sandy patch.

PM.
- Kurhula leopard found on Mamba rd. walking towards Chitwa cutline. (female)
- One male leopard taking an Impala up a tree between Sourplum rd. and Nyala rd.(Beacon cub)
- A herd of Kudu cows browsing by Bateleur rd.
- A business of mongooses found crossing the road close to Twin dam.
- Herd of Impala's found grazing at Weavers Nest Rd.

17 April
AM.
- Two Buffalo bulls found, one laying down on Zoë's rd and the other found at Sandy Patch walking towards Simbambili.
- One male leopard found walking from Twin Dam towards the Mulowati river bed.(Mafufunyane)
- Herd of Buffalo drinking water at Kaya Manzi dam.
- Journey of Giraffe on Quarantine browsing.
- A cluster of Waterbuck grazing around Kudu Corner.
- A dazzle of Zebra drinking water from Graveyard Pan.
- Two young leopards playing around Impala rd.(Kurhula cubs)

PM.
- One male Leopard found west from Sandi Patch heading towards Simbambili.
- Herd of Buffalo east of Kaya Manzi dam grazing.
- Four Bull Elephants found at Hunters Moon.
- One male Lion found sleeping North of Big dam.(Mapogo)
- A bull Rhino grazing west of Long Pole rd.
- Leap of Leopards feeding on an Impala kills on Nyala rd. north.

18 April
AM.
- One Male Lion lying down by Big dam.(Nkuhuma)
- One female Leopard feeding on the Impala kill on Nyala rd. north.(Beacon cub)
- Breeding herd of Buffalo grazing west from Second Rock.
- One Bull Giraffe walking in the road next to Second Rock.
- One Bull hippopotamus lying inside the water at Buffelshoek dam.

PM.
- A male Lion lying by Big dam.(Nkuhuma)
- One bull Elephant playing in Chris's pan with mud.
- Herd of Buffalo grazing east of First Rock.
- Two Leopards at Twin Dam drinking water and crossing over Gowrie main to Baboons pan.
- One bull Elephant drinking water at Sydney's dam.

19 April
AM.
- Herd of Buffalo grazing south of Second Rock.
- One Bull Rhino walking from Twin dam heading north.
- A male Cheetah found at Big Dam.
- One Giraffe cow on Buffelshoek airstrip.
- Troop of Baboons on Quarantine playing around.
- A Kudu bull drinking water at Gowrie Pan.

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