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11/10/2026

01 October 2026
Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
Day 5: AM Safari Highlights with Shaheen Patel

Like yesterday we bypassed the leopard kill and she was still there sitting next to the last remains of the carcass. We let her be and moved off.

While driving along one of the boundary roads we had distant visuals of hyenas close to a buffalo carcass. We waited a while and soon after they chased a leopard. After a few minutes the leopard (Mzemba male) returned and began feeding on the carcass.

Our final highlight of the safari was with another leopard (Langa female). She was sitting out in the open scanning her surroundings. We waited a while hoping to catch a glimpse of her nervous cub but he never wanted to be seen.

We left the area and headed back to the lodge, ending a rather eventful safari with some wonderful sightings despite the continuous rain.

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09/10/2026

30 September 2026
Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
Day 4: AM & PM Safari Highlights with Shaheen Patel

We headed straight to the leopard kill and she was still there feeding on the impala carcass. Once she had eaten her fill she began covering the impala with grass and sand to try and hide the smell from hyenas and other predators.

Our next highlight was watching two Natal spurfowls having a bit of a tiff before we found a rhino bull feeding in the rain.

The main highlight of our afternoon safari was the Kuchava female leopard who was resting next to her kill as the rain had finally stopped.

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08/10/2026

29 September 2026
Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
Day 3: AM & PM Safari Highlights with Shaheen Patel

With ponchos and the rooftop on, and heated seats on we set out on a very wet morning. Not long into our drive we found the Nkuhuma pride and one Ndhzenga male lion. The lions were drenched and like us, not enjoying the rain. It seemed as if they had fed on an impala during the night or early morning as the remains were close by.

We left them and further down the road we located the other Ndhzenga male, also sitting in the pouring rain.

While driving along one of the roads we found leopard tracks and after a while, with the help of another tracker we located a leopard (Rhulani female). She was on the hunt and once she moved into a thick area we let her be.

Our last highlight for the morning was a pack of seven wild dogs. They were running along the road looking for potential prey and even went up a huge termite mound to play. Eventually we let them be and headed back to camp.

Our afternoon safari started off with the Nkuhuma pride all drenched and scattered in the grass. We spent a short time with them before being called in by our tracker who had found a female leopard (Kuchava). She was sitting under a fallen tree taking shelter from the pouring rain with an impala kill nearby.

The rest of the drive was spent with some hippos and general game before making our way back to camp.

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06/10/2026

28 September 2026
Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa, South Africa
Day 2: AM & PM Safari Highlights with Shaheen Patel

With a slight drizzle we set out and our first highlight of the morning was a coalition of five of the six male lions and one lioness (Torchwood males and female). Three of the males were on a termite mound scanning the area while the others were on the ground. After a while two of the males came down and greeted the others before they all settled down to sleep.

Our next highlight was the Nkuhuma pride and two Ndhzenga males a short distance away from the male coalition. They were sleeping on the road and the young cubs provided us with some entertainment as they played with each other and the rest of the pride before settling down to suckle.

We moved off and came across a large herd of buffalo. Back at the kill site from the night before there were lots of vultures feeding on whatever little was left of the buffalo carcass.

Our afternoon safari was an extremely wet one. We did find two hyenas while trying to track down a leopard but unfortunately had no luck in the pouring rain.

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06/10/2026

27 September 2026
Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa, South Africa
Day 1: PM Safari Highlights with Shaheen Patel

Not long into our safari our tracker found leopard tracks and began to follow them. Soon after he called us over as he had located the leopard. We had a visual of a female leopard (Sibuye) on the other side of a drainage line. When we looped around she was no longer there and after scanning the area we found her young son (Ntsako). He was sleeping in the grass and began grooming himself. He stood up for a short while before lying back down and carrying on grooming.

We let him be and enjoyed a couple of elephant sightings before entering a sighting of lions feeding on a buffalo. There were 20 lions from the Nkuhuma pride including 13 cubs of various ages as well as two of the Ndhzenga males. The majority were feeding while the males and a few others who’d already had their fill were sleeping close by. Watching and listening to so many lions feeding on a buffalo was quite a sight.

As the sun went down we made our way back to the lodge and found a flap-necked chameleon along the way.

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04/10/2026

Face to face with the future.

📍 Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
🦁 Torchwood male lion coalition

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02/10/2026

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30/09/2026

30/09/2026

Eye to eye with perfection.

📍Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
🐆 Ntsako male leopard

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29/09/2026

It’s been a wet few days in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, but that certainly hasn’t put a damper on the sightings.

This little cub was part of an incredible pride of 20 lions, with a coalition of two impressive males adding to the spectacle — quite a sight having 22 lions together!

📍Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
🦁 Nkuhuma lion pride

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