Africa
BEST VALUE IN SOUTH AFRICA
6-DAY SAFARI ONLY $6400 INCLUDES
KUDU, GEMSBOK, IMPALA, BLESBOK,
SPRINGBOK
AND ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE
Once again,
our most popular Africa
professional hunter has held this “package” price the same
for 2012. This "package" price includes all in-country
transport, services of PH and staff, meals, alcohol (in
moderation), field preparation and delivery of trophies to
export taxidermist. This price is based on a 2x1
hunter/guide ratio, 6 full days hunting, trophy fees for 5
animals (Cape kudu, gemsbok, impala, blesbok and springbok),
all licenses and taxes, round-trip airfare to
Kimberley,
RSA. 1x1 guide upgrade is an additional $50 per day.
Extra add-on days are $300 guided 2x1 or $350 guided 1x1.
Non-hunters are $200 a day.
The $6400 price is
subject to change, up or down, until airline tickets are
purchased. At the time of printing, this price is
accurate from most U.S.
gateway cities. We have allocated $2100 towards
airfare and if actual cost is less, we will pass the savings
along and if the airfare is higher, we will pass that along
also.
HCU has worked with
this PH over the past 10 years and he operates one of the
finest camps in South Africa.
Over 60% of our customers have rebooked this hunt for a
second trip and 20% book for a third, fourth or even a fifth
time. Don’t be fooled by the low price, this operator
will conduct your personalized safari with the utmost care,
along with superb trophy quality. From great
accommodations, food, and service, your every need is
attended to.
Additional animals can be taken for the trophy fees
listed below:
|
waterbuck $1800 |
nyala $2500 |
burchell's zebra $1300 |
cape kudu $1300 |
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steenbok $300 |
black wildebeest $900 |
cape eland $1800 |
springbok $250 |
|
blue wildebeest $900 |
impala $350 |
gemsbok $800 |
red hartebeest $900 |
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warthog $350 |
blesbok $400 |
black springbok $400 |
white blesbok $500 |
|
grey duiker $300 |
southern greater kudu $1500 |
mountain reedbuck $700 |
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Additional species
are available, INCLUDING LION FOR $17,500 AND CAPE BUFFALO
FOR $18,000, INCLUDES DAILY RATES.
This PH also has a concession in the
Limpopo region near Thabazimbi, in the Northern Province
that have the much desired Southern Greater Kudu, Limpopo
Bushbuck and Bush Pig. You can choose to spend a few
days or your complete safari in this area. Daily rates
in this concession cost $350 2x1 and $400 1x1.
"Package" upgrades are $100 per day extra and non-hunters
are $200 a day.
You cannot go wrong with this outfit, book your hunt of
a lifetime without spending your life savings. Book now for
the few remaining dates for 2012 or plan ahead for 2013.Hunt SAGD.
Pictures from this Hunt.
$6600
SOUTH AFRICA EASTERN CAPE
6-DAY
ALL FREE-RANGE SAFARI INCLUDES:
ROUND-TRIP AIRFARE AND TROPHY FEES
KUDU, MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK, BLESBOK,
IMPALA, DUIKER, SPRINGBOK AND BABOON
This safari is strictly free-range, not your normal high
fence South Africa
operation. Priced right with the opportunity to take
quality animals and includes day rates and licenses.
Day rate tax of 14% is additional. HCU’s Scott
Steinkruger made a trip to the
Eastern Cape
to hunt with this PH in 2011 and gave a raving review on the
operation. Feel free to call Scott for more details on
his camp and operation.
This operator has 2
main conservancies. His southern area known as the
Baviaans
River
and the
Stormberg
Mountains
consists of over 400,000 acres. This area is known for
producing monster
Vaal
Rhebok and various other plainsgame.
In his northern area in the KwaZulu Natal
Province,
known as the Umkomaas, he has 250,000 acres. This area
has 3 different types of spiral horned antelope as well as
plainsgame. This operation has taken kudu up to 64
inches, bushbuck over 18 inches and vaal rhebok just under
10 inches. Trophy quality is exceptional.
Accommodations vary
from a lodge in the
Stormberg Mountains
to the more traditional tent camp on the banks of the
Umkomaas
River
in southern KwaZulu Natal. Bowhunters are welcome and
hunting methods include walk and stalk during morning hours,
while blind sitting in the afternoons.
They also offer day
trips for non-hunters at $350 per guide and this includes a
vehicle and the cost can be split amongst passengers.
These are exclusively for your group, no mixed parties.
Close by are national parks, Big-5 game reserves and they
also have a house on the
Indian Ocean
for your pleasure. These are malaria free areas.
Hunters fly from
Johannesburg
to Port
Elizabeth or
Durban,
depending on camp destination and you are able to hunt both
camps with a 6-hour drive between them.
Price is $385 per day guided 1x1 or $300
2x1 and observers are $185 plus 14% tax on day rates.
HCU EXCLUSIVE-6 DAYS 7 NIGHTS PACKAGE $6600 2X1 OR $6900 1X1
INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE TO PORT ELIZABETH AND TROPHY FEES
ON KUDU, MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK, BLESBOK, IMPALA, DUIKER,
SPRINGBOK AND BABOON. With airfare prices subject to change
we have allocated $2,100 towards airfare and at the time of
printing are accurate from most U.S. gateway cities. If the actual
cost is less you get a rebate and if it is higher you pick
up the difference. Hunt SAAP.
Pictures from this Hunt.
Additional animals can be taken for the trophy fees listed
below and extra days can be added:
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baboon $300 |
blesbok $500 |
bushbuck $750 |
bushpig $1100 |
|
caracal $950 |
blue duiker $1150 |
duiker $250 |
red duiker $1200 |
|
eland $2300 |
gemsbok $1250 |
grysbok $950 |
giraffe $3500 |
|
hartebeest $900 |
impala $450 |
jackal $250 |
cape kudu $1100 |
|
nyala $2300 |
southern greater kudu $1650 |
oribi $1800 |
ostrich $650 |
|
klipspringer $1000 |
cmn
reedbuck $750 |
vaal rhebok $1250 |
mountain reedbuck $450 |
|
springbok $350 |
steenbok $350 |
white springbok $850 |
waterbuck $2300 |
|
zebra $1450 |
black springbok $650 |
black wildebeest $850 |
blue wildebeest $900 |
6-DAY NAMIBIA
SAFARI ONLY $6450 INCLUDES
KUDU, GEMSBOK, RED HARTEBEEST,
SPRINGBOK
WARTHOG, DUIKER OR STEENBOK AND JACKAL
AND ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE
PLUS SPECIAL BOW ONLY AREA FOR ARCHERS
Here is a
great deal on a package that includes trophy fees on our
most popular animals for 6 days, including airfare for only
$6,450 guided 2x1 or upgrade to 1x1 for an additional $100
per day. Extra days can be added for only $300 per day
2x1 or $400 1x1, along with additional animals for trophy
fees listed below. 15% tax on day rate is not included
in the package price. HCU’s Scott Steinkruger made a trip to
Namibia
in 2011 to hunt with this outfitter and took a great leopard
along with some plainsgame. He was quite impressed and
thoroughly enjoyed the hunt.
This PH hunts three conservancies
totaling about two million acres of private property between
Damaraland and Koakoland, including the Loxodonta Africana
(African Elephant) Etosha and Koako Conservancies. 90
percent of his properties are free-range and not under high
fence. Hunters are picked up in Windhoek and driven
about 4 hours north near the Etosha National Park, where he
offers 4 different camps ranging from rustic bush camps to
very nice full service accommodations.
This PH also has 12,000 acres strictly
for bowhunters with 8 permanent stands and he also conducts
many free-range archery hunts on the 650,000-acre Loxodonta
Africana Conservancy. There he utilizes double bull
blinds or blinds made of natural cover and spot and stalk.
He is an accomplished archer himself that specializes in
spot and stalk, although most of his hunters prefer to sit
in blinds at waterholes.
He has terrific indigenous species such as kudu averaging 52
inches, gemsbok, springbok, red hartebeest, mountain zebra,
giraffe, klipspringer and Damara dik-dik. Day rates are
$300 guided 2x1 or $400 guided 1x1 plus 15% tax.
Non-hunters and hunters under age 16 are $120 per day. Day
rates cover guides, trackers, skinners, field preparation of
trophies, soft drinks, meals, accommodations, transport to
and from the airport, basically all expenses once picked
up. Touring trips to
Etosha Park can also be arranged, but must be
scheduled in advance. Another option would be to add a few
days before your hunt for some surf fishing along the Skeleton Coast,
it is only a 3 hour drive from the hunting areas. It is
known for large cob, steenbra and bronze whaler sharks. Hunt NMCS.
Pictures from this Hunt.
Package prices include roundtrip
airfare up to $2,500 (if it is less you get a rebate or if
it is more you pay the difference), day rates, trophy fees
and actual hunting days. Add 2 days for arrival and
departure.
Check out these special hunt packages
and listing of available animals with trophy fees and day
rates all included.
10-DAY PLAINS GAME GUIDED 2X1 $8,450
(1x1 $9,450), INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE AND TROPHY FEES ON
SOUTHERN GREATER KUDU, GEMSBOK, MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, WARTHOG AND
STEENBOK OR DUIKER.
10-DAY PLAINS GAME GUIDED 2X1 $10,450
INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE AND TROPHY FEES ON ELAND,
SOUTHERN GREATER KUDU, GEMSBOK, BLUE WILDEBEEST, RED
HARTEBEEST, SPRINGBOK, WARTHOG, DUIKER OR STEENBOK, JACKAL
AND BABOON.
14-DAY PLAINS GAME GUIDED 2X1 $12,250
INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE AND TROPHY FEES ON ELAND,
SOUTHERN GREATER KUDU, GEMSBOK, MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, RED
HARTEBEEST, SPRINGBOK, IMPALA, WARTHOG, STEENBOK OR DUIKER,
JACKAL AND BABOON.
You can take additional animals for trophy fees listed below
or we can customize your safari for number of days and
species that interest you.
|
giraffe $1350 |
springbok $400 |
red hartebeest $600 |
eland $1650 |
|
steenbok $350 |
mountain zebra $1150 |
kudu $1150 |
duiker $400 |
|
damara dik-dik $1150 |
gemsbok $680 |
klipspringer $950 |
blue wildebeest $950 |
|
warthog $350 |
brown hyena $2500 |
black wildebeest $1150 |
blesbok $560 |
|
impala $680 |
spotted hyena $950 |
leopard $8000 |
|
lion, elephant, crocodile (price on request)
14-DAY
NAMIBIA
LEOPARD PACKAGE ONLY $9,000
PLUS $7,000 WHEN YOU TAKE A SHOT
If you don’t
pull the trigger on a male leopard you are not charged the
$7,000, but expect to pay it according to our past
customers. Last year in 2011 he had a total of 7
leopard hunters take 5 male cats. In 2010 this PH
hosted only 5 hunters due to the suspended opening of the
season. 3 of them scored on male leopards. In
2009 he had 11 leopard hunters and they scored on 8 cats.
In 2008 this PH took 15 leopard hunters and 13 shot at cats
including some monsters. He hunts traditional baits
out of a blind and baits are included in the price.
This includes 14 days of hunting, guides, trackers,
accommodations, meals and airport pickup in Windhoek.
Additional animals can be taken for the normal trophy fees
listed in the above article. You can tour
Etosha Park
if you tag out early for additional fees or do some surf
fishing along the Skeleton Coast for cob, steenbra or bronze whaler
shark. This prime fishing area is only a 3 hour drive from
the hunting areas. Very limited openings for 2012 for both
early May and late August. Hunt NMCS.
ZAMBIA
CONCESSION BORDERS 3 NATIONAL PARKS
This outfit
has been in operation since 1993 and continues to be one of
the top Zambia
destinations. They are well known for their lions,
leopard and cape buffalo along with all Zambian species.
Their area is located in the
Luangwa
and is bordered by 3 national parks. Camp overlooks
the Luangwa River and is grass thatched chalets with flush
toilets, hot showers, solar lighting and mosquito net beds.
Buffalo hunts can be done for 7 or 10
days, while leopard is 14 and lion is 18 or combo for 21
days.
In 2010 they took 7
lions for 8 hunters and all leopard hunts were successful.
In 2009 they were 80% success on lion and quality was
unmatched. Leopard and sitatunga were 100% success in
the Tondwa GMA. This area also has roan, blue duiker,
puku,
Liechtenstein
hartebeest, sable, bushbuck and reedbuck.
Buffalo
taken typically run from 38 to 45 inches.
Hunters are met in Lusaka and can either take
a charter flight to camp or ground transfer at $850 per
vehicle. Observer rates are $250 per day. Not included are
concession fees, trophy fees, licenses, change of area fee,
ground transfer or air charters. Hunt ZMJD.
Pictures from this Hunt.
Here are examples of safari rates and some trophy fees:
|
7-day buffalo 1x1 $6950 |
|
10-day buffalo or sitatunga $9950 |
14-day classical safari $16,950 or $14,000
leopard/buff/plainsgame or sitatunga/roan/sable/eland |
18-day classical safari $42,500
lion/buff/plainsgame |
21-day classical safari $49,500
lion/leopard/buff/plainsgame |
|
buffalo $2250 |
bushbuck $500 |
crocodile $1950 |
eland $3000 |
|
hippo $2150 |
kudu $1950 |
leopard $3950 |
lion $6500 |
|
oribi $450 |
puku $650 |
roan $5000 |
sable $5000 |
|
zebra $900 |
tsessabe $3250 |
waterbuck $1500 |
sitatunga $5000 |
|
cookson wildebeest $2250 |
kafue lechwe $5000 |
black lechwe $5000 |
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ZAMBIA
SAFARIS IN THE NORTH
LUANGWA
VALLEY
This PH has
been in the hunting business for over 25 years and was
partially responsible for the closing and reopening of
Zambia
in 1993 when they were awarded this game rich remote area
located in northeastern Zambia.
This is untamed Africa and it falls under 2 game management
areas that borders the North
Luangwa
Game
Park
and is divided by the
Luangwa
River.
They also have an area in the Bangweulu Swamps that borders
the Congo
for
Zambezi
sitatunga, black lechwe, tsessebe and oribi.
They have 6 lion and 6 leopard permits
and last year one hunter failed to take his lion and all
scored on leopard. In 2010 success was 100% on both
lion and leopard. In 2009 they were 5 for 6 on lions
and 6 for 6 on leopards. The unsuccessful lion hunter
missed. They take close to 20 buffalo per year and the
average bull measures between 39 and 40 inches. Top bulls
taken normally go 45 inches or better.
Traditional camps with thatched grass walls and roofs,
cement floors, toilets and hot showers. Camp has solar
energy and each hunter has their own room attendant to take
care of personal needs. Hunters fly into
Lusaka
and take a 2 hour flight to base camp for $4,800 and this is
mainly for classic safaris. They can sometimes arrange a
scheduled flight plus charter hop for 2 buff hunters at
$3,500 round trip. Observer rates are $250 per day. Hunt ZMVH.
Pictures from this Hunt.
Here are examples of safari rates and some trophy fees:
THEY OFFER 2 SPECIAL PACKAGES:
|
7-day 1x1 buffalo, hippo, crocodile for 14,995 and
INCLUDES trophy fees. |
|
10-day 2x1 buffalo, hippo, crocodile for $18,995
per hunter and this INCLUDES trophy fees. |
|
6-day 1x1 swamp special for sitatunga, black
kafue lechwe, tsessebe for $24,995 and this INCLUDES
trophy fees. |
|
7-day buffalo/limited plainsgame 1x1 $8,995 |
|
10-day buffalo/limited plainsgame
$14,995 |
|
14-day leopard/buffalo/plainsgame
$22,500 |
|
21-day lion/buffalo/plainsgame $45,995 |
|
21-day lion/leopard/buffalo/plainsgame
$509,995 2x1 $42,000 |
|
27-day lion/leopard/buffalo/plainsgame and swamp
safari $59,995 |
14-day elephant $40,000 includes trophy
fee
Mini safaris (10 or 7 day) trophy fees are slightly
increased.
|
buffalo $2200 |
bushbuck $540 |
crocodile $2200 |
blue duiker $630 |
|
duiker $470 |
yellow back duiker $670 |
grysbok $420 |
hippo $2000 |
|
eland Liv $2800 |
hyena $500 |
impala $180 |
hartebeest Lich $900 |
|
black lechwe $3500 |
kafue lechwe $3200 |
zebra $1000 |
leopard $4000 |
|
lion $6000 |
kudu $1900 |
oribi $500 |
puku $550 |
|
reedbuck $470 |
roan $5000 |
sable $5000 |
sitatunga $4200 |
|
tseesebe $2200 |
wildebeest $1000 |
wildebeest Cook $1900 |
warthog $430 |
|
waterbuck Craws $1400 |
|
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10% Reg Tax on all trophies for
anti-poaching program.