Gents,
I have an article I would like to share. I scanned it to my email. Would one of you be kind enough to share it here for me. send me a PM with your email address.

Ski+3
Whitefish, MT

Bump, email to jbieber52@aol.com

Haha. I cannot see the pictures. Hope everyone else can.

Ski+3

$50 in tips for a 10 day safari......

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Originally posted by Bwana1:
$50 in tips for a 10 day safari......

Quite possibly, though bearing in mind that the English pound sold for 20 East African shillings, fuel was 4 shillings per gallon and the lowest coin domination that would buy a boiled sweet was 1 cent, so agreeably, $50 was good money.

Ivory traders in Dar es Salaam were paying between 17shs to 20shs per pound on a good day.

Our smallest coin today is 50shs and buys you nothing! Dammit, 1 hour's worth of a parking ticket is 500shs.

Currency values have changed over time and really pointless in making such comparisons as the same can be said of the cost of a Cadillac then compared to one today:

1972 Eldorado price: $7,000 - $8,500
2021 Escalade price: $75,000 - $100,000

Factoring for historical inflation, 3,000 1972 dollars equal, in buying power, about 20,000 or so in 2021 dollars.

Direct comparisons are difficult, perhaps even impossible, but it does seem that safari costs (and the cost of a Cadillac) have outpaced inflation.

Supply and demand have definitely played into the equation I believe as well.

Thanks for sharing Biebs!

I believe the cost of a safari has far outpaced the cost of inflation.

Ski+3
Whitefish, MT

Actually an African hunt is cheaper than an Alaska moose or sheep hunt, and close to what one might spend for a western elk hunt with no guarantee that you would get a moose or elk. On one hunt in Namibia, that taking place in 2007, I spent a whole lot less than 10 grand and took six animals. My wife went along, and she had a grand time as an observer. If one has modest aims for a first African hunt, it can be a bargain when compared to some in North America. I do not mean to denigrate North American hunts at all. I enjoyed every one I went on, and most times had an opportunity at the game I sought.