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I'm planning a trip to Namibia hopefully in 2015, and just starting reading up on plains game hunts in the that area. Can anyone give me some advice on there experience with any of the PH's good or bad. Trying to found a reputable outfitter to contact. Will be going to the SCI convention in LV 2014. Already made contact with African Twilight Safaris, Has anybody hunted with them??? Thanks for your help | ||
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Welcome to the Board, TR. Your question is very broad and I'd suggest you use the search function with "Namibia" as the term and see what you get as plenty has been written about outfitters/PH there. Regards, Tim | |||
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Tuna, SCI at LV can be a bit overwhelming. I recommend that you find a local SCI Chapter and attend their fundraiser. You'll be able to mingle with other hunters that have hunted with the donors and can recommend based upon personal experience. It will be hard to do that in LV. However, Las Vegas will be the place to see if you need a new rifle, scope, binos, boots, shirt, pants, jewelry, insurance, gun slip, ammo belt or a jillion other things that some folks absolutely can't go to Africa without. Las Vegas will also be the place to meet and visit with dozens and dozens of african outfitters to see which one pleases you most. Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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Reaper, Welcome to the AR boards! I hope you find you are in the right place. First, there is no hunter to be envied more than the man planing his first African Safari. First of many, I would hope. Namibia is an awesome destination. It offers so much, the largest gemsbok and spingbok to be found anywhere, to the only huntable population of mountain zebra, to some fine elephant and buffalo hunting as well. Your question was plainsgame. You will find Namibia is well known for the fantastic low fence opportunities. Hunting gemsbok in the sands of the Kalahari is AWESOME. You can also find operators with high fences. Some such as the late Jan Olefse can offer high fence hunting on 40,000 plus acres. These H/F operations can also offer some game that wouldn't otherwise be found in Namibia. There a re a couple of booking agents who frequent these boards. Look them up, pick their brains, find the hunt that works for YOU, and enjoy. While you are there, you won't regret a scenic flight over the largest sand dunes in the world on the way to the skeleton coast. No other place like it in the world. All the best "You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world" - J Joplin | |||
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Ton of good operators in Namibia. Start with what you want to hunt. Don't be afraid to change the list based on what you learn. Also, not every good PG operator will be in Vegas. Competition is very tough there for PG and some guys just don't want to bother with it. The safari industry is much larger than the SCI show. You might look for an agent to help you start your search. I know a guy if you need some help finding one.  | |||
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Namibia is a wonderful country with many great safari outfits. My wife and I did a honeymoon safari with Johann Veldsman of Shona Hunting Adventures last year and would highly recommend him. Part of our safari was spent hunting and Johann has a great place for plainsgame. His main lodge is a large, free-range hunting property with great kudu, mountain zebra, gemsbok, etc. Below is our trip report from our honeymoon safari with Johann: http://forums.accuratereloadin...961061671#6961061671 "The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching". - John Wooden | |||
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Lots of great outfits in Namibia.....but my choice is http://www.westfalenhuntnamibia.com/. I sent you a PM recommending that you contact Greg Brownlee here on the board. I have never really wanted to hunt the same area and outfitters twice in my life. Namibia and Westfalen are the exceptions! | |||
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Welcome to African Hunting Fraternity You"ll get hooked and there is no cure. Sorry Dude :-) " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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100%. I have been trying to bankrupt myself via trophy fees and taxidermy for about a decade now. Almost pulled it off a few years ago but the I got a better job. Now I have to work harder at my goal! | |||
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Jack hit the nail on the head with that one. I've hunted Namibia twice, both hunts were with Joof Lamprecht of Hunters Namibia. They were both excellent. I would also look at CEC Safaris. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Check out Christi Liebenberg @ Hatari Hunting Safaris Namibia. He's an honest, fun, hard-working guide who runs a one-man operation. He has access to MANY thousands of acres. My wife & I enjoyef our hunt with him 110%. | |||
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A friend and I hunted with Jan du Plessis of Sebra Safaris (sebra@iway.na) in July and had a great time. I got a 40" gemsbok bull, a 52" kudu, and nice black wildebeest, warthog, springbok, and Harmann's mountain zebra. Jan's ranch I think is about 22,000 hectares, but he also hunts 2 of his father's adjoining ranches and several other ranches in the area. Beside the animial I took, you can also hunt a lot of others such as red hartebeest, blue wildebeest, giraffe, hyena, duiker, and steenbuck. The food and accommodations were excellent. Jan worked hard to make sure we had a good time. He has lived in Namibia all his like and can tell you a lot of the history of the area as well. His wife is a great cook. We visited Etosha National Park, Palmwag, and the Skeleton Coast after we finished hunting. This was my first trip to Namibia and my second hunt in Africa. (I hunted buffalo in Zimbabwe in 2011.) I would definitely recommend the hunt with Jan and then traveling through northwestern Namibia. I plan to go back and hunt leopard with Jan. | |||
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I second what Dale said about hunting with Jan du Plessis of Sebra. I hunted with Jan this May 2013 as well as August of 2012. Jan does NOT attend any of the shows in the USA and relies heavily on repeat customers like myself and others here on AR. Here's my report from my most recent trip: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/5031039881 Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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Oh,and I'll be going back to Sebra in 2015 with my grandaughter. Hopefully, she'll get a nice kudu like mine from 2012:  Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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One of the outfitters I used and got to know quite well in SA is Andre and Steffi Van Wyck. He hunts out of Vaalwater SA in the Limpoppo Province and has some outstanding concessions. Great accomodations, reasonable pricing and a hell of a good hunter. They put on a marvelous show. Good luck and enjoy. There may be many more trips, but there is only one first time. | |||
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Need more info for a proper response. Had safaris of a lifetime with www.kanana.info and www.blaauwkrantz.com | |||
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Come to the Dallas Safari Club Convention in January and meet all the good ones. They are all there. Welcome to AR. Dave Fulson | |||
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Namibia is what we call Africa Lite. Sort of Beer without the alcohol. Best bet for your hard earned is Zimbabwe for Buff, Leopard and Elephant. Closely followed by Zambia for a host of unusual species. All hunted around the camp fire with free ranging Lions between the dining room and your chalet. Read our reports mate. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Tunareaper, Andrew (Fairgame) has a way being somewhat direct in his words. I have hunted Namibia and Zambia and although both were enjoyable I think if you read the hunt reports linked in my signature line below you will get a feel for the difference Andrew is describing. The experience is completely different when dangerous game is pattering about, even if you aren't hunting them. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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I am not? ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Zimbabwe and Zambia are more expensive. Namibia is a good place to start.I just got back from Kowas just east of Windhoek. My buddy shot a 58 and 3/4" kudu bull and we all did well. Kowas(http://www.kowasadventure.com/#!)only goes to Dallas though. Do like Fulson said and come there Dick Gunn “You must always stop and roll in the good stuff; it may not smell this way tomorrow.” Lucy, a long deceased Basset Hound " | |||
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I have to politely disagree with the idea that Namibia is "lacking the alcohol". I found the place quite intoxicating even having hunted and lived on the continent for just shy of a decade. Of course, as you note, in Africa there are certain countries set up for the pursuit of certain species. I don't think, and this is just my opinion, that anyone in their right mind hunts a Roan or Sable in RSA or Namibia. Those are the spheres of Zambia and Zim, of course. Simultaneously, unless one were actually on an elephant hunt in Zim or a Leopard hunt in RSA, I can see no reason to hunt a good number of the plains game species there rather than in Namibia. Kudu, Gemsbok, Dik-Dik, Zebra, Steenbok, Hartebeest etc...why pay more for less in other countries when Namibia offers such great value? Even for leopard, outside of ranch areas, Namibia has it's advantages in terms of being "family friendly" while offering great touring opportunities after or before the hunt. As for the place being "wild", in Damaraland we saw elephant spoor DAILY when shooting my plains game and actually spotted a leopard from the road as we headed back to camp. Kai Uwe-Denker might also disagree regarding the implication above that Namibia is not a fabulous elephant destination. People in Zim or Zambia going on about how Namibia has less to offer hunters are not really all that different from Tanzania outfitters who might claim that the only "real Africa" is found in the East. All of them are selling something. Granted, sometimes they are selling something you really want (ROAN! LION! REASONABLY PRICED ELEPHANT!)...but not always.  | |||
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My advice would be not to plan too far ahead. You're talking about more than 2 years ahead & in that time, droughts can come & go. Areas can change hands. Game populations can die out and/or be reintroduced. Governments can fall & rise again. Hunting of individual species & indeed all hunting in individual countries can be banned and/or reintroduced etc etc etc. Right now you should be planning a wishlist of species but not much else. Then in about the October or November preceding the year you want to hunt should you begin researching individual countries & operators. | |||
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There is wisdom here! Most of the major hunts in my life were booked less than six months in advance. I would bet the majority of those were booked less than three months before "wheels up". | |||
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Tongue in cheek mate and totally agree with your sentiments. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Been having trouble with my "humor meter" lately!  | |||
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at the end of the day Africa is Africa get the right deal with the right operator and you wil have a great time. very few people has hunted al over Africa to give you a factual opinion can only tell you what they experienced. if you take safari X in y country one will love it the other will hate it "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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Yes I hunted with African Twilight several years ago, when Jaco was still in it. This was by far my favorite hunt. Lots of animals, no fences like S.A. and big areas. Great country. | |||
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Kalahari Hunting Safaris Two times with them, both times on packages, one with hartmann zebra, the other one without, my suggestion ask them the prices of them packages. bye Stefano Waidmannsheil | |||
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