Some people ask, "How can you advertise hunting in a Caprivi concession when they have not been alloted yet?"

Good question.

There is some confusion about the status of the Caprivi Hunting Blocks. It is true that the majority of the hunting areas in the Caprivi have not been assigned, but it is important to know that two of the Caprivi concessions have been allotted.

The Salambala and The Kwando/Linyanti. If you are booking a hunt in any other Caprivi concession, beware! It has not been allotted yet!

There are a few other operators offering hunts in the Caprivi, if you are considering a hunt, ask what concession is to be hunted.

The Salambala is Vaughan Fulton's (I do not know who got the Kwando/Linyanti)

As many of you know, Vaughan is a regular on this board, and I book hunts for Vaughan. This post is meant to publicly clear up any question as to the status of this concession.

Wendell,

John Wambach was hunting Salambala and Kwando-Linyati last year, but I haven't heard the latest either.

jim

Jim, That's right, I wonder if he got Kwando/Linyanti?

Conservancy Movement Reaps Benefits in Namibia
USAID helps restore wildlife and promote tourism in rural areas of Namibia

Challenge

Salamabala, an area of Namibia’s northeastern Caprivi region, had once been rich in wildlife diversity. Game levels declined, however, after more than 20 years of conflict as Namibia wrestled its freedom from apartheid South Africa. An informal survey counted 7 impala, 20 kudu, and 20 warthogs. No elephants, zebras or other large game was resident in the area.

Initiative

With USAID support in a number of areas related to conservancy management, Salambala has become one of Namibia’s most successful national conservancies. USAID has helped finance a program, implemented by the World Wildlife Fund, to assist communities in Namibia to form conservancies.

Under Namibian law, conservancies are given rights to the game in their areas. With these rights, conservancies are positioned to benefit from tourism through camp sites, trophy hunting, handicraft sales, and upscale lodges operated in joint venture with the private sector. They are also able to sell live game to other tourist attractions and distribute game meat from culled herds to supplement the diets of conservancy members.

Results

Namibia’s Chief Moraliswani and his son, Prince George, shared a dream that wildlife numbers would return to Salambala and that community members would benefit from game as they had in the past. In 1998, Salambala was the second conservancy registered in Namibia. Today, with the Conservancy drawing in tourists with a campsite and a lucrative trophy hunting deal that netted $34,000 last year, conservancy members are benefiting from the wildlife and have an incentive to protect it from poachers.
As a result, elephant, buffalo and migratory zebras have returned to the Salambala Forest and sable antelope, wildebeest, and lion are also found. Prince George passed away in 2002 but the dream he shared with his father has been realized. Prince George was named the Namibia Nature Foundation’s Conservationist of the Year in 2002.

Good clarification Wendell. I hope my previous post did not unintentionally confuse the issue.

The only "good" map I found when looking previously is at: http://www.orusovo.com/nammap/mapC.htm

This map lists the Government concessions only. The West Caprivi concession (previously hunted by Kuzikus Safaris and where I hunted, and is awaiting the reallocation) is actually a National Game Park.

Wendell/Vaughan - Wambach had advertised a "portered elephant safari" which always intrigued me. Is such a thing indeed possible in the Salambala and Kwando-Linyati conservancies?

Do the "Portuguese Money Czars" still run the Kongola Mini Mart???

Try: www.irdnc.org.na/IMAGES/Conservancies_Aug03.jpg
for conservancies.

The Map McCray posted is not quite correct as I believe Salambala goes all the way to the Angola Border.

I visited the area in Botswana that borders this area in '94. My goodness, the Elephant and Buffalo were abundant. We even beached our boat on the shore of this conservancy, where I took this picture.



Things have turned around in the past 10 years in this area. In the past two years the Elephant in the area have averaged very large. 50 lb average in '03 and 60 lb average in '04.

With Vaughan's experience hunting Elephant, I have a feeling the average will be upheald.