Folks,

Zambezi Hunters can offer 1 trophy elephant, 1 leopard, 1 hippo, 1 croc plus plains game with ideal dates 15 July-1 Aug. Ele, hippo,croc will be hunted in Mahenya that borders Gona Rhe Zou National Park an the leop/plains game on the Sango area on the Save. This is a good date for elphant and you should expect 50# or better. With these dates the leopard should be a slam dunk.

Price regular $1500 per day discounted to $1350 per day 1x1 18 days. (21 days can be arranged at a further discount) Trophy fees, MARS, 2% TAX and $200 road transfer from Harare are extra.

Sample Trophy Fees:

ele $12,000
leopard $3,500
hippo $3,000
croc $3,000
impala(bait) $75 per animal

I'm available anytime for questions.

Mark

Mark,
While I can't afford this hunt, it was one I found very interesting when speaking with Jonathan at SCI. I though it could use more exposure. Can you tell us a little bit about Mahenya and past success on trophy bulls?

Scott,

Jonathan took one hunt in there last year before bidding for the lease. He took a 64#.
The area has permanent water and the ele's move back and forth from that water. As I said 50# is a reasonable expectation but the adjacent Gona Rhe Zou National Park has some huge bulls so the chance for a very big ele is there. Mahenya is only 2 hours from the Save so a full bag safari to include elephant, cats, hippo, croc, buffalo and all the indigenous plains game of Zim can be hunted on one safari with not much moving about. You very seldom if ever find good game densities and good trophy quality for so many different species availalbe on any one safari as you do here with the Save and Mahenya combined.

Mark

If I could hunt elephant anywhere in Zim, it would be close to Gona Rhe Zou. That place is legendary...if for nothing else, just to get a feel for the place that Richard Harland wrote about so eloquently. Also, the ele there can be quite cheeky which has its own allure!

Mark, isn't this the area that Dudley Rogers had until this year? I was hunting with Dudley in 2006 in Gokwe and we nearly moved down there in the midst of the hunt because we got word that some big bulls were coming out of the park. Ultimately, we elected not to, but through the years he killed some huge bulls there.

Bwana,

I'm not sure about the previous owners but Jonathan Hulme is very excited about having this prime elephant area so close to his areas on the Save. I'll ask about the previous owner.

Mark

Bwana/Mark

Yes, Dudley Rogers did previously have the lease on Mahenye.

Dave

Bwana,

Dudley did have Mahenya and took a client to a 80 pounder there a couple of years ago. The area is 50,000 acres with a 20km border with the park. Zambezi is putting up a brand new East Africa style camp there with en suite baths etc.

Mark