I am considering something a wise man (Aaron Neilson) said on another forum page about bad safaris.

I'd like to try something more remote, I'd like to get away from RSA totally, and have read a lot of good reports about Tholo Safaris in Botswana, I am also very interested in a Namibia Conservancy hunt.

The majority of the hunts in Zambia, Moz or Zim are going to be more than what I am looking at doing financially.

I am also interested in Benin. Which I think might work.

You will not go wrong with Tholo if you want Plainsgame. Top shelf all the way around and fantastic pricing too.

I would agree with Tim on this.
Tholo is outstanding.

Kowas in Namibia is on par with Tholo and has superb plains game. They are offering buff and leopard too, but I do not know details.

Tim & Ross;

For the record, is Tholo considered High Fenced? I have heard so many good things about it and know it is huge...is it like Buybe?

Thanks, Darin

Darin,

I've hunted on Tholo and it is very good but as it has to be by Botswana law it is game fenced. The main ranch is about 100,000 acres and they have access to the surrounded smaller ranches giving them about 250,000 acres that can be reached from the main camp quite easily. It is the best fenced PG hunting particularly for huge kudu and Cape eland that I have seen.

Mark

What happened to the cheap Lion hunt?

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Originally posted by fairgame:
What happened to the cheap Lion hunt?

Different gent, Andrew.
http://forums.accuratereloadin...1411043/m/6831090232

I am not a fence guy, but Tholo is so big and they do not add animals, etc. it certainly doesn't feel fenced. There are no internal fences/gates and I would very much consider it fair chase. You rarely see the fence once you enter the property.

I agree with Tim. Driving in and out of the area you see fences at Tholo, otherwise they are not an issue. Plenty of room for great tracking hunts and no feeling of confinement--wonderful plainsgame numbers and quality and I think that is 250,00 hectares, not acres--huge. Kowas was a great first hunt for a couple of my friends. It has a great infrastructure and wonderful hosts--in all a good plainsgame experience--but after a couple of days you realized that you were driving the same roads every day. They are now hunting big game in other parts of the country though and so it is now a different experience.

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
Darin,

I've hunted on Tholo and it is very good but as it has to be by Botswana law it is game fenced. The main ranch is about 100,000 acres and they have access to the surrounded smaller ranches giving them about 250,000 acres that can be reached from the main camp quite easily. It is the best fenced PG hunting particularly for huge kudu and Cape eland that I have seen.

Mark

Thanks Mark! Sounds like a great place to hunt! I've only heard good things!

Best regards, Darin

After doing a lot of research, and talking with the folks from Tholo at SCI this year, I am taking my son and four other Africa first-timers to Tholo next year.

I have hunted in Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Last year I took my daughter to RSA. After that, I swore off anything with a high fence, ever again. A lot of people I trust assured me that the fence at Tholo is not a factor in the hunting.

The ability to take some 'cull' animals at a fair price is what ultimately sold me. And the chance to hunt a country I haven't hunted.

Good luck with your decision!!

Dear Sir,

I just saw your post today...
If you want some infos about hunting in Benin, you can contact me at safaris.morio@free.fr
Kind regards
Christophe

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
I am considering something a wise man (Aaron Neilson) said on another forum page about bad safaris.

I'd like to try something more remote, I'd like to get away from RSA totally, and have read a lot of good reports about Tholo Safaris in Botswana, I am also very interested in a Namibia Conservancy hunt.

The majority of the hunts in Zambia, Moz or Zim are going to be more than what I am looking at doing financially.

I am also interested in Benin. Which I think might work.

Tholo is really big for high fence. In the evening it would often take 45 minutes or so to get back to the lodge for dinner.

Driving back to the lodge one night, went were driving along a fenceline. Watching a grown kudu turn his head and jump between the wires at Tholo gave me a new perspective on how little they impact game movement. Sure, a non motivated animal won't likely try to breach it, but a spooked animal can, at least at Tholo, jump right through a game fence.