Where are the best places in Mosambique to hunt and with which PH? Regards, AIU

If you want a traditional type hunt - tracking in mopane, etc. - Kambako and Jumbo Moore run a great operation in Niassa. This is in contrast to the coastal/swamp hunts where you wade in or ride Argos and shoot buff at 100 yards.

AIU,

In Mozambique once you move inland from the Delta the buffalo hunting will be much like the tracking hunts anywhere. Simply put you find a fresh track and if you catch the buffalo sort out a shooter.

The Delta offers a completely different experience. The buffalo will be out on the flood plain which can be almost bone dry short grass flats that run on forever interspersed with papyrus filled streams or the grass can be very high making the hunt very interesting.

If you are thinking about hunting the Delta or up country I would recommend a late season hunt. The Delta will be drier and the grass inland will be burned increasing visibility.

Mozambique can offer some great hunting for a great variety of species if you pick your outfitters carefully. Be cautious!

Mark

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Originally posted by Tim Herald:
If you want a traditional type hunt - tracking in mopane, etc. - Kambako and Jumbo Moore run a great operation in Niassa. This is in contrast to the coastal/swamp hunts where you wade in or ride Argos and shoot buff at 100 yards.

Mr. Herald
I don’t know if and with whom you hunted in the delta and in which year / month but i don’t think it would be fair to generalised you experience?

Not all operator in the delta use Agros!

The Delta it is a flood plain not a permanent swamp and most areas are dry outside the rainy season you doo however have a lot of water channels and rivers which also have beautiful riverine forest, plus palm forest altogether a very unique landscape.

Our average shooting distance is about 50-60 meters and 100 meter shots are the exception. If the hunter is reasonable fit and willing 15 to 20 meter shooting distance is not a problem it is the clients hunt and whatever he wants and is legal, ethical and safe we try to deliver.
You see more buffalo in a week then you will see in a year in Niassa!
I am qualified to make this statement owning areas in the Delta and Niassa.
Niassa is top for tsetse elephant, leopard, lion and sable, for Buffalo and mosquito’s any day of the year the delta.

Cheers

AIU,
I have a hunt booked with Mark Haldane of Zambeze Delta Safaris for September of 2012... looking forward to hunting the coutadas around the Marromeu swamps! Should be very different from my usual buff hunts with opportunities at some different game in different country. Can't wait!

freischuetz - I apologize for generalizing, and didn't mean that as a negative as it may have seemed. I should have used floodplain instead of swamp. I was simply saying it is a totally different experience than traditional tracking, not better or worse...

Is Guy Whittal still a PH in Mozambique? How does an inland Mozambique hunt compare with Zim in terms of terrain & costs? What would be the big difference in terms of Buffalo, leopard and PG?

Bwanamrm, you will love this hunt. The territory around camp is pretty much the same as Tanzania, Zim, etc....scrub jess, some forests, grasslands, etc. The game is outstanding...Sable, Nyala, Red Duiker, Blue Duiker, cool little Suni, and some of the best Warthogs I've seen anywhere. It feels like "old Africa" would have been in my mind. When you do Buff, you'll be up in "the swamps"; the floodplains of the Zambesi, which will vary in conditions depending on the amount of rain earlier in the season.

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Bwanamrm, you will love this hunt. The territory around camp is pretty much the same as Tanzania, Zim, etc....scrub jess, some forests, grasslands, etc. The game is outstanding...Sable, Nyala, Red Duiker, Blue Duiker, cool little Suni, and some of the best Warthogs I've seen anywhere. It feels like "old Africa" would have been in my mind. When you do Buff, you'll be up in "the swamps"; the floodplains of the Zambesi, which will vary in conditions depending on the amount of rain earlier in the season.

I agree, having hunted with Mark Haldane (coutada 11) in 2009, it was a great first Cape Buffalo Hunt, I also shot a big Suni, Red & Blue Duiker.

I am also interested in NakiHubter's question re: Guy Whittall. Comments?

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Originally posted by Nakihunter:
Is Guy Whittal still a PH in Mozambique? How does an inland Mozambique hunt compare with Zim in terms of terrain & costs? What would be the big difference in terms of Buffalo, leopard and PG?

Whittall's northern block would NOT be my pick for Buffalo (YES for Leopard though) but I would hunt with them in the Zambezi Delta If I wanted to hunt there.
Kambako's Niassa block amongst the Miombo is a great hunting area for Buff but you will work for them and not see so many big herds (Prefer hunting small groups of Daggerboy anyway).


A fantastic Niassa Buff taken by AR's Andy7x64 with PH Stu Taylor of www.kambakosafaris.com

I can confirm ozhunters statement in total.
niassa is a great place to hunt,
in particular for all of the big 4.
i'm pretty sure that there are places like the Selous with more buff,
but in the Niassa blocks you definitely have the chance for a big bull like the one I shot there 2 years ago.
in addition it is really hunting like in the old times in East Africa.
I highly recommend Kambako / Jumbo Moore / Stu Taylor for a buff hunt!

rgds,
Andy

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Bwanamrm, you will love this hunt. The territory around camp is pretty much the same as Tanzania, Zim, etc....scrub jess, some forests, grasslands, etc. The game is outstanding...Sable, Nyala, Red Duiker, Blue Duiker, cool little Suni, and some of the best Warthogs I've seen anywhere. It feels like "old Africa" would have been in my mind. When you do Buff, you'll be up in "the swamps"; the floodplains of the Zambesi, which will vary in conditions depending on the amount of rain earlier in the season.

I agree, having hunted with Mark Haldane (coutada 11) in 2009, it was a great first Cape Buffalo Hunt, I also shot a big Suni, Red & Blue Duiker.

My husband and I hunted Coutada 11 last year with Mark Haldane. It was truly a unique experience. His camps are great and we saw tons of game. As others have said the terrain varies from Suni forest to giant flood plains. I did take my 10th buffalo on the flood plains and I wouldn't trade that unique experience for anything.


Best regards, D. Nelson

Mark Haldane gets my vote as well, a first class operation top to bottom. Boddington and I have filmed several shows with Zambezi Delta Safaris and have always enjoyed the man, the camps, and the game.

I have hunted with Mark in Mozambique and found it to be quite exciting.. Went later in the year and the area was dry with areaa of Papyrus swamp and we did use an Argo.

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Originally posted by D. Nelson:

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Bwanamrm, you will love this hunt. The territory around camp is pretty much the same as Tanzania, Zim, etc....scrub jess, some forests, grasslands, etc. The game is outstanding...Sable, Nyala, Red Duiker, Blue Duiker, cool little Suni, and some of the best Warthogs I've seen anywhere. It feels like "old Africa" would have been in my mind. When you do Buff, you'll be up in "the swamps"; the floodplains of the Zambesi, which will vary in conditions depending on the amount of rain earlier in the season.

I agree, having hunted with Mark Haldane (coutada 11) in 2009, it was a great first Cape Buffalo Hunt, I also shot a big Suni, Red & Blue Duiker.

My husband and I hunted Coutada 11 last year with Mark Haldane. It was truly a unique experience. His camps are great and we saw tons of game. As others have said the terrain varies from Suni forest to giant flood plains. I did take my 10th buffalo on the flood plains and I wouldn't trade that unique experience for anything.


Best regards, D. Nelson

Mrs Nelson,

You really do get around. The spread on that Buff is nearly as wide as your smile.

Andrew

I hunted with Mark Haldane last September and had a wonderful hunt. He has two Coutadas next to each other- 11 and 12. We hunted in Coutada 12. From what I could tell, Coutada 11 buffalo hunting was generally in the swamps/floodplains. Coutada 12 does not have the swamps/floodplains and all buffalo hunting is traditional spore and track- usually through very thick forest. We tracked several herds, all through forest, and ended up getting mine at about 25 yards in the thick stuff. It was my first buffalo hunt, but my impression is that it was a very traditional tracking hunt and the Argo's are only used in the swamps. Summary- Haldane can do either a swamp hunt in 11 or a stalking hunt in 12. Good Luck.

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Mrs Nelson,

You really do get around. The spread on that Buff is nearly as wide as your smile.

Andrew

Killing Buffalo always puts a smile on my face!!!