Has anyone gotten all their animals mounted in Namibia? What was the cost including shipping etc. How was the quality of the work?

Thanks,
Ahmed

Ahmed- I have used Reiser out of Windhoek 2X. The have been good and I would use them again. Wilko Pacheko(sp) is the contact there and is excellent in his habit of QUICKLY answering any questions via phone, fax or e-mail. If you do a search here you should come up w/their contact info.I went to their studio before having them do our work.

Ahmed, I sent you a PM.

I had the taxidermy done at home.
The dip and pack, paperwork and shipping of one crate (don`t know the weight because it was sent right to my taxidermist) was appr. 1300USD. It was 9 animals (baboon scull, warthog tusks, scull+horns+cape on kudu, oryx and hartebeest, scull+horns+full skin on klipspringer and dikdik).
Not too bad I think..

We did visit two taxidermy studios, btw. Don`t remember the names but one of them was outside of Windhoek on the way towards Gobabis. I think the other was closer to Otjiwarongo. The work on both looked very good.
If you`re dealing with a top notch outfitter he should set you up with a top notch taxidermist as well.. Good luck!

My buddy and I just got our stuff back. He had the following completed in Namibia:

1 Kudu shoulder
1 Gemsbok shoulder
1 Hartebeast shoulder
1 Warthog shoulder
1 Zebra rug
all backskins tanned

His Taxidermy bill was around $2,800

I had:

1 Springbok shoulder
1 Steinbok shoulder
1 Zebra rug
Variety of kudu, gemsbok hides tanned

My total for that was about $800

Our shipping for all this was $2800, but it could have been less, I think, if the shoulder mounts had been packed more "tightly."

So, for 6 shoulder (actually, pedestal) mounts of most of the Namibian plains game, plus 2 zebra rugs, and a pile of tanned skins and other novelties, it cost around $6400.

The work looks good; I'd say equal to the average "assembly-line" shop in the US. BTW, the tanned skins are terrific. The outfit I used had their own tannery on site, and the leather (hair-off) kudu backskins they did are the best I've ever seen.

Texan,

Where did you get the work done? Reiser? I am going to Namibia next month and still looking for a taxidermist. Also, who shipped your mounts?

You can also send your trophies to SA, I´ll be sending mine to Safari Taxidermy in Pietersburg. I´ve used them on earlier occasions and I trust them. The cost of shipping from Namibia to SA isn´t that much.