Here are some photos for your enjoyment which we took while on our April/May 30 day trip to Zim, Tanz, Zanzibar and Kenya.
I used my Merkel 470NE and my friend backed my shots up with his custom 404J on the non trophy Jumbo.

Some Ele under Acacia trees and Mt Killimanjaro


Jamie with his 404J and a lowvelt Wilderbeast


The morning after a good meal of Elephant Boerewors, Sudsa and a few Castle Beers {note the empty box} at our light camp.









Me on Tsavo Bridge


A Tsavo Bull


My Marauder


More details futher on.

Cheers,
Ozhunter.

Wow, Congrats Oz Hunter!
Exceptional set-up and picture. I look forward to all the details!

Must have more info! And a few more pictures wouldn't hurt either.

It sounds like a great trip from what you have posted so far.

Congratultions, sounds like you had a great time.

Regards,

Terry

P.S.
I resized the photo so it would load faster.

Very nice!

Great!

Looking forward to more!

JPK

GREAT PHOTO
Did your elephant drop like that or
did you move him?

Congratulations.... WOW sounds like you covered some territory and did well!!!

Looking forward to more photos.

That is simply a GREAT photo!

Are ther more to come??

Congratulations!

How did your driving trip around Kenya/Tzn go?

That is one big bull! Nice pict. congrats. Steve

Congrats. He accommodated a good pose!

quote:

Originally posted by ozhunter:
I used my Merkel 470NE and my friend backed my shots up with his custom 404J.

I thought the other fellow looked familiar then re-read the post.

Congratulations. Great photo!

Well done!
What did you do with your .470 and ammo when you travelled around Tz, Zanzibar and Kenya?

Bwanamich etc,
The leftover ammo stayed in Zim and we left our rifles at the Guest house in Jo'Burg for our tour which started at Dar es Sallam where we were guests of PH Jonathan Taylor and his wife Lynn {with many thanks}. from Tanga we flew to Zanzibar via Pemba Island where we hung around doing some sight seeing, shoping and diving for three days. Then we flew to Mombasa which was nice {less humid and wet than in Tanz}.
The next day with our Avis RAV4 we shot up the road to the town of Voi and into Tsavo east N/P{from Voi the country was really nice through to Namanga}.
At Tsavo we saw Gerinuk, Lesser Kudu, common plains game, Ele, Grants Gazele some great sightings of Leopard at Ngulia Lodge and some huge Ele Bulls in the Rino area.
After a few days we moved to Ambaseli where the high lights were some huge buff{around 45"} and ele{appox 80lbs} under beautiful Mt Kilimanjaro.
Both Tsavo and Ambaseli were quiet at this time of the year and had some great lodges and camps. Some we saw were Ngulia, Severin Safari Camp, Finch Hattons and Tortilis Camp.
On the last day in Kenya we left Ambaseli park with no brakes which made driving an auto fun till we got to the border town of Namanga {on the Kenyan side of the border with the Logido hunting area in Tanz} where we were mobbed by Masai woman selling curios. After the brakes were fixed we made tracks for Nairobi for the flight back to SA then on to Aus.
Unfortunately again we did not make it north of Nairobi but I know were I will be going next time I get to east Africa.
From what I saw of Kenya in particular the Masai land, I ony hope they open to sport hunting one day soon.
PS; We needed the cruser to tip the Ele over for butchering and it would be impossible to up right it for photos.
ozhunter

...that is one beauty "butterfly" - congrats

Great photo, mate. Well Done. Sorry did not get much of a chance to catch up on the weekend. I will be in sydney on the june long weekend for a wedding, hopefully we can catch up then.

Nicely done, good photo

Looks like a great hunt Adam...look forward to the details!
Cheers,
Russell

Nice elephant and nice long trip through East Africa.

Hamdeni

Some more photos have been added for your enjoyment.
ozhunter

Ozhunter,

What a great trip! Very interesting. Thanks. Hugh

Ozhunter some of your photos, esp. of landscapes are nearly ethereal. Nat Geo couldn't beat them at all!! I'm serious. Thanks so much.

On my way over for the 07 version of this Ele hunt and will be back in May.

Cheers,
Adam

Have a safe trip and good hunting!

Ozhunter

Your pictures are absolutely stunning. The one of the buffalo bull defines the term 'dagga boy'. I honestly think it's the best buffalo picture I've ever seen. You should be selling your photographs. Congratulations on everything.

Dave

quote:

Originally posted by ozhunter:
On my way over for the 07 version of this Ele hunt and will be back in May.

Cheers,
Adam

Have a good one, mate.

Great photo of Kilimanjaro.

First time I have seen the rest of the pics. Outstanding!

Thank you for the great pictures. I especially liked the Tsavo Station photographs.

Outstanding. I too shoot a Merkel .470 NE Double Rifle and love it.

I missed this the first time around. Great photos. I love that buff in particular. Good luck to you on this year's trip.

just got a SMS message from Ozhunter (still in Africa at the moment)

"470NE stops jumbo with bad intentions, hi from Zim"

Too bad the Tsavo bull wasn't the Marauder,
Well one can dream. Great report and really good pictures.

Was that the original Tsavo bridge as described in past history?

Dak

Hi JT,
I will try to send you some extra photos but not the ones with me flat out in the back of your Cruser...
AAAH Tuskers....

Sorry I missed this thread first, second and third time round!

That would have to be one of the greatest buffalo pics ever! Photos are fabulous.

CHeers, Chris

Thanks for resurrecting this post and displaying these amazing photos. The buffalo pic is fantastic, as is the Kilimanjaro shot, but that Elephant trophy pic is the best I've ever seen by far...and I look at all of them, 'cuz that's probably as close as I'll ever get to doing it!

John

Ahhhh, to see the pics again!