Outfitter: John X Safaris

Area: East Cape South Africa

PH: Carl van Zijl

Hunters: Steve and Hunter Robinson

Dates Hunted: Aug 2-12 2010

Rifles: 30/378 Wby Mag Weatherby using 180gr Barnes TSX: .22-250 Savage using 53gr Barnes TSX

Species Hunted and Taken: Eastern Cape Kudu, Mountain Reedbuck, 2 Blesbok, White Blesbok, 2 Blue Wildebeest, Common and black Springbok, Caracal, Cape Grysbok,2 steinbok, Klipspringer, 2 impala, Nyala and 2 Zebra

My family and I just got back from the East Cape of South Africa. On this trip I took my entire family so they could also enjoy Africa. My son Hunter age 11 is a crazy killing machine and this was his first safari. I also took my daughter Ashley 13 and Kaley 4.
Of course my wife was supervising this operation so I wouldn't get her babies eaten by some wild animal.

I was a little nervous about taking the whole crew especially the little one, on such a long plane ride but they did great and enjoyed every bit of the vacation. If you are thinking about taking the family on safari with you but are hesitating for whatever reason, do it now. The excitement of Africa is even better when your children are in constant awe of the animals and scenery. The nice thing about the East Cape is that there are no malaria precautions which makes it a lot easier for the kids.

The only bad part of the trip is that my kids consistantly shot bigger animals than I did and remind me daily.

I was going to do an enire write up for this trip but my PH Carl wrote it up for his blog. Since I am lazy and he did a great job I just listed a link to the blog.

Robinson Family Safari

Here is the link for his entire blog. There are some nice hunts written about there.
John X Safaris blog
I hope those links work. I have never done this before.

I followed your link, fine job my friend.
Congat's to the entire family.
Now the kid's haven given Dad something to beat instead of the other way around.
Darned good reason to go back!

Nicely done. Fun for the whole family.

Thas a good way to raise kids congratulations

Nice trophies and Pix, thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the comments.
The kids did have a good time and they are still on cloud nine after the trip.
My son is very cocky knowing that I will probably never beat his 14+inch black springbok. I may have created a monster.

it looks like you have good time with your family in africa,