I have a Safari scheduled for May 2023, I've worked with Africa Sky for my permits before and will again, but after my Safari, We will be flying from East London to Durbin, spend 3 days in the Durban area and then back to Johannesburg. Will I have to put my rifle in storage while in Durban or will I be able to take it to my Hotel or rental property?

Your best bet is to ask whoever is hosting you. I’ve traveled in South Africa with guns while vacationing in Kruger and one of the APNR’s before doing a bit of hunting, but I made sure beforehand how to do it by asking those who were hosting me.

I’ve done what you are planning a couple of times. Both times I hired one of the permit services to meet me at the airport on arrival from hunting and store my firearms at their location, then deliver them back to me at the airport prior to departing for home. Simple and didn’t have to worry about keeping up with the firearms while found touristy things.

What Karl said. It will give you piece of mind while on tour.

Mark

Africa Sky stored my two double rifles for a week in their walk-in safe while I was hunting the Eastern Cape in South Africa for the last of my tiny ten-a cape grysbok. I had stayed with them initially upon arrival in Joburg, and they had also done my meet and greet. I then returned to Joburg, stayed with them another night and flew on to Zimbabwe with my doubles. They will store them, but they will charge you a fee for doing so. It was perfect and it gave me great peace of mind while hunting cape grysbok in an area around Port Elizabeth and thereafter spending some days in the Karoo with my PH and his wife.

After i finished my 21 day hunt in TZ, I left my rifles with my safari operator and toured Ngorongoro for a couple days. Returning to Arusha they met me for lunch, returned my rifles and provided a driver to KJO airport. The driver helped me carry and clear my guns onto the QA flight. Painless.

Is it possible to store guns in one country, depart for say the Seychelles, and then return to pick up said guns before returning to the US. I’m guessing the answer is no but would be curious to hear if that’s been done before.

Yes, done it a couple of times. I left rifles with Air2000 one time and RuflePermits another. Just have to include those extra days on your permit.

I have stored my rifle at AfricaSky for a couple of weeks, left RSA and they delivered it to the airport upon my return to RSA. Other than the cost, it was easy. I believe that Riflepermits.com will do it too.