The West African country of Burkina Faso is well known big game destination for European hunters. It offers several unique species and sub-species of big game which are not found in most Southern African countries that are more commonly hunted by most American hunters.

The hunting is done in the traditional spot and stalk manner. Your PH Richard Julia has over 35 years of experience and is very familiar with the hunting area and the local hunting conditions.

Season dates: January to May.

14 day Lion Safari, buffalo, roan and other plains game, 12 full hunting days
1x1 = 17,000 Euros daily rate

10 day Buffalo, Roan and antelope hunt, 8 full hunting days
1x1 = 11,000 Euros daily rate

8 day Antelope hunt, 6 full hunting days
1x1 = 7,500 Euros daily rate

Included in the daily rate:

Air charter to camp
Full board and lodging in air conditioned bungalows (units)
Soft drinks and mineral water
European style kitchen/menu
Hunting vehicle and all transportation during the hunt
Professional hunter
Trackers
Skinners

Not Included:

Hunting license: 320 Euros per hunter
Firearms license: 110 per rifle
Bar / Liquor bill
Non hunter / observer daily rate: 170 Euros
Hotel stay before and after hunt in Ouagadougou – 60 Euros approximately/day.

Trophy fees/ Taxes d’abattage payable on wounding or killing of following species:

Lion: 1500 Euros
Buffalo: 500 Euros
Roan: 500 Euros
Waterbuck: 400 Euros
Western Hartebeest: 400 Euros
Western Kob: 400 Euros
Bushbuck: 400 Euros
Nagor Reedbuck: 300 Euros
Duiker Western: 100 Euros
Oribi: 100 Euros
Warthog : 200 Euros

* There is a limit on number of animals that can be taken depending upon the hunt package selected and available quota at the time. An extra concessionaire fee may apply on taking more than one of a species, example 2 buffalo, etc. To be finalised at the time of booking of the hunt.

Getting There:

Fly to Paris, France and then connect to Ouagadougou (the capital of BF), where you will be met by a representative from the outfitter who will help you with customs clearance of your guns. You will then be taken to a hotel to overnight. The next morning you will fly into camp (1.5 hours). The hunt will start the following day. After the last day you will fly back to Ouagadougou to connect to your flight back home.

Overview of Game:
LION: In 2009 the outfitter had a 100% success rate. The shot opportunity is typically over 75%. Since no baiting is allowed the lions are tracked from waterholes or natural kills and shot on foot at close range. This makes for a pure traditional lion hunt which is sure to provide some exciting moments for the hunter and his team. Lions shot in Burkina Faso are mature, big bodied animals but they do not have large manes. The thrill of hunting a lion on foot will more than make up for the big mane.





BUFFALO: The success rate is 95% for these species of West African Buffalo. Their coats range from black to a resdish color as seen in the pictures below.





ROAN: The shot opportunity on Roan is virtually 100%. They are abundant here and one can expect to shoot a high record book antelope.



SING SING WATERBUCK:



WEST AFRICAN HARTEBEEST:



HARNESSED BUSHBUCK:



WESTERN KOB:



NAGOR REEDBUCK:



Shot opportunities on the major antelope species also are virtually 100%

Other species include Oribi, Duiker (Red and Blue), Warthog.

Hunting Area:
The private hunting reserve Pama South is approximately 62,000 hectares in size and is located approximately 300 kms east of the Capital Ougadougou on the Benin border with the Pendjari National Park. It has a well maintained road system and the wildlife is extremely well managed year around by its qualified team of anti poaching guards.

View of main camp with swimming pool



View of client chalets - some of them are air-conditoned!



There is a very limited quota on Lion so if this is in your plans for 2010, please let me know straightaway.

For more information or to book this safari
Contact: Arjun Reddy
Telephone: 1-914 310 4902 New York, USA
Email: arjun@huntersnetworks.com

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Cool animals.

Mr Julia is one of the most reputable outfitters in Burkina. I've seen very good references about him and his territory.
Only maybe is a bit more expensive of the others.

Mario,

You are correct on both points. But as a experieneced hunter you know that a good area is also key and those are expensive. The area we hunt is one of the best.

More than anything the results speak for his operation. A 100% on tracked lions is unheard of. Of course these are wild lions and no one can guarantee the success 100%.

For that you have to go to South Africa

yes you have reason. The south african lions are not so wild...

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
One suggestion: most of us here are American, and we have trouble spelling "your-oh" let along figuring out the exchange rate to dollars.

Rich

Speak for yourself about how dumb Americans are.

The hunt is sold in Euros ISS; what is so hard about looking up the exchange rate?

Today's Wall Street Journal Page C1: "Euro sinks below $1.40 on new European credit fears"

Personally, I wish all hunts were sold in their local currency. When the hunt is sold in US dollars, operators always justify increases by stating the weakness of the dollar. On the other hand, they never discount when the dollar strengthens.

If you want, you could always hedge with currency futures.

Having traveled the world, currencies are always of interest. I like the Euro and the dollar and the British pound - they are solid, easily exchanged and can buy what you want. The exchange rate rises and falls - but in the end - it is what it is when you are traveling.

Price your hunt in what you want to get paid in. I can deal with Euro's or pazooza's or whatever.

I don't think MOST Americans have a problem at all with conversions. Especially if they have traveled even the slightest bit. You don't see Europeans (or the rest of the world for that matter) pissing and moaning because most of the hunts on this forum are priced in US dollars.

Just my 2 cents (I can convert that for you if needed).

Jorge400

Great post. Poking fun at the lazy hunters. HERE HERE!

Classic..

www.xe.com is what I use for conversion. You can even convert world currencies to Vanuatu Vatu or Samoan Tala if you desire.

There is no excuse for playing dumb in this age of readily available knowledge.

One Euro is roughly 1.40 US dollars.

I too grasp the fundamentals of a conversion calculator. But if someone is selling me something I prefer for them to do the leg work for me and convert to dollars for the quote. I understand it's simple math, 1.4 to 1 for euros, but since it's so easy, just do it for me.

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Originally posted by Sevenxbjt:
I too grasp the fundamentals of a conversion calculator. But if someone is selling me something I prefer for them to do the leg work for me and convert to dollars for the quote. I understand it's simple math, 1.4 to 1 for euros, but since it's so easy, just do it for me.

I can see why the advertiser will not do it. The hunt is priced in Euro and advertising it in U.S Dollars will expose the company to exchange risk. What happens if you agreed to a 20,000 E hunt at the exchange rate of 1.4 for $28,000 but when the time came to pay, the Euro went to 1.60 and the hunt cost was now $32,000?

In safari business, the booking is done many months in advance and the swing in the exchange rate can make or break the deal.

in the past was very complicate. In Europe we had lot of different currencies: our lira, the german mark, the frenc franc etc. Now is very easy for both europeans and americans: most of the the hunts are sold for Euro or american Dollars and the exchange rate is very easy to know.

One of the two lion hunts are sold. Just one left for 2010! This is a pretty good deal for a wild lion hunt on foot!

With the dollar getting stronger. 1 Euro is now only $1.36. So the daily rate for the lion is $23,000 roughly, which is a tremendous deal for a real lion hunt!! No canned lions here.

thanks for doing the approximate conversion for us. some people are just a little slow doing such complicated math.

It is very fair by the outfitters to stick to their currencies so no need to criticize them, They pay their cost/ fees etc. in their own currency so as they are not Goldman they want no currency risk. It is vrey easy to dial the numbers in oanda,com or similar then you have an impression.

Besides economics my Benin experience was wonderful a few years ago!!!! Please book and enjoy West Africa!!!

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Originally posted by reddy375:
Mario,

You are correct on both points. But as a experieneced hunter you know that a good area is also key and those are expensive. The area we hunt is one of the best.

More than anything the results speak for his operation. A 100% on tracked lions is unheard of. Of course these are wild lions and no one can guarantee the success 100%.

For that you have to go to South Africa

Sent you a PM

One lion has been taken this year and only one permit is left for 2010. 2011 has only one permit left too.

Please could we see some photos from this years lion?

I have been in Int'l biz all my professional career...exchange rates no problem, exchange losses and gains understood, and forward contracts to cover commitments, not a bad idea!! By next year/season, with the Greek debacle going on now, the Euro might be BACK TO $.84...then nobody will be complaining!!
What fries me is hunting companies trying to book in say Euros for Tanzania, Zim or SA...now that just isn't proper...or they are booking Europeans in Euros and US clients in $US...on and on...this gets sticky and seems a bit greedy to me!!
This looks like a great hunt at pretty good prices regardless of the Euro now...bet it would be mighty HOT< > HOT leaving now or for the rest of the season??!!...when do the rains start??
I note the charter is INLCUDED...BRAVO!! This is always a killer for me!! What are they using for equipment?
Any deals on late season hunts yet this year??...no lion required,,,Buff Roan Kob and other as available??

Looks like a really neat hunt . . . this is something Bwanamrm should be all over.

Idaho- y'ever thought of using a credit card...the Canadians get thier C$'s and you get the best exchange rate from your bank!!
I would select the outfitter that was offering the best hunt...not whether he was in $US or ...what ever...if it was an expensive hunt and a big exchange risk, I would buy the currency or a forward contract to "fix" the rate...In my job, did that on every sale we made to a foreign country if not denominated in $US...no big deal...but that was Hundreds of thousands per transaction....big risk too!!
You can lose in FOREX trading, but you can also make big money too...on your deals...if you are buying a gun for delivery in 2-3 years in UK...better buy the currency or a contract...you will be a big winner...$1.49 now vs $2.62/UKP in 07...that's 57% lower...time to buy your Westley or Holland...NOW!!
On the hunt, you might get a better deal buying in FOREX...but its the hunt not the currency that would intice me to buy!!

I have been wrong before, I will be wrong again. I have exchanged PMs with Arjun and he tells me his clientele is generally European and the euro is the basic currency used in Namibia by foreign hunters. He offered to do the conversion for me if I come hunt in 2011.

I just have trouble booking a hunt where I have to figure out how much it is going to cost me.
If you look at the exchange since the day he posted, I could be up or down in cost over 10%.

I like simple...

Rich

Idaho- well that is probably true about European bookings...but as in the US pursuit for Health Care...one size DOESN"T FIT ALL!! It will be interesting to see what happens of the Eruo takes a dive as it is predicted to do...maybe back to its opener...ie around $.085...especially in counries where the Euro is NOT the local currency...which it probably is in Burkina Faso.
Since I already have a $US commitment for Benin, I don't have to wait for Burkina and the Euro to get reasonable again!!

Reddy375- Are there anyKob in this area?

Yes there are Western Kob, see the photo above.

I would not let the currency issue dissuade you from booking a hunt. It's a very simple process to hedge your currency risk. One simple solution would be to purchase Euro denominated travelers checks ahead to time through a bank like Wells Fargo. Travelex also offers several solutions for purchasing currency ahead of you trip. Hope this helps...now book your trip.

The local currency in Burkina Faso is in fact the same as the Euro, since the exchange rate is fixed (until the next devaluation) at around 655 FCFA to one Euro. So a quote in "local" currency wouldn't change a thing versus the US Dollar.

Wink,

What is a FCFA?

Rich

Folks,

Just received these pictures of the last buffalo taken:



Another close up view

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
Wink,

What is a FCFA?

Rich

Rich, sorry I didn't see your post earlier. The short answer is that CFA stands for Communauté Financière d'Afrique . For a complete answer, follow the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFA_franc

quote:

this is something Bwanamrm should be all over.

Hey Mike... wanna make it a twosome!

BTT - Ladies and Gentlemen the price is the same for 2011 and there is one Lion hunt left. We only get two permits. Dates would be January or March 2011. The other lion hunter is coming in on the 13th of February, so before or after him will be fine. Feel free to PM with your questions.

FYI, 1 Euro = USD 1.35 as of today.

Thank you for looking.



Arjun Reddy
www.huntersnetworks.com
Tel: 914 310 4902 (NY)