John Du Plooy/Muchinga Adventures has given me the go ahead to market some buffalo hunts for '15. He was awarded the Chifunda GMA in the recent tender and is anxious to get back to hunting full time. Chifunda is 690,000 acres on the Luangwa river and borders directly on the North Luangwa Park covering the majority of the park's eastern boundary. This is a very good block with lots of buffalo and actually produced the SCI # 1 buffalo a few years ago. The river is loaded with hippo and croc plus the riverine has good PG. A croc and hippo should be quite easy even on a short buffalo hunt.

I had an excellent hunt with Johnny in '12 and have had many happy clients with him over the years. Johnny is expecting leopard to be on quota before the '15 season kicks off so I have my fingers crossed on that one as the already amazing leopard hunting along the Luangwa will be even better following the recent closure.

The Luangwa is real wild Africa and I can almost guarantee lions calling near your chalet nightly and elephants wondering through camp at night.

Pricing: For now these hunts are what's available. An upgrade to two buffalo can be had by special arrangement. Please note if you consider the trophy fees being much lower than the average in Zimbabwe for buffalo, hippo and croc this hunt becomes very attractive.

10 Day Deluxe Mini - Buffalo, Hippo, Crocodile & Plains Game Combo
1 Hunter with 1 Professional Hunter $8,500
2 Hunters with 1 Professional Hunter $7,750
Mini Concession Fees Per Hunter $4,500

7 Day Buffalo, Hippo, Crocodile & Plains Game Mini Safari
1 Hunter with 1 Professional Hunter $6,950
2 Hunters with 1 Professional Hunter $5,750
MINI CONCESSION FEES PER HUNTER $3,500

7 Day Buffalo & Plains Game Mini Safari (No Hippo Or Crocodile)
1 Hunter with 1 Professional Hunter $6,500
2 Hunters with 1 Professional Hunter $5,750
MINI CONCESSION FEES PER HUNTER $2,500

5 Day Hippo, Crocodile & Plains Game Mini Safari (No Buffalo)
1 Hunter with 1 Professional Hunter $4,950
2 Hunters with 1 Professional Hunter $4,250
MINI CONCESSION FEES PER HUNTER $2,000

5 Day Cookson Wildebeest & Plains Game Special (No Buffalo, Hippo, Crocodile)
1 Hunter with 1 Professional Hunter $4,950
2 Hunters with 1 Professional Hunter $4,250
MINI CONCESSION FEES PER HUNTER $2,000

TROPHY FEES 2015

Baboon $120
Buffalo $3,950
Bushbuck $900
Bushpig $650
Crocodile $2,500
Civet $1,000
Duiker $530
Grysbok $450
Hippo $2,950
Hyena $600
Impala $350
Kudu $2,300
Oribi $750
Puku $900
Warthog $850
Common Waterbuck $1,750
Cookson Wildebeest $3,500

Extras:

Observer $290 per day
Hunting license, bird license, gun permit, Conservation fee $1,450
Dip/pack $1,650 (Muchinga does their own and you'll have your trophies before the start of the next year)
Visa on arrival
Departure tax
Muchinga Guesthouse $60 per night per person
Charters as necessary
All insurance
international airfare
Trophy shipping

Contact me anytime with your questions.

Mark

Hunted with these guys in 2010 and they run a flawless operation start to finish.

Mark, confused by one thing. There's the concession fee with the individual "packages" like the old days but what is the "Cons" fee in the "Lic, gun permit, Cons fee $1,450 ?

I will be forever grateful to Johnny du Plooy as he was the first to get Joyce interesting in killing more than paper.

Cheers
Jim

Mark

What is approximate road transfer and charter costs ?

On the cost am I reading it right - daily rate + mini concession fee + $1450 fee (cons lic gun ect)

Thanks,

Mike

Guys,

I've spelled out the $1,450 fee as I should have when I initially put the ad up. Hunting license, bird license, gun permit, Conservation fee $1,450.

Mike,

Yes. Daily fees+Concession+licenses, gun permit and Conservation fee. I've just rec'd this in the last few hours and I will find out the charter costs. Road transfers really are not practical as if I remember correctly it might take 14 hours and will bust your butt. Zambia does not have the road system that Zim does.

Mark

When I added it all up, looks like it's about $4,000 more or so than my 7 day Buff hunt 5 years ago and the bulk of that is the concession fee bump from $1,000 to $3,500.

I'd say very fair pricing by Johnny & Laura in a beautiful part of Zambia.

Cheers
Jim

quote:

Originally posted by Frostbit:
When I added it all up, looks like it's about $4,000 more or so than my 7 day Buff hunt 5 years ago and the bulk of that is the concession fee bump from $1,000 to $3,500.

I'd say very fair pricing by Johnny & Laura in a beautiful part of Zambia.

Cheers
Jim

Agree and I think some good buff will be taken this year. The prices are fair.

quote:

it might take 14 hours and will bust your butt.

we drove out of there in 2000 - took 12 hrs - interesting drive - not as bad as the drive to tondwa, but if you're not a hardass you will be

I had a great hunt with Muchinga in 2009. No problems from airport pick up to getting my trophies home.
Really glad to see Zambia outfitters getting back into the game.