Come hunt the Zambezi Valley - Crocodile from the Zambezi not from an artificial dam

7-Day Cocodile Hunt Package

7-day Crocodile Hunt Total $6,500.00
Hippo Trophy additional $3,800

Crocodile Package Includes
Day rate for 7 hunting days
Crocodile trophy fee

Crocodile Package does not include
Trophy fee on Hippo
Trophy Fees on any additional animals taken or wounded
Airfare to Harare Zimbabwe
2% Government Levy on daily rates
2% Government Tax on Trophy Fees
Dip & Pack Fees
Trophy Shipping Fees
Gratuities to camp staff and PH

Other Trophies available:

Elephant
Buffalo
Lion
Elephant Tuskless
Plains Game

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Ah, just so you don't get in trouble, and get your post deleted. Read the rules for posting here. You need to post a contact number, and if you havea website that would be helpful too.

Just trying to help.


Mad Dog

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Originally posted by Mad Dog:
Ah, just so you don't get in trouble, and get your post deleted. Read the rules for posting here. You need to post a contact number, and if you havea website that would be helpful too.

Just trying to help.


Mad Dog

Thanks, well noted and done

While its not listed in Saeeds rules, dates could be helpful.

What block are you hunting and who is PHing the hunts?

Cheers Stu

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Originally posted by cmfic1:
While its not listed in Saeeds rules, dates could be helpful.

Dates are between Mid September to End November 2010.

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Originally posted by stuey:
What block are you hunting and who is PHing the hunts?

Cheers Stu

We are hunting Nyakasanga Hunting Section - Against the Zambezi River

which camp?

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Originally posted by stuey:
What block are you hunting and who is PHing the hunts?

Cheers Stu

Nyakasanga Hunting Section

PH,
Joe Chitambwe
Theo Verster
Francois Scholtz

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Originally posted by Mario:
which camp?

We do not share a camp with the Auction Hunters - we have our own camp, where Old A camp use to be.

I was there with barry Van herdeen a couple of years ago and the camp was located on the bank of the zambezi

Mario,

100% correct, and still Beautiful. I am convinced the Garden of Eden was here...

absolutely one of the most beautiful places I ever seen. Leopards, Lions, Elephants walk around and incredible to tell the cell phone works like at home

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Originally posted by Mario:
absolutely one of the most beautiful places I ever seen. Leopards, Lions, Elephants walk around and incredible to tell the cell phone works like at home

You are so right, wish I can pack up and move their permanently, incredible the number of lion prides that move around there. The nice, and somewhat eerie, part is that you will find Lions tracks on top of yours. Leopard - had the strangest experience with a Leopard we had on bait there, we went to check on the bait and to see if it did climb... that was 13h20 and we actually found the bugger on the bait... needless to say no hunter in sight... was busy tracking buffalo.. you should come up and visit us.

I hunted Nyakasanga back in 2005 with Guy Whittall. The area is full of game. We saw Lions on a daily basis and there was plenty of Elephant and Buffalo about.

The fishing is great too.

Mike

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Originally posted by miketaylor:
I hunted Nyakasanga back in 2005 with Guy Whittall. The area is full of game. We saw Lions on a daily basis and there was plenty of Elephant and Buffalo about.

The fishing is great too.

Mike

You are very fortunate to have hunted this area, I just wish we could show this to more people, the perception around Zimbabwe is not good. However we try... Yes Lions on a daily basis, saw some PHs come out their tents next morning look like they had a "heavy" night... yep, Lions roaring close to camp/tents...
Still the same Mike, plenty Elle, Buff and Shumba. Fishing... well... still a bit poor to buy the right boat for that activity..

why Barry leaved this camp?

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Originally posted by Mario:
why Barry leaved this camp?

Not sure, will find out though.

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I am convinced the Garden of Eden was here...

Pictures would be great!

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Originally posted by Mississippian:

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I am convinced the Garden of Eden was here...

Pictures would be great!

Hunted Nyakasanga in '08. Beautiful area, saw elephants daily, lions crossing over from park on first day, crocs every day including one real monster one near the old sugar plantation.

the view from the camp

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Originally posted by Mario:


the view from the camp

Mario, just as it is now, how do I post a photo

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Originally posted by cable68:
Hunted Nyakasanga in '08. Beautiful area, saw elephants daily, lions crossing over from park on first day, crocs every day including one real monster one near the old sugar plantation.

That is where we shot a 15 foot croc in July. There is some real monsters close to where the Nyakasanga river join the Zambezi.

Is this left over quota from the auction hunts? Will you handle the paperwork with Parks?

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Originally posted by TNJohn:
Is this left over quota from the auction hunts? Will you handle the paperwork with Parks?

Dear TNJohn, this is left over quota, but not from auction hunts Bouna Safaris operate a concession (whole area). We will handle all the paperwork.

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Originally posted by Bouna Safaris:

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Originally posted by Mario:


the view from the camp

Mario, just as it is now, how do I post a photo

Straight across from where you stood on the photo

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Originally posted by Bouna Safaris:

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Originally posted by Mississippian:

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I am convinced the Garden of Eden was here...

Pictures would be great!

Some pics





Straight across from Camp

I assume then that this is then the Rifa area to the west of the tar road, but everything you describe is the Auction area. Has parks now made this area a concession? Another company offered similar hunts again in the section commonly called the auction area. Your square miles description describes the auction area.

From your website it looks like there is a quota listed from parks and if Nyakasanga is no longer an auction area or extra quota is being hunted that would be information many would like to hear about. What is the story?

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Originally posted by TNJohn:
I assume then that this is then the Rifa area to the west of the tar road, but everything you describe is the Auction area. Has parks now made this area a concession? Another company offered similar hunts again in the section commonly called the auction area. Your square miles description describes the auction area.

From your website it looks like there is a quota listed from parks and if Nyakasanga is no longer an auction area or extra quota is being hunted that would be information many would like to hear about. What is the story?

It is not the section on left of the road, Rifa but indeed Nyakasanga. The area is still an auction area, we bought a concession after parks made a mistake with our other area Matetsi 2 they offered us a concession in Nyakasanga Area. Parks were suppose to allocate a designated area to us, the guys from Zim Hunters and others were not happy and parks then said we can hunt the whole area as described, thus the whole area can be hunted by Bouna's clients.

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Originally posted by Bouna Safaris:

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Originally posted by Mississippian:

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I am convinced the Garden of Eden was here...

Pictures would be great!

Mario this is as you walk in from the Dining area

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yes is the place where my picture on the sunset was taken.
I've seen elephants there in the night and also a big leopard.
What about the old sugar plantation? Did you went there? Do you know the people who run the safari operation there?

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Originally posted by Mario:
yes is the place where my picture on the sunset was taken.
I've seen elephants there in the night and also a big leopard.
What about the old sugar plantation? Did you went there? Do you know the people who run the safari operation there?

Chirundu Estates, Manager there is Ben... they only farm Crocodiles there now... for meat and skin... Owner is Rodney van der Riet?? I did not meet him but my partner did... good people

Like the camp Bouna is hunting from the Croc farm has been taken from those that built these operations. The former manager of the croc farm passed away last year, suddenly.
Quite a shame what all has happened. Was interested in a hunt, until I did a little digging.

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Originally posted by TNJohn:
Like the camp Bouna is hunting from the Croc farm has been taken from those that built these operations. The former manager of the croc farm passed away last year, suddenly.
Quite a shame what all has happened. Was interested in a hunt, until I did a little digging.

The Croc farm is part of what is called Chirundu Estates, and this has nothing to do with Bouna, Chirundu Estates have their own concession and still hunt that concession. Bouna has its own concession and I do not know what you mean with "Like the camp Bouna is hunting from the Croc farm has been taken from those that built these operations.The former manager of the croc farm passed away last year, suddenly.
Quite a shame what all has happened. Was interested in a hunt, until I did a little digging"

What happened??
Manager passed away suddenly??

did a little digging??

I've never seen this estate only crossed from the main road Harare-Lusaka to the camp. But I think is a very interesting place. The unique private area in the area and they told me they had a big game quota. A good place for buil a private camp one the zambezi.

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Originally posted by Mario:
I've never seen this estate only crossed from the main road Harare-Lusaka to the camp. But I think is a very interesting place. The unique private area in the area and they told me they had a big game quota. A good place for buil a private camp one the zambezi.

You were lucky, nobody is allowed to pass through the Chirundu Estates anymore, another person did stuff it up for us. We are re-building the camp where you took the picture and not on the estate. They do have their own "camp", more a lodge.

Not trying to start a pissing contest, but I am curious and think folks on the Forum ought to know. Is the Joe Chitambwe mentioned above the same PH who used to work for Big 5 Safaris and was fired and then had his license revoked for being involved in some sort of scandel in Chizarira National Park? If not, my apologies but as I recall the allegations were quite serious.

You might be a really great person and you definitely have a great area to hunt and camp to hunt from. I’m sure there will be people that will jump on a good cheap deal. But for me I’ll support Zimbabwean hunters such as the Hulmes, Duckworths and the like, when in Zimbabwe.

Theo Verster and Francois Scholtz do not appear on the Zim parks list of professional hunters from 2006. Maybe these names have been added recently. The only Joe Chitambwe worked at Big 5.

The allowance of your firm to use the Auction area as a private concession is not a normal occurrence. Granted they have been doing meat quotas in past years but to allow a firm to use quota from another area on top of the auction quota is questionable and could have long term affects. Auction hunt quota on Lion is one you have two on quota.

The camp you have posted on your website is “Kockotts Camp” and not old A camp. Now you may be hunting out of A camp, but at one time you did use Kockotts Camp. While you are not the actual insturment of it being taken, you are an enabler.

What type of friend or even client would I be if one day I’m on the phone taking about our grandbabies and the next I’m booking a hunt that would have me possibly staying in the camp they built?