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Old 10-03-2018, 06:46 PM
Dean2 Dean2 is offline
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Originally Posted by 260Ackley View Post
If you wouldn't mind sharing how much the cost of the trip was in total? This may be on the bucket list someday.
My total costs for the trip were $14,000 CND or about $10,500 your money. My brother went as observer so his was a lot less, his total was about $4,800 CND. This can be done for a LOT less than what we spent, even flying first class. There are lots of 6 or 7 day hunts with 4 or 5 trophies available for $2,500-$3,500 U.S. (your all in on one of these, not counting air would work out to about $4,500 using the higher priced hunt, with tips, VAT, and all the non-covered expenses.) plus airfare.

It really is a pretty affordable hunt/holiday compared to most places a guy would go for a couple of weeks. Way cheaper than coming up to Canada to hunt, though the extra guiding costs here are partly offset by the lower airfare and it being only a few hours flight instead of a two day trek.

My only suggestion is, unless your wife hunts or wants to be in the vehicle every day, leave her home. There is not a lot for non-hunters to do in most of the hunt camps unless you go way up scale where they have spas, pools, guided walks and the like. You definitely do not want to be wandering around off the hunt concessions in most areas unless you are armed and in a group.

Given the political climate in SA, if you want to see it I would do it real soon. It may not be long before this is no longer an option, especially if the Gov nationalises all privately held land, like they have been talking about for the last couple of years.
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