Kayne's hunt report: Zimbabwe Cape Buffalo

Executive Director of General Operations Kayne Robinson took a trip to Zimbabwe in search of a cape buffalo. From the picture above, we see he was successful!

He wrote the following report exclusively for NRAHuntersRights.org:

I contracted for a Cape buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe through Grant Adventures, Parrish, Florida. The safari company was Ingwe Safaris, Harare, Zimbabwe, a company with long experience there. The safari covered the period June 17 through 23, 2008, which was close to the time of the Zimbabwe election and significant internal turmoil. In fact we encountered absolutely no problem on the entire hunt or related travel.

Checking-in on arrival at Harare there was a $30 fee in U.S. cash. We were met by Bill Bradford, a principal in the safari company. There was absolutely no hassle or difficulty getting through the airport with guns, ammo and equipment.

We stayed overnight at a bed & breakfast owned by friends of the safari company; the cost was $140 per person in U.S. cash.

In the morning we flew in Cessna Stationair 6 airplanes to the Dande Safari area, a little over an hour away. Flying saved time, and since this was days before the Zimbabwe election, it avoided any difficulty related to election disputes that one might encounter driving surface roads.

Murara Camp, our base, is about 100 miles north of Harare, in the Zambezi Valley. It is typical of a high quality safari camp. The permanent A-frame huts sleep two hunters each, have hot and cold water, a shower, toilet and generator lights for a couple of hours in the evening and early morning. There is an open-sided cabana for eating and a fire pit for evening socializing. Vehicle transport was reliable in the company’s good-quality Toyota trucks.

Dande Safari area is a vast expanse with terrain that looks like South Texas. It has a lot of game. We saw elephant, crocodile, lion, warthog, impala, and buffalo every day.

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