Plains Game Hunting

The majority of foreign hunters will hunt a selection of South Africa’s plains game on their first hunt. It offers fantastic value for money, a very challenging, as well as a very diverse hunt. With South Africa offering the most huntable species on the continent, Amaphisi Safaris offers a wide range of free-range plains game, as well as well as fully self-sustaining herds of animals on large came conservation areas, at an affordable price. Most plains game is hunted via walk and stalk, or spot and stalk, where an animal is seen from the vehicle, or a natural vantage point, and a hunt is planned from there, to get as close to the quarry as possible.

Gallery

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Walk and stalk hunting in the Kalahari Desert. The tracker and the client are approaching the herd of gemsbuck with the sun at their back and the wind in their face, while the PH, went up a nearby dune to confirm that the herd has a trophy bull in, and that there are no animals between hunter and prey.

After six hours of patient stalking the hunter was rewarded with this beautiful gemsbuck bull.

Typical mountainous area where we hunt Grey also known as Vaal Rhebuck, klipspringer and Fellow deer.

Mature waterbuck bull in Zululand.

Ashley and Joe Bucini with her beautiful Zebra stallion. This was Ashley’s first African animal, first, animal with a rifle (She is an avid bow hunter), and she spotted the herd as we crested the hill at about 1 mile away, leading to a careful and slow stalk, followed by an excellent shot.

Plains Game Hunting.

A very special valley in the Natal Midlands, known for it’s giant free-range common reedbuck and bushbuck.

Some of the challenging terrain in the Drakensberg where we hunt black wildebeest successfully. Although they are not hunted here, this is also an Oribi Custodian Site, and you are almost always guaranteed to see multiple of this beautiful rare little territorial buck here.

A beautiful stretch of river in the mountainous Zululand, where we often sit down for a packed lunch and cold drink, when hunting free range kudu, nyala and mountain reedbuck.

Pricing

Plains game hunting is priced according to the pricelist on the website. Please note different properties in different provinces can have major price differences. That will be quoted in writing and discussed with the hunter well in advance.

Package Hunts

Amaphisi offers two packages if a client does not want to choose from the list of animals on the pricelist.

1. Spiral horn package:

Animals include one trophy eland bull, one trophy kudu bull, one trophy nyala bull and one trophy bushbuck ram.
The hunt is 12 days in total with ten full hunting days in total, including pick up and drop of at the airport, with one 3-hour travel day in between.
Kudu and nyala are hunted in northern Kwa-Zulu Natal on one of our premium hunting areas, where they occur in abundance. There is a good chance for bushbuck there but it is not guaranteed.
We then travel three hours on a good road to the Drakensberg, or Natal Midlands where eland and bushbuck are again very common and complete the hunt there.
The hunter can decide to add any other animal on the pricelist to the package should he wish.
On day 12 the hunter is taken back to OR Tambo or King Shaka international airport, depending on his choice, and the trophies are delivered to a taxidermist of the client’s choice – we recommend Don Clair Taxidermy, but the client is free to use the taxidermist of his choice, or have his trophies dipped and packed to be mounted in his country of residence.

Cost is $ 9200, and a non-hunting spouse or partner can come with at 50% discount. The hunt will be conducted one on one. If you choose to come as two hunters, the hunt will still be one on one with two fully equipped vehicles, two trackers, skinners and a PH per hunter. Cost per hunter will then be $ 9000.

2. Beginners package:

This is a great cost-effective hunt for a farther and son or daughter, or a laid-back couples hunt.
The hunt is 8 days in total, including drop off and pickup at OR Tambo international airport, or King Shaka international airport, depending on your choice, with 6 full hunting days in between and two travel days. Depending on flight times we can also hunt on the day of arrival and departure.
Animals include 1x trophy blue wildebeest bull, one impala ram, one trophy blesbuck ram, one zebra stallion and one night calling for 2 jackals.
The hunt will take place in the Kwa-Zulu Natal midlands area.
The hunter can decide to add any other animal on the pricelist to the package should he wish.
On day 8 the hunter is taken back to OR Tambo or King Shaka international airport, depending on his choice, and the trophies are delivered to a taxidermist of the client’s choice – we recommend Don Clair Taxidermy, but the client is free to use the taxidermist of his choice, or have his trophies dipped and packed to be mounted in his country of residence.

Cost is $ 4100, and a non-hunting spouse or partner can come with at 50% discount. The hunt will be conducted one on one. If you choose to come as two hunters, the hunt will still be one on one with two fully equipped vehicles, two trackers, skinners and a PH per hunter. Cost per hunter will then be $ 3900.