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Karoo Wild doesn’t market at shows but I was at our local hunters association meeting this Wednesday. The DSC show in Atlanta was on the agenda and the outfitters that take a booth there certainly weren’t happy!

I hear what you’re saying but the inflation range in SA is 4-5% per annum. 2007 is 18 years ago. The cost of almost everything in SA doubles every 8-9 years with compound inflation. That SA taxidermist who’s quadrupled his prices, he’s not making any more profit than he did in 2007.

I don’t have much information on US taxidermy pricing but the SA taxidermy pricing is 10-20% more than we’ve came across, and we work with one of the best in the world. I also haven’t seen such a big difference expressed in shipping completed mounts vs shipping dip and pack before. I’ve run...

Paul, from Weipa, Australia booked his first plains game hunt in Africa with us. We were honoured to guide Paul to some fantastic trophies and we had a lot of fun over the 11 days I guided Paul in the Karoo. Chris (4th hunt with us) and Mitch hunted in KZN with Jason for oribi, red...

Pics of some kudu we hunted in the 2024 season Click Here to View - Pics and info on all species we hunt

We were excited to welcome Geoff for his 3rd hunt with Karoo Wild Safaris. I guided Geoff to an additional five Tiny Ten species to add to his growing collection. We hunted a world class vaal rhebok, oribi, common duiker, blue duiker and cape grysbok. All fantastic trophy specimens. Geoff also...

Lifelong friends, Carl and Chris hunted with us on their first African hunting safari. Both of them were successful in hunting all 4 spiral horned species Jim returned to hunt his 2nd cape buffalo with us, this time bringing his wife Melissa with. A hunt with Jim is always a special...

In July, we welcomed a group of friends from Montana and Tennessee on a plains game hunt with us. Stacy hunted with Jaco as his guide, Jason guided Ken and Rob on their hunt and I toured with Andrea and Melinda showing them some of the highlights of the Karoo. We split the 8-day hunt with some...

Troy and son Brian, from Georgia hunted with us on a father and son hunt. I guided Troy and Jaco guided Brian on their 8 day safari. We had a successful safari, taking an old dugga boyand a variety of plains game. Click here - View our Packages Richard and Lin hunted with us on a 7-day...

Scott and his son, Jock hunted with us on a 22 day multi-province safari. During our adventure Scott hunted an incredible variety of species, taking a total of 27 animals. A safari I will surely never forget and hopefully soon to be repeated. TO BE CONTINUED...

Another spectacular season has some to an end at Karoo Wild Safaris. It's been a season of tremendous variety and absolute quality. We hunted in Limpopo and Kwazulu Natal for rarer species like hyena, civet, red duiker, Limpopo bushbuck, crocodile, and African wildcat. In our home province of...

Second that, been quite a few rabies outbreaks in SA recently. Even reports of infected cape fur seals attacking surfers off Cape Town.

I live in South Africa and have travelled all over SA and parts of Africa. I’ve never paid a bribe or been solicited for one. I’m not saying at all that it doesn’t happen and I can certainly believe foreigners are much more likely to be solicited for one. My advice, is always remain respectful...