Booked for 2018

[chiefdale]

Website for John Henry Keyser with Greenland Safari?

 

[buck wild]

Leaving DFW or IAH? I hope you bought a business class ticket. Coach is ok, but the restrooms get trashed out fairly fast. If you are a BA or AA miles collector, you might want to also consider Qatar too.

If you decide to ditch that Delta Amex Card. I would suggest that you get an Amex Platinum card. Annual fee is very pricey, but some good benefits if you can use them. $200 a year airline credit for incidentals (some folks get Airline gift cards); Amex lounge at DFW and IAH; Priority Pass (lounge access in Dubai and JNB); reimbursement for Global Entry ($100); no Forex Fee; SPG, Marriott & Hilton Gold status; and discounts on airfare Premium Eco and up.

I have hunted the Kalahari in the Northern Cape, you might want to head to the coast and practice hiking in the blow sand for a few miles to be prepared.

We are flying coach out of IAH and I can deal with messy bathrooms for half-price from Delta My only real requirement from my airline is that I arrive in one piece, preferably ALIVE !

I stay the weekends in Corpus Christi and my deer lease has several sand dunes/small hills so I have already started, although I'm hoping a few animals stay near the road LOL

Can’t go wrong with AAA Serapa. Looking forward to your photos and report.

I promise a full, unbiased report on all aspects of my trip.

Website for John Henry Keyser with Greenland Safari?

No website- he keeps things simple with limited clientele. He basically covers his expenses on repeats and referrals from previous hunters. I responded to your PM.

 

[Philip Glass]

I finally finalized my plans and booked the flight! It's my 50th birthday celebration trip. I want to thank all the sponsors on here that I flat wore out sending emails to and everyone was always quick to respond and thorough in their responses. I was also absolutely torn inside out with potentially leaving my previous outfitter/PH who has always done everything I asked for and more. This will be my 4th trip across the pond and I was specifically looking to see some different areas and wanted to check out the Kalahari. It was an agonizing past 6 months in deciding.
So I accomplished both !! I will be doing a split trip- first half with AAA Serapa and the second half with my old friend John Henry Keyser with Greatland Safari.

Animals of interest: Of course while in the Kalahari one must hunt springbok. I'm interested in a common and black. Giant sand dwelling eland and gembsbok, the manic black wildebeest and the crown jewel- a huge, black shiny sable!

If I blank in the Kalahari, I always have chances at the eland and sable in the Limpopo along with klipspringer, bushpig, impala and John Henry always has a few 58'+ kudu lurking in the Waterberg Mtns.

I'll be hunting the last week of June and first week of July. My previous trips have always been late July/early August. We also booked with Emirates as Delta has flat gotten stupid with their prices. With my work schedule, I had to leave and arrive certain dates that apparently Delta believes are worth twice the money Emirates can get you there on. I have a Delta Am Ex credit card for just the reason of trying to get enough points to get a ticket, but with them going up to 300,000 points and higher each year, I'll also be ditching my points credit card soon!

I promise to do a detailed write up for each leg of my trip.

Have a great trip. I am booked on the Delta flight again this year but will be looking at other options next year due to the cost. You are right they keep going up!
Philip

 

[jeff]

The cheapest tickets I could buy were from Delta, maybe I just lucked out ?

 

[cls]

Good luck with the hunt, shoot straight.

 

[buck wild]

The cheapest tickets I could buy were from Delta, maybe I just lucked out ?

Yeah wow- I was at a slight disadvantage because I didn't have much wriggle room on dates due to my job and to maximize my time. The Emirates seats were $1,375 and the same dates with Delta $2,400. I could have flown out on a Tues and returned on a Thurs and got Delta seats for $2,100 but lost 5 days of hunting that way.

 

[jeff]

We tried to go through Delta and they were very high also, but after surfing Booking Buddy for a hour or so found a great deal for Delta and we were able to pick our dates that we needed. Emirates last year was a hassle with my bow on return even though I had filled out the permit for weapons and had the approval from Emirates ! Their ignorance caused me to miss a connection and then charged me a additional $20 to get me on the next flight!!!

 

[Ridgewalker]

Sounds like a grand trip! Can’t wait to see pictures and read your report!

 

[buck wild]

We tried to go through Delta and they were very high also, but after surfing Booking Buddy for a hour or so found a great deal for Delta and we were able to pick our dates that we needed. Emirates last year was a hassle with my bow on return even though I had filled out the permit for weapons and had the approval from Emirates ! Their ignorance caused me to miss a connection and then charged me a additional $20 to get me on the next flight!!!

We checked through 3 different travel agents and on-line ourselves and that was best Delta quotes we could get. I never heard of Booking buddy- will check into that next time.

I'm not taking any weapons so hopefully things will go smooth.

 

[jeff]

Last year I also got the best rate for Emirates through Booking Buddy.