Camp alcohol where to buy? or contact the PH?

[pilar]

Heading to RSA for 7 day PG hunt then Zimbabwe for hippo and buffalo
it my first ever safari, so thought I should ask, I want a few cocktails after the hunt
do we bring our favorite rum & vodka, buy locally? Or contact the safari company?

p.s what is a good local brand of rum to export home from RSA

 

[Mekaniks]

Your outfitter(s) should have a a fully stocked bar. Contact him / them and let him know if you want something specific. Most outfitters have all the local brands readily available.

I took a bottle of Jimmy Johnson Apple Pie moonshine with me in 2016. It was huge hit and created a few sore heads the next morning

 

[RR 314]

My PH always sends a preference sheet email. Then again, he knows what I prefer anyways, but just part of the package that includes waivers etc. I always offer to pay for alcohol—which he refuses. Either way, I end up paying for it.

 

[RR 314]

Your outfitter(s) should have a a fully stocked bar. Contact him / them and let him know if you want something specific. Most outfitters have all the local brands readily available.

I took a bottle of Jimmy Johnson Apple Pie moonshine with me in 2016. It was huge hit and created a few sore heads the next morning

Is that Junior or Jimmy? I think you still may have a sore head. . I guess Jimmy could be in the shine business, but bet it fits better with NASCAR than football.

 

[wesheltonj]

Heading to RSA for 7 day PG hunt then Zimbabwe for hippo and buffalo
it my first ever safari, so thought I should ask, I want a few cocktails after the hunt
do we bring our favorite rum & vodka, buy locally? Or contact the safari company?

p.s what is a good local brand of rum to export home from RSA

Unless you are wanting something like Blantons or Macallen, your outfitter will have it. Otherwise, pick up a bottle in the Duty Free when you leave so you don’t have to worry about a broken or stolen bottle in your check bag.

As to your PS question, there not.

 

[Mekaniks]

Is that Junior or Jimmy? I think you still may have a sore head. . I guess Jimmy could be in the shine business, but bet it fits better with NASCAR than football.

Yeah Junior

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[Berettaco]

My PH always has a stocked bar but I and my buddies stop by the duty free and stock on on a few nice bottles of whiskey and cigarettes. We give the booze to the PHs and cigarettes to the tracker and skinner who we know smoke

 

[chashardy]

Your outfitter and PH will have almost anything you want for a sundowner cocktail. Always a good idea to hit the duty free shop and get a great bottle of single malt or something for a gift to the house when you arrive.

 

[pilar]

I will be sure to shop around for the rum , seems RSA has good rum as a sugar cane producer

Old African Blackstrap Rum, Inverroche Distillery​

Die Warm Rasta Rum, De Vry Distillery​

MHOBA Rum​

Tapanga Rum​

Zulu Rum​

 

[Ryan]

Never thought about rum in RSA, but I do know with all the wine production brandy is a standard local hard liquor. Klipdrift brandy is pretty well known and tasty. Klippies and Coke is a common cocktail in RSA. Both places I hunted in RSA had a well stocked bar. I toured through a good part of the wine country in 2018 and picked up a couple different brandies, a bottle of witblitz ( white lightning in English, an unaged brandy) and a great whisky from a place in the Klein Karoo region.

 

[pilar]

Never thought about rum in RSA, but I do know with all the wine production brandy is a standard local hard liquor. Klipdrift brandy is pretty well known and tasty. Klippies and Coke is a common cocktail in RSA. Both places I hunted in RSA had a well stocked bar. I toured through a good part of the wine country in 2018 and picked up a couple different brandies, a bottle of witblitz ( white lightning in English, an unaged brandy) and a great whisky from a place in the Klein Karoo region.

Good to know , brandy & coke was all they had @ pompalona Spain during the running

 

[JimP]

On my first safari all that they had in camp was beer and some wine.

We stopped by a store on the way out of Port Elizabeth for our liquor supply.

 

[CBH Australia]

If they don't supply spirits etc ask them to order it in. At worst they will only charge actual cost.

 

[TOBY458]

Pick up whatever you want at the duty free shop at the airport. Even if they have a fully stocked bar, they will appreciate anything you add to it.

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Got hooked on this my second trip. Always ask to make sure there is some in camp from now on. Even found a supplier in USA for it.