Is retiring to Africa a wise decision?

[coreydb]

As I near retirement I am considering a lot of options. None of them are to grow old in a climate such as that which makes every joint in my body ache with every approaching storm. Let’s face it, winters in Michigan or any northern state are painful for most who are over 60! I am now paying for my youthful athletic indiscretions...

Aside from buying a game farm in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, or other “stable” sun-Saharan African country, are there any options to invest as a shareholder into a ranch, game farm, or other safe animal land where one could live most of the year and at times hunt a few animals?

Mark- I thought of the same thing and spent time after my May hunt this year with my PH who is a friend of mine. Real estate prices are very cheap and I looked at a farm on the SA/Botswana border for sale for about $600,000 USD. I could buy it but I couldn't maintain it. Housing is very cheap, but theft is extremely prevalent. The country is so poor and with a socialist government giving stipends to its citizens, there just isn't enough money to go around. Corruption is rampant and don't forget the whites are the minority with discrimination. We got stopped last year in the Northwest Provence by a RSA policeman, who threatened us unless we paid him...yep. That said, I'm still looking, I just understand home security is paramount and the justice system isn't strict with perpetrators.

 

[ActionBob]

A bit far from Africa...

Wellllll, that's not true. It is very close!