dhoover
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- Aug 19, 2024
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- Little Rock, AR
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- Hunted
- South Africa
I recently returned from my first safari. It's a trip I had dreamed about since I was a young boy growing up in Western Kansas, but thought would never happen...until it did. My best friend from High School set it up and we ended up with 9 guys for a trip with African Wild Safaris at Leadwood Ranch.
We used Jennifer Ginn at Travel Express for our plane tickets and could not be happier with her service each step of the way. We ended up on the direct flight from Newark to Johannesburg and if you've been you know it's a long time in the air. Paid extra for the mid-level seats and it was worth the money.
We used the VIP service through Africa Sky to get us through customs and Gilbert for our gun permits which was also set up through Africa Sky. Retrieving the guns from the Polce office in the airport took approx. 1 minute so money well spent. Our first night in Africa was spent with Africa Sky and after the long flight and 2 years of being nervous about the trip we all had a little too much fun with the open bar at Africa Sky but everyone still made it onto the shuttle for our flight to Polokwane. Once again Gilbert and his helpers got us through the process and onto our Airlink flight.
Once in Polokwane we were met by some PH's from African Wild Safaris and took the 2 hour drive to Leadwood Ranch in Toyota Land Cruisers which seemed to bring home the fact that we were really in Africa and going hunting.
We used Jennifer Ginn at Travel Express for our plane tickets and could not be happier with her service each step of the way. We ended up on the direct flight from Newark to Johannesburg and if you've been you know it's a long time in the air. Paid extra for the mid-level seats and it was worth the money.
We used the VIP service through Africa Sky to get us through customs and Gilbert for our gun permits which was also set up through Africa Sky. Retrieving the guns from the Polce office in the airport took approx. 1 minute so money well spent. Our first night in Africa was spent with Africa Sky and after the long flight and 2 years of being nervous about the trip we all had a little too much fun with the open bar at Africa Sky but everyone still made it onto the shuttle for our flight to Polokwane. Once again Gilbert and his helpers got us through the process and onto our Airlink flight.
Once in Polokwane we were met by some PH's from African Wild Safaris and took the 2 hour drive to Leadwood Ranch in Toyota Land Cruisers which seemed to bring home the fact that we were really in Africa and going hunting.