rookhawk
AH ambassador
At present, the sole airline that flys from Johannesburg, RSA to Zimbabwe that permits firearms as baggage is South African Airlines.(SAA)
According to recent reports, since SAA is bankrupt already, they are preparing to cut additional routes. According to Steve of Travel With Guns, if SAA stops flying the Harare/Vic Falls/Bulawayo flights from Johannesburg, there will be no way to get a safari weapon into Zimbabwe from Jo'Burg. In essence, the future of safaris in Zimbabwe largely rides on these precarious airline scenarios with a single carrier.
If the routes are closed down, you could fly Emirates into Harare and then use ground or charter aircraft to get to hunts elsewhere in Zimbabwe at tremendous costs. It will quickly become a truly rich-man's game to hunt Zimbabwe as ground pickup in Harare could cost as much as $1000 and charter flights can cost $1200 each way to camps from Harare.
There are strong suggestions to keep checking the viability of SAA flights out of Jo'Burg for those that wish to fly into Zimbabwe (possibly other nations) due to this weak link in the chain.
According to recent reports, since SAA is bankrupt already, they are preparing to cut additional routes. According to Steve of Travel With Guns, if SAA stops flying the Harare/Vic Falls/Bulawayo flights from Johannesburg, there will be no way to get a safari weapon into Zimbabwe from Jo'Burg. In essence, the future of safaris in Zimbabwe largely rides on these precarious airline scenarios with a single carrier.
If the routes are closed down, you could fly Emirates into Harare and then use ground or charter aircraft to get to hunts elsewhere in Zimbabwe at tremendous costs. It will quickly become a truly rich-man's game to hunt Zimbabwe as ground pickup in Harare could cost as much as $1000 and charter flights can cost $1200 each way to camps from Harare.
There are strong suggestions to keep checking the viability of SAA flights out of Jo'Burg for those that wish to fly into Zimbabwe (possibly other nations) due to this weak link in the chain.