I have paid in full for a White Rhino hunt, my trip is supposed to be in January. Unfortunately, I received an email recently stating all communications are now to go through him, and not my agent Theo / SkinAfrika (a very good guy I've dealt with before), and to pay him an undisclosed amount (Mr Bakker). I replied that I'm paid in full, and not sure what is going on, and have been cordial so far.
It has become more worrisome as I work with Theo on this, in that Theo was told by Mr. Bakker never to contact him again, and he is not replying to me either despite telling Theo that he is now in direct communication with me, which so far is not true. I got Mr. Bakker on the phone once when he likely didn't realize who's number it was, this call followed several unanswered emails, and Mr. Bakker said he had internet trouble and would reply to all my concerns that day. No reply, and it's been roughly a week. I tried whattsapp, and it went through, and I received a couple vague one to three word replies to questions that didn't answer anything really.
I had a trip to Cameroon immediately before this one, and needed tickets booked to get my hunting licence there. Unfortunately I have to bundle the two trips together to make it fit life and I was forced to cancel Cameroon, as it was going to be too late and the Rhino is by far the most expensive hunt I'll ever book and takes priority right now.
If anyone knows or knows of Mr. Anton Bakker / Rhinocon or and can help bring some light to the situation, it is appreciated. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt but with the amount of money of mine he's holding that I can't afford to lose, I'd like to think I'm understandably nervous. Theo is also a top shelf fellow to deal with and I find his sudden hostility to SkinAfrika disturbing and inexplicable.
I realize likely little will come of this post, but hopefully, it can spread the information and at least help others. Hopefully this all comes together but with each passing day, my optimism dwindles,
Angus
Here is their website with the individuals,
http://www.rhinocon815.co.za/?page_id=106
And the only AfricaHunting post from him,
http://www.africahunting.com/threads/anton-bakker.11643/
