bwanamrm
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I did this hunt back in September 2025. Blake Wilhemi and I put this trip together a couple of years ago at the last DSC convention held in Dallas. It was a ten-day buff/plainsgame hunt in Moyowasi and we planned two days of tiger fishing on the Malagarassi River as a bonus. I flew Turkish Air into Dar Es Salaam and after a shower and nap at the Blue Sapphire, caught a domestic flight to Kigamo and overnighted there before a five-hour drive into camp.
The first five days I spent in Bweru Camp which was very nice and the staff very attentive. Food was also excellent. Unfortunately, the buff were pretty scarce. We spent quite a bit of time on tracks but by sunrise they had moved out of the floodplains and into the long grass where the follow-ups were a bit hairy. Nevertheless, I took a nice topi there but just couldn't find any other worthwhile plainsgame on license to shoot. On day 4, we did get up on five buffalo resting in the whistlethorn but the biggest was a 36-inch bull that while mature, just wasn't old or big so we passed.
Day 6 we made the three-hour drive to the Malagarassi camp to try our luck there. We fished the first afternoon to decompress and enjoy the river. The river was low and the weather was hot so the tigers were feeding and hitting jigs and spinners. We caught several and missed more and enjoyed the break.
The next morning, we drove to a hill overlooking the floodplain and spotted a herd of buff. We followed up but the late morning breezes began to swirl and gave us away. Day 8 we headed back and caught the herd in the open. A short tracking job put us at the edge of the clearing with a good look at the retreating buffalo. The best bull was at the back of the herd and one shot from my AHR .375 RUM anchored him.
we saw bushbuck, reedbuck and waterbuck the next couple of days but nothing big... we also followed several groups of dugga boys but never came across another buff worth shooting. I finished the trip with a topi and buff. A little disappointing, I expected more from a storied area like the Moyowasi but that's hunting. We fished some more, caught tigers and sharptooth catfish and generally enjoyed our time on the water. All in all a decent trip to western Tanzania...
My flight back to Dar via Kigamo on TanzAir was late but uneventful. I recuperated at the Sea Cliff for a couple of days before making the flight home.
The first five days I spent in Bweru Camp which was very nice and the staff very attentive. Food was also excellent. Unfortunately, the buff were pretty scarce. We spent quite a bit of time on tracks but by sunrise they had moved out of the floodplains and into the long grass where the follow-ups were a bit hairy. Nevertheless, I took a nice topi there but just couldn't find any other worthwhile plainsgame on license to shoot. On day 4, we did get up on five buffalo resting in the whistlethorn but the biggest was a 36-inch bull that while mature, just wasn't old or big so we passed.
Day 6 we made the three-hour drive to the Malagarassi camp to try our luck there. We fished the first afternoon to decompress and enjoy the river. The river was low and the weather was hot so the tigers were feeding and hitting jigs and spinners. We caught several and missed more and enjoyed the break.
The next morning, we drove to a hill overlooking the floodplain and spotted a herd of buff. We followed up but the late morning breezes began to swirl and gave us away. Day 8 we headed back and caught the herd in the open. A short tracking job put us at the edge of the clearing with a good look at the retreating buffalo. The best bull was at the back of the herd and one shot from my AHR .375 RUM anchored him.
we saw bushbuck, reedbuck and waterbuck the next couple of days but nothing big... we also followed several groups of dugga boys but never came across another buff worth shooting. I finished the trip with a topi and buff. A little disappointing, I expected more from a storied area like the Moyowasi but that's hunting. We fished some more, caught tigers and sharptooth catfish and generally enjoyed our time on the water. All in all a decent trip to western Tanzania...
My flight back to Dar via Kigamo on TanzAir was late but uneventful. I recuperated at the Sea Cliff for a couple of days before making the flight home.
