MOZAMBIQUE: Mozambique 2023

Bivy said:

That’s an ignorant comment to make.

October is the best month to hunt in some parts of Mozambique.

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S Bertram said:

I hunted with Valie Enslin of That's Africa Safaris. We hunted a game reserve totalling 367K acres bordering the Gonarezhou National park in Zim and the Save river to the North.

Crossing the Limpopo

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Last petrol before we headed in to camp.

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Camp was comfortable, the food was very good, the rooms had bathrooms and showers with hot and cold water, electricity was provided by generator.

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I saw plenty of wildlife, both species were were targeting and ones we were not.

A couple of bulls at a pan getting a mid-day drink.

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A very nice Kudo

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Nyala bull, the most beautiful of the antelope species to my eye.

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I was in awe of the size of my Eland bull, just huge. It is amazing how such a big animal can be so graceful.

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Nice sold bosses on my buff but not that wide. Might have to try for another on a future trip.

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I very much enjoyed my first African safari and will return again. Valie was an excellent PH, the Shangaan trackers were truly amazing. The food and accommodation were quite good.

It was HOT! By far the hottest I have ever experienced during a hunting trip. The bright side was that you can see farther during the dry season and the animals congregate around the pans. That said, I might try a cooler period next trip.

I will certainly return.

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Hunt anything said:

Not recent but 3 options to fly into Mozambique, in the south it’s Maputo, central it’s Beira and in the north it’s Pemba. I think “ African Time “ was perfected in Beira. No problems but SLOW, where are you hunting. I spent quite a bit of time in the Marromeu complexin 2014/15. Usually flew Airlink out of Johannesburg.

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AES said:

Did you see any evidence of large bull jumbos moving in or out of the park?

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Hunt anything said:

Great animals you should’ve tried for a Chobe bushbuck and taken all 4 spiral horns available in Mozambique! Well done!

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S Bertram said:

I flew from Joberg to Hoedspruit, Valie picked me up and we drove through the Pafuri gate into Moz, he has two concessions which you can access this way and another in Niassa which you fly into Maputo and catch a connecting flight to Lichinga.

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Hunt anything said:

How was the overland border crossing? I have heard one day they are smooth as silk and the next it’s a nightmare. Most of the nightmare stuff was with the guys coming up with camp supplies.

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