That's a bummer. Yeah I used his Steyr. Nice weapons, they do what they are supposed to do.
Sadly, the connection from Atlanta there is only 55 minutes
Where will you hunt be? Namibia?
Yes, 5 days in August. Wife tagging along as well so will be a great adventure.
Not sure on the region's name, south-east of Windhoek as I understand it.
$700? How are you figuring that? It’s a 125 pounds each way.
Addis stop is doable with 90-120 minute layover if you are a bit spry, are ok of hearing and can handle yourself is semi-stressful situations. The biggest delay is the Ethiopian Air people finding a ride to take you to the security check point and then finding a ride back. Once at the security check point, they may ask you for a “permit number.” They are looking for something the Brits or Europeans have. We don’t have permit numbers in the US so I gave them my Concealed Carry Permit with its number and that solved the issue. So, nothing to be afraid of if you can hustle along, have all your paperwork filled out completely and correctly with 3 paper copies and can keep calm under stress. Of note … have the US airline desk call ahead or message Addis to let them know you are coming … they will meet you at the plane door.
In regards to Ethiopian Airways, if you are going through ADD on a 1 hour layover, consider adding 1 day to your trip. I get it that not everyone has the time to do this, but just today I sent flight info to my travel agent at Gracy Travel to inquire about a flight from IAD to BUQ, that connects through ADD, for this fall, it shows a 1 1/2 hour connection going over, 2 hours coming back. If I do take this hunt and go this route, I am adding 1 extra day in case I miss my connection in ADD. I never thought I'd consider going back through ADD, but this year I am seeing more connection time, and a business class seat from Dulles to Bulawayo is 2940, kind of hard to beat, it avoids me overnighting in SA and having flights on Airlink.
Flying delta to Johannesburg from Atlanta is the easiest. I wouldn’t fly Ethiopian with rifles to Johannesburg. It’s too much added stress if airport is busy, but also if your bags are delayed and you cannot do the check in Addis, they will not forward them on to Johannesburg.
Why would you prefer adding a day in Ethiopia over overnighting in Johannesburg? I like getting the hotel in Johannesburg and the airport is so easy to get through with rifles.
To be precise it’s about $167 per gun case and $167 per ammo case that multiplied by two as I will be coming back home comes to roughly $680
Let me clarify, I would not add a day in Ethiopia, I would add an extra day to my trip. For example, last year when I missed my flight in ADD, I had a 5 day management elephant hunt booked, I added 3 days to spend in Vic Falls. Because I missed my flight, I still had the 5 full days for my elephant hunt, and 2 days to goof off in Vic Falls. As it turned out, the outfitter let me hunt those extra 2 days because I hadn't taken an elephant yet.
