Areas that have relatively easy walking...

[Arac]

Hi All - I'm in the early stages of planning a trip in 2027 for my wife and me. This site is an amazing resource and I have already learned quite a bit.

I am in a wheelchair so I am asking for your suggestions about areas that are relatively flat and easy going. So not excessively rocky, muddy or with deep sand.

By way of example, I watched some videos of hunts in the Luangwa valley in Zambia, and that terrain looked ok. The scenery was also quite nice. I'd like to be able to get around a bit, even if it is mostly along the dirt tracks, trails and whatnot.

The type of game we are after is really secondary to the whole experience - it's not like we need to find an X or Y. I suspect plains game in general will most likely fit our budget best. We are not keen on hunting in fenced areas.

Thanks in advance for your time!

Here is a video of the type of terrain that seems doable for me:

 

[CBH Australia]

Im sure some outfitters will be in touch with offers where they know their own terrain.

 

[375Fox]

Can you stand and walk very short distances or are you fully limited to wheelchair? I think you’ll find outfitters in South Africa and Namibia to be much more accommodating to disabilities than elsewhere and gives option of shooting from vehicle. There are fenced areas that are well managed to give the real Africa experience. A trip to a national park after you hunt may be a better option than hunting a concession area like you attached.

 

[steve white]

Is your wheelchair motorized, with rubber tracks? Will you have a designated person to help you? An electric 4 wheeler can be quiet, and doable over a bit rougher terrain--we can't tell animals where to go! Perhaps ask the outfitters what options they have for such conveyances.
You haven't told us if you will be shooting rifle or going the archery route. Blinds at waterholes would be easy to accomplish.

 

[Arac]

Thanks for the input so far.

I only use a manual wheelchair and can't stand up or walk around. I'm able to sort most things out myself though - I can get in and out of my truck can go up and down a step and have even done most of the gutting and quartering of deer when I was teaching my boy.

I'd like to hunt with a rifle, but I do have a bow and a crossbow. Most of the time I hunt from a ground blind or just tuck into the edge of the brush line along natural meadows, logged areas, seismic lines or agricultural land. For remote areas I use my Polaris Ranger SxS.

When I lived in Manitoba the terrain was much easier for me to move around and there I got out of my truck and wheeled along trails and paths. My version of still hunting I guess. For Manitoba members think Sandilands and around Lundar in the Interlakes region.

As I mentioned in my previous post, the terrain in that video looks like it would work for me. I'd be ok with setting up along a river or something - kind of like what I've seen for crocodile and just wait to see what shows up.

For my wife it would be nice to have the more typical style of hunt with tracking or spot and stalk.