Delta or Qatar?

[migrabill]

This may sound strange and I do not know if anybody else does it, but as pointed out previously the Delta flight gets you inot Jo'brg late. Head hits the pillow at 11PM. Rather than get up early the next day and fly/drive to my hunting lodge - I stay at Aftons for that entire day, stay there that night and then leave the next morning. A) I get to see the shops (cool hunting shops) near Jo'Burg and 2) It gets me a full day to get on African time before I start my hunt. Has anybody else done this?

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

This may sound strange and I do not know if anybody else does it, but as pointed out previously the Delta flight gets you inot Jo'brg late. Head hits the pillow at 11PM. Rather than get up early the next day and fly/drive to my hunting lodge - I stay at Aftons for that entire day, stay there that night and then leave the next morning. A) I get to see the shops (cool hunting shops) near Jo'Burg and 2) It gets me a full day to get on African time before I start my hunt. Has anybody else done this?

Did this on my last trip in June, flew in and stayed at Africa Sky for 3 nights before heading out to Mozambique. It gets me on Africa time and makes sure all my luggage made it.

 

[Jack Stevens]

This may sound strange and I do not know if anybody else does it, but as pointed out previously the Delta flight gets you into Jo'brg late. Head hits the pillow at 11PM. Rather than get up early the next day and fly/drive to my hunting lodge - I stay at Aftons for that entire day, stay there that night and then leave the next morning. A) I get to see the shops (cool hunting shops) near Jo'Burg and 2) It gets me a full day to get on African time before I start my hunt. Has anybody else done this?

That's the same travel strategy the wife & I plan to do. A couple of days to get our heads & bodies acclimated to RSA time, but that's only one reason.

Did this on my last trip in June, flew in and stayed at Africa Sky for 3 nights before heading out to Mozambique. It gets me on Africa time and makes sure all my luggage made it.

That's the second reason we want to do it this way and not the same day rush-rush to get to the outfitters camp - in case our luggage, rifles, and/or the ammo got misplaced somewhere between our city to Atlanta, or to Jo-berg from Atlanta.

Yeah, it'll add days on both ends, but it'll be a more enjoyable experience for us and make for a better hunt for me.