For Those Who Were Not Planning Safari In The 1980's, Like I Was

[TKessel]

$2450 for the whole shebang? Not likely. Trophy fees maybe.

Yes it was a package deal, my dad took the same package and paid the same.

Airfare was $1400 if I remember correctly.

 

[sestoppelman]

That would have been an extraordinary deal with that many critters. Day rate must have been $25 a day!

 

[TKessel]

That would have been an extraordinary deal with that many critters. Day rate must have been $25 a day!

Lol
I think I was making $3.10 or $3.35 an hour, then working side jobs to pay for the trip. It changed my life and made who I am today.

 

[Mark haynes]

As Hillcountry said 1983 I was in Central America on safari with the USMC. Airfare free, will not give a flight or trip review.

 

[BruceS]

Magazine clipping from July, 1983 when cheap buffalo hunts were all the rage. It was short lived.

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On a Buffalo hunt in the Zambezi Valley, 1983, I was offered a cow ele with 20lbs ivory for $1000.00.

 

[sestoppelman]

As late as 2011 I was offered to shoot a rank giraffe for free! I declined, though probably shouldnt have, it would have made my 3 rd animal on a 10 Zim hunt......

 

[Tiger2001]

In 1989 I was 20, I hunted Namibia (10 days)
Kudu
Gemsbok
2 Warthogs
Red Hartebeest
Springbok
Duiker
Steinbok
$2450
I paid for it while still living at home making minimum wage.

I had to respond to your post that I just stumbled across. In 1989 I was also 20 and went to South Africa for the summer. Did my first hunting ever while there and have been bitten by the bug ever since! Amazing you were in Namibia which was still called "SouthWest Africa" by the people I stayed with. I think the bush war was actually still going on and you must have been one of the first US hunters there!