Snakes sightings on your safaris

[wvfred]

My first safari in Zimbabwe I saw a forest cobra and two puff adders.My next trips to Zimbabwe and Zambia zero snakes.

 

[odonata]

I was on a photo safari with my daughter in Zambia & Botswana when I found myself standing next to what I thought was an "empty" case in a building one day. It took me a minute to realize there was actually something in it. I'm glad I didn't encounter this guy in the wild. Good camouflage!

 

[Albert GRANT]

9 days East Cape, RSA end of Aug./beginning of Sept. unusually hot (exceeded 95F) for 3 days- 2 Puff Adders

 

[Bandera]

Two hunts in June 23. & 25 no snakes in the wild spotted.
There where snakes, two legged kind, spotted in J’burg and in Cape Town.
One in particular was definitely a trophy, probably 375 pounds, The Soweto Jaba de Doughnut muncher variety.

 

[Jagerrand]

2 hunts in Limpopo. First one in August, no snakes spotted. Last year we hunted in April and saw a huge black mamba our last day. He was out hunting, luckily we were in the truck heading back to the skinning shed.

 

[uplander01]

5 safaris, total of about 50 days in the bush,...3 pythons. I'm not a fan of snakes,...as a matter of fact, I would rather wrestle with a lion than get bit by any of the bad poisonous varieties that make you dead for sure. I feel if a guy is going to die in the bush, I'd rather it happen very quickly.

 

[steve white]

One dead, long black mamba on road, one small black mamba in front of me in the grass, about 2 1/2 feet away, but moved on, two puff adders.

 

[Tex .416]

Three weeks in Tanzania with a camera only, we saw a black mamba, which after reading how fast they can move had me wishing for my .45 with shotshells. Also saw a python of some sort overhead coiled up on a tree limb. I wore the same snake boots I do in South Texas. The mamba spooked way more than any rattlesnake. There is no way I am going out without snake boots.

 

[BlackRhino]

I would cordially thank you all for your detailed and informative reports!! I'll still wait a little bit before I 'll try to wrap your data up.