Bsto270
AH enthusiast
Well I figured I had best get started on this. Pictures will have to follow in a bit as I am writing this remotely from Southern NJ where I am currently working.
First a quick summary, then later will get to some daily breakdown info.
The planning on this trip started about 2 years back. I had looked around, and eventually, after talking with a friend who had been over with them twice, settled on Symbol Safaris, along with 4 other folks we knew.
I can say that the lodging, food, and hospitality were way beyond what I could have hoped for. Will and his wife Tanya, who run the business, absolutely went out of their way to make sure everyone was enjoying themselves.
The hunting was more than I could have hoped for as well. Trophy quality, amount of game, access to various properties, all were top notch. We had a younger PH named Pierre who hunted with my wife and I for the 7 days. I was really impressed with his drive, eye for trophy quality, and demeanor (I must have asked a thousand questions about plants, birds, etc and he never blinked to answer in a friendly manner). We had several other PH's in camp, Lammi (spelling likely off on this one) and Christof. Group members that hunted with them spoke highly of them as well.
At the weeks end, our 5 species original package ended up as 7 species, 10 total animals hunted with 8 trophies and 2 cull animals. My wife got a nice Kudu, warthog, and impala. I finished the week with a bushbuck, bushpig, mountain reedbuck, blesbok, waterbuck (one of those give you what the bush offers sort of moments) , an impala ewe (planning to mount with the ram) and a cull warthog. I will start to write out a daily summary and put some pictures on as I can (I plan to put mine on, my wife however, I do not want to put her face on the internet with some of the people out there who pull pics of trophies).
After the long plane ride home, I couldn't believe it when my wife said "I think we should plan a return trip in a few years."
First a quick summary, then later will get to some daily breakdown info.
The planning on this trip started about 2 years back. I had looked around, and eventually, after talking with a friend who had been over with them twice, settled on Symbol Safaris, along with 4 other folks we knew.
I can say that the lodging, food, and hospitality were way beyond what I could have hoped for. Will and his wife Tanya, who run the business, absolutely went out of their way to make sure everyone was enjoying themselves.
The hunting was more than I could have hoped for as well. Trophy quality, amount of game, access to various properties, all were top notch. We had a younger PH named Pierre who hunted with my wife and I for the 7 days. I was really impressed with his drive, eye for trophy quality, and demeanor (I must have asked a thousand questions about plants, birds, etc and he never blinked to answer in a friendly manner). We had several other PH's in camp, Lammi (spelling likely off on this one) and Christof. Group members that hunted with them spoke highly of them as well.
At the weeks end, our 5 species original package ended up as 7 species, 10 total animals hunted with 8 trophies and 2 cull animals. My wife got a nice Kudu, warthog, and impala. I finished the week with a bushbuck, bushpig, mountain reedbuck, blesbok, waterbuck (one of those give you what the bush offers sort of moments) , an impala ewe (planning to mount with the ram) and a cull warthog. I will start to write out a daily summary and put some pictures on as I can (I plan to put mine on, my wife however, I do not want to put her face on the internet with some of the people out there who pull pics of trophies).
After the long plane ride home, I couldn't believe it when my wife said "I think we should plan a return trip in a few years."
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