Traveling with a Minor

D.Unger

AH member
Joined
Dec 24, 2011
Messages
27
Reaction score
43
This October I will be traveling to Mozambique to hunt buffalo with my 15 year old son. Mom and brother will be staying home on this trip so it he will be just the two of us traveling. From my research and talking with the outfitter the only things I will need to carry is an affidavit signed by my wife that she has given consent for the travel, as well, an unabridged birth certificate and passport.

For those who have travelled with there minor children is there any other information I should know? We will only be transiting through Johannesburg with a 3 hour layover and all our bags and guns checked through from home to Beira.



Thanks.
 
If for your connecting flights are delayed or cancelled in or outbound or for whatever other reason you may find yourself in need to clear customs in SA I would recommend being prepared to do so.

Go to: SOUTH AFRICA Hunting Information: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-hunting-information.14223/ and scroll down to the section called: South Africa Regulation for Traveling with Children.

You can also check out: New South African Regulations for Traveling With Children: https://www.africahunting.com/threa...egulations-for-traveling-with-children.16075/.
 
Last edited:
If for your connecting flights are delayed or cancelled in or outbound or for whatever other reason you may find yourself in need to clear customs in SA I would recommend being prepared to do so.

Go to: SOUTH AFRICA Hunting Information: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-hunting-information.14223/ and scroll down to the section called: South Africa Regulation for Traveling with Children.

You can also check out: New South African Regulations for Traveling With Children: https://www.africahunting.com/threa...egulations-for-traveling-with-children.16075/.

Brilliant information.
With all the human trafficking going on. These things have become a real issue now.
 
We will be leaving in about 30 days to Zimbabwe / South Africa. :D

My 2 kids will be traveling with my wife and me. Here's the twist - they have Japanese passports and Japanese-language documentation (I'm American). On the Japanese-language website from the SA gov't, there doesn't seem to be any requirement regarding in which language the birth certificate is written.

Does anyone have any experience using documentation in any language other than English or Afrikaans?
 
We will be leaving in about 30 days to Zimbabwe / South Africa. :D

My 2 kids will be traveling with my wife and me. Here's the twist - they have Japanese passports and Japanese-language documentation (I'm American). On the Japanese-language website from the SA gov't, there doesn't seem to be any requirement regarding in which language the birth certificate is written.

Does anyone have any experience using documentation in any language other than English or Afrikaans?
I would recommend you contacting the South African Embassy in Washington DC and the Embassy of Zimbabwe in Washington DC:

hunting-south-africa.gif
South Africa
www.saembassy.org

hunting-zimbabwe.gif
Zimbabwe
www.zimembassydc.gov.zw
 
We will be leaving in about 30 days to Zimbabwe / South Africa. :D

My 2 kids will be traveling with my wife and me. Here's the twist - they have Japanese passports and Japanese-language documentation (I'm American). On the Japanese-language website from the SA gov't, there doesn't seem to be any requirement regarding in which language the birth certificate is written.

Does anyone have any experience using documentation in any language other than English or Afrikaans?
Could you get a translation done by the Japanese embassy? If you could and it was certified by the embassy you should be ok. If the customs official cannot read the documents, he/she may not deal with it well.
I have had to do that for documents that were in Afrikaans from South Africa, translated by the rsa embassy into English for some government departments here in Zambia.
 
I returned to the States yesterday from an eight-day hunt in South Africa with my 14 year old son. I had the notarized consent to travel from my wife, as well as official version of his birth certificate and certified copies of my, my wife's, and my son's passports. This worked fine and we had no problems at immigration entering the country. They dodo not check as we were leaving the country.

Good luck and have a great trip.
 
Could you get a translation done by the Japanese embassy? If you could and it was certified by the embassy you should be ok. If the customs official cannot read the documents, he/she may not deal with it well.
I have had to do that for documents that were in Afrikaans from South Africa, translated by the rsa embassy into English for some government departments here in Zambia.

Thanks for relating your experience. The translation thing is a pain and an added expense, but could be worth the time / hassle saved.

I would recommend you contacting the South African Embassy in Washington DC and the Embassy of Zimbabwe in Washington DC:

hunting-south-africa.gif
South Africa
www.saembassy.org

hunting-zimbabwe.gif
Zimbabwe
www.zimembassydc.gov.zw

I will do that. Thanks for the links.

Kento
 

Forum statistics

Threads
61,842
Messages
1,356,419
Members
117,193
Latest member
john139
 

 

 

Latest profile posts

crossfire3006 wrote on JoninCO's profile.
Had an excellent classifieds transaction with JoninCO. A truly honest and standup member. I wouldn't hesitate at all to deal with him again. Thanks, J!
Francois R wrote on Lance Hopper's profile.
Hi Lance, Hope you well. I collect Mauser rifles and they are very much part of my cultural history in Africa. Would you consider selling the rifle now a year on ? I'd like to place it in my collection of Mauser rifles. Many thx
Cooper65 wrote on Rockwall205's profile.
I saw where you hunted elephant with backcountry safaris in Zimbabwe.
Was looking to book an elephant hunt and wanted to know how your hunt went
and if you would recommend them.

Thanks
Mike
hi, do you know about lions hunters, leopard hunters, and crocodiles hunters of years 1930s-1950s
I'm new to Africa Hunting. I would like to purchase a Heym 450-400 double rifle. I'm left-handed but would prefer a non-canted gun. Is anyone in the community considering parting with theirs?
 
Top