What's the most Mambas you have seen on a safari?

[EPIC SAFARIS]

Just curious what AH members come back with.....

Please answer with:

number:
country:
year:
month:

and add any other color or story with it you want.

My account is:

2
Zambia
2024
October

One in camp parking area and one wrapped on our cruiser bumper. I thought it pretty unusual to see 2 in a week.

 

[BnC 04]

1
South Africa(Waterberg Mtns)
October
Was crossing a trail and heading for the rocks.

 

[375Fox]

I’ve never seen more than 1 mamba on a hunt thankfully but I’ve seen them on hunts in Namibia June, South Africa September, and Tanzania May. My most recent trip was to Tanzania and I saw 1 each cobra, mamba, and puff adder. The mamba blocked our path tracking a buffalo. It was unnerving looking at it though the scope when it decided to turn and face us at about 20 yards.

 

[wvfred]

Thankfully with two trips to Zim and one to Zambia I have seen zero and hope to keep it that way.

 

[Rafiki]

2 Mambas,
Tanzania,
October 2022,
Out in the bush

 

[JOHN GRENZ]

One in four trips. Early September in Marakele Park in South Africa. Crossed the trail in front of us. Must have been a young one. About 5’ long. Other trips were in June and no sneks.

 

[Pablo]

One in four trips. Early September in Marakele Park in South Africa. Crossed the trail in front of us. Must have been a young one. About 5’ long. Other trips were in June and no sneks.

Marakele was a cool place. Would love to go back and stay in one of the tent camps!

 

[Pablo]

Zero seen in two trips to SA in July. We did hunt a place they called The Mamba near Thabazimbi.

 

[Racer00]

One. In Limpopo in March of 24. Headed back to camp after a day of tracking buffalo. Saw a stick (I thought) in the road ahead. PH was driving and on the phone. As we got close, I saw it move. Yelled "snake" and PH damn near wrecked the truck. LOL He hated snakes. We ran over it as we drove by. Got out and finished it with a rock.
Also saw a puff adder, spitting cobra (both in Eastern Cape) and had a big python swim by us while setting in a blind watching game.
More snakes than I need. And all in March

 

[eyedok]

3 Namibia April
2 Zambia july
2 Zambia june
1 Botswana july
1 Zimbabwe - Dec, in camp

 

[eyedok]

I shot one in Bots 30-06 11’
Shot one in Zambia 12g 10.5’
PH shot the one in camp Zim .375

 

[samson7x]

Saw 3 in SA this March. Also saw a puff adder.

 

[C.W. Richter]

2. SE Zimbabwe 2017. August. Immediately alongside a river, in holes or pits within shady wooded bank areas in the heat of the day. (Cobras: Namib 3, Zim 2. Adders: Namib 3)-All during African "Winter.") Saw 0 snakes in the Caprivi! We fed the fish eagles in one case (at the PH's insistence, where an adder was buried beneath farm tracks school kids walked 2x daily. *Aim low at 2 yds. lol **Story: A childhood friend once sternly told me NOT to have sex with his gorgeous Sister! You solicited.

 

[ActionBob]

3 Tanzania 2021 October.

 

[CJW]

1 in Sep of 2021 in Namibia originally at about 30 feet then about 7 feet at the nearest. Travelling about 100mph and was AT LEAST 60 ft long. Swear to God!!!

Like others, I also added a cobra and adder to the list of species seen on my trip. We had to turn tail because of cobra after it swam behind a tree line because we couldn't tell which way it was going afterward.

 

[CJW]

I’ve never seen more than 1 mamba on a hunt thankfully but I’ve seen them on hunts in Namibia June, South Africa September, and Tanzania May. My most recent trip was to Tanzania and I saw 1 each cobra, mamba, and puff adder. The mamba blocked our path tracking a buffalo. It was unnerving looking at it though the scope when it decided to turn and face us at about 20 yards.

Having seen a big one moving at full speed, if I see one turn to face me on foot at 20 yds, I'm turning tail and leaving people in the dust.

 

[EPIC SAFARIS]

Love the stories. keep 'em coming!

 

[Hunt anything]

1, June 2014. It was swimming a small tributary of the Zambezi. It didn’t make it, it disappeared in a crocodile induced splash.
Mozambique, Coutada 10

 

[wesheltonj]

0, and I want to keep it that way!

 

[Biddleman]

2
Botswana
2025
May

1 was crossing a two track and PH took a shot at it.
The other we watched for quite awhile during lunch. It was in a tree going in and out of bird nests.