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

[BJH65]

First afternoon in camp mid September in Limpopo adjacent to the Greater Kruger area, Smiley killing Mozambique spitting cobra in storage shed. I was advised to keep door closed to villa room so Black Mamba’s and cobras don’t slither inside.

 

[eyedok]

This is really interesting to me. seems like 0 or 1 is most common answer. Lots of puff adder sightings too. Generally sightings are in the hottest months and/or near or during the rainy season but not always the case.

I would add another pro tip:

Generally you want to walk directly behind your tracker and PH while out on a stalk or walkabout for lots of reasons and avoidance of stepping on or startling a snake is just one more good reason.

Was always taught as a kid growing up on a ranch in Texas and always following someone, first one wakes it up, 2nd one gets bit- ha

 

[coreydb]

One came across me in SA, 2023. After I calmed down and changed my pants, the PH took this pic.

 

[Bandera]

I am treating Black Mambas, Corbras, Copperheaded rattle moccasins like Sasquatch.
They may out there but I don’t want to see them.

 

[Atticus]

Just one—Namibia in September 2005 and that’s plenty. I couldn’t believe how high it “stood” up.

 

[CBH Australia]

Do most ph’s let you shoot? I got the impression mine wouldn’t let me harvest anything he didn’t specifically have a quota for..

Can he get a quota retrospectively for that snake?
You deserve a hat band

 

[CBH Australia]

0 for 1 trip and I am not disappointed.

Even thought Australia has has a reputation for having everything here that wants to kill you I don’t recall coming across a lot of snakes while hunting.

I have had remove a number of Brown snakes around improvements while living remotely for my safety and the dog’s safety.

It’s actually sharks I am scared of but I don’t hunt in there territory so it m pretty confident I won’t stumble across one.

 

[BryceM]

7 trips, zero mambas, but I usually hunt in the Kalahari where they aren’t too common. Plenty of cape cobras and puff adders though. 10 days in the Caprivi in 2022 - zero snakes, but there were fresh mamba tracks in camp most days. My Kalahari PH sent me a video of a BIG mamba climbing around in his living room last week.

I have a video somewhere of a puff adder swimming in a small pond. Didn’t know they would do that…..

 

[Philip Glass]

I’ve seen very few snakes on my safaris. On occasions I’ve seen mambas in Zim and both were from the truck thankfully! I have seen cobras and puff adders in Namibia. Stay away from holes in the ground. It is always a concern however.