Stories - HUNTiNAMIBIA

Eland Hunt at Saamgewaagd

All senses alert, I move slowly through the bush, rifle at the ready. The art of hunting eland requires to always move slowly, keenly observe with

Elephant Hunting – Drama and Powerful Impressions

Uli’s safari was slowly nearing its end, when we had taken up the trail of a group of six bulls at the Klein Dobe Waterhole. We

Lion Conservation and Sustainable Use

Namibia has a population of about 800 lions, similar to the period 1965 to 1980. The main population, between 450 and 500, is in Etosha National

Torra Conservancy: Lion Hunt in the rugged northwest

It was October, the beginning of the hot, dry season in Namibia, when my hunting client and I drove up to the area. e whole of

A place for Lions

Around the middle of the nineteenth century several big-game hunters had settled in Omaruru, on the eastern slopes of the Erongo Mountains. At that time there

How I learnt to love the Desert

Rooi Kuiseb was the name of a farm on the border of Namib- Naukluft Park, close to the Welwitschia Plain, which even then had already been

Gemsbok: Hunting Namibia’s Most Formidable Swordsman

Daybreak finds us sitting close to the camel thorn fire, for the morning air is chilly. Soon the kettle boils and coffee is brewed. Another day

Hunting is part of a Successful Conservation Model

Message from the president of NAPHA, Danene van der Westhuyzen. The Namibia Professional Hunting Association marked 45 years of existence in 2018, while this HuntiNamibia issue

HUAP Trust supports Anti-Poaching Efforts

Worried about the surge in poaching in northeastern Namibia, members of NAPHA ́s big game committee decided to do something against this evil. The Hunters United

NAPHA Conservationist of 2017: Manie le Roux

The NAPHA Conservationist of the Year award is allocated by NAPHA to a person or institution that has achieved significant accomplishments in the conservation of Namibia’s

Are We Making The Most Of Our Wildlife Products?

They feed on grass and shrub and twig and in turn become the life source of their human counterparts, as has been the way the wheel

Game Guards trained to Prevent Poaching

The men and women quietly move through the bush. Not a word is spoken. The members of the patrol must always keep in sight of one

Rhodesian Ridgeback: The Soulmate of Africa

The lion is probably the world's most efficient hunter. He does not waste his skills: he kills to eat or to protect himself. There is nothing

Eventful days at the Linyanti

In September 2016 I guided a buffalo hunt for my friend and colleague Felix in the Bamunu Conservancy. The Bamunu Conservancy in Namibia’s Zambezi Region (formerly

On the spoor of Buffalo and Elephant in the Zambezi Region of Namibia

Approaching the landing strip at Mpacha Airport at Katima Mulilo it was clear that this normally lush region was also severely affected by the drought that has