How much does South African Hunting Cost?

[Andrew McLaren]

This posting is intended for whoever have seriously thought of hunting in South Africa. Do you know what it costs? I have compiled the advertized listed costs of hunting in South Africa as published on about 130 plus web pages and for most species of non-trophy and trophy animals into a database.

If you want just know, or to compare the costs quoted by your selected Hunting Outfitter to what other HO's charge, this database may help you some.

Please send direct e-mail to andrew@mclarensafaris.com to enquire.

In good hunting.

ANdrew McLaren

[Andrew McLaren]

This posting is intended for whoever have seriously thought of hunting in South Africa. Do you know what it costs? I have compiled the advertized listed costs of hunting in South Africa as published on about 130 plus web pages and for most species of non-trophy and trophy animals into a database.

If you want just know, or to compare the costs quoted by your selected Hunting Outfitter to what other HO's charge, this database may help you some.

Please send direct e-mail to andrew@mclarensafaris.com to enquire.

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren

This database now consists information on prices as published on 285 web pages, mostly from South African hunting outfitters, but also a few from Namibia and other southern African countries.

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren

[toxic111]

is the extra costs listed there somewhere? Like dipping, shipping back to Cananda, tips etc?

[Andrew McLaren]

No, the idea was to have a database on trophy fees and daily rates. Here are the column headings in my current database: The prices are all quoted in US $.

1 COMPANY - The Hunting Outfitters name, e.g. El Cheapo Safaris
2 PRICEURL - URL of price listing e.g. http://www.mclarensafaris.com/dailyrates.html
3.1 COUNTRY - RSA / Zimbabwe / Namibia / Botswana /
3.2 PROVINCE - Only in RSA
3.3 TOWN - Where (i) Base of Operations or (ii) Postal address is
4.1 OWNERS - Andrew & Cecilia McLaren
4.2 CELLPHONE - + 27 79 679 5205
5.1 PRICERANK - A number that is calculated in a spreadsheet: Each Missing value is assigned the value "1.00" and each item price is assigned a value = The Particular HO's Price / The Median of all values in database. The whole bunch is then averaged for that HO. This gives a single number ranging in extremes between about 0.6 to about 1.9 showing how "cheap" with Rank values <1.00 or "expensive" with values >1.0 the offering by any Hunting Outfitter is.
91 Daily Rate Plains Game 1X1
92 Daily Rate Plains Game 2X1
93 Daily Rate Plains Game Observer
94 Daily Rate Plains Game Child
95 Daily Rate Dangerous Game 1X1
96 Daily Rate Dangerous Game 2X1
97 Daily Rate Dangerous Game Observer
98 Daily Rate Wingshooting 1X1
99 Daily Rate Wingshooting Group

Last Updated - Date on website for prices or date copied into database.
REMARK - Just a short general remark about Operation or web site.


Black Wildebeest
Blesbok Common
Blue Wildebeest
Busgpig
Bushbuck Cape
Bushbuck Limpopo
Duiker Grey
Eland Cape
Gemsbok
Hartebeest Red or Cape
Impala
Kudu >60"
Kudu Eastern Cape
Kudu Greater
Kudu Greater <50"
Kudu Greater >55"
Kudu Greater 50-55"
Mountain Reedbuck
Nyala
Ostrich
Reedbuck Common
Springbok Common
Steenbok
Warthog
Waterbuck
Zebra Burchells
Blesbok Copper
Blesbok Curly
Blesbok White
Blesbok Yellow
Impala Black
Impala Black-faced
Springbok Black
Springbok Gold
Springbok Kalahari
Springbok White
Black Wildebeest Female
Blesbok Non Trophy Ram or Female
Blue Wildebeest Non Trophy Bull or Female
Duiker Grey Female
Eland Cape Female
Gemsbok Non Trophy Bull or Female
Hartebeest Red Non Trophy Bull or Female
Impala Female
Impala Non Trophy Ram
Kudu Eastern Cape Female
Kudu Eastern Cape Non Trophy Bull
Kudu Greater Female
Kudu Greater Non Trophy Bull
Nyala Non Trophy Bull
Springbok Common Female
Warthog Non Trophy Boar or Female
Aardwold
African Wild Cat
Bat Eared Fox
Cape Fox
Caracal
Cheetah
Civit
Crocodile
Genet
Honey Badger
Hyeana Brown
Jackall Black-Backed
Leopard
Liom Male Maximum
Lion Male Minimum
Lioness
Mongoose
Serval
Axis Deer
Barbary Sheep
European Mouflon
Fallow Deer
Fallow Hind
Fallow White
Feral Goat
Feral Sheep
Himalyan Thar
Lechwe Red
Multi-Horned Sheep
Nubian Ibex
Pierre David Deer
Red Deer
Sambar Deer
Scimitar Horned Oryx
Sika Deer
Buffalo
Buffalo <37.9"
Buffalo >42"
Buffalo >50"
Buffalo 38-39.9"
Buffalo 40 - 41.9"
Elephant <30 lbs
Elephant 31 - 40 lbs
Elephant 41 - 50 lbs
Elephant 50 - 60 lbs
Elephant Exportable Trophy
Elephant PAC
Elephant Tuskless Bull
Elephant Tuskless Cow
Giraffe
Hippopotamus
Rhinocerus White
Rhinocerus White Green Hunt
Bontebok
Damara Dik Dik
Duiker Blue
Duiker Red
Eland Livingstone
Grysbok Cape
Grysbok Sharpes
Hartebeest Lichtensteins
Klipspringer
Oribi
Puku
Rhebuck Grey
Roan
Sable
Suni
Tsessebe
Zebra Hartmanns
Zebra Mountain
Baboon
Hyeana Spotted
Hyrax
Porcupine
Springhare
Vervet Monkey

I's been quite a task getting everything into a usable format. And there is still a lot to do!

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren