Animals GAME

Extremely healthy populations of leopard, lion and hyena roam the habitat as the area’s top predators. The cats and hyena are primarily hunted over bait and success rates are excellent. Hunting any of these elite predators is an adventure of epic proportions and the rewards are well worth the effort when a husky old leopard or a battle-scarred and heavily maned lion are finally in the salt. Without reservation, we offer the hunter who wants either of these coveted trophies some of the finest cat hunting left in Africa.

The taxonomically distinct Roosevelt’s sable is one of the most prolific of the of antelope species in the Niassa reserve. With its jet-black coat, we offer tremendous opportunities for this unique and striking animal.

The endemic Böehm’s zebra with its distinctive thin stripes and smaller body size makes for an exceptional trophy, not to mention excellent bait on a lion hunt! The geographically rare Niassa wildebeest are found only here and in the nearby Selous. Also in abundance are the copper-colored Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, and the massive Livingstone’s eland grow to incredible size with stark black ruffs that accent their long deeply-ridged horns.

Solid-bossed Cape buffalo provide the intrepid hunter with a truly adventurous hunt. These wizened warriors of the bush deserve respect. Hunting buffalo in this way is real hunting and requires the hunter to have a good level of fitness and the grit to get the job done.

Crocodile are abundant in the large rivers and isolated pools, providing a thrilling hunt for the hunter who is strategically-minded and patient enough to wait for the big one. These prehistoric lizards are often underestimated as a trophy animal but can give the hunter one of the most interesting and difficult hunts in Africa. The hunter needs to be prepared for accurate shooting and must maintain the same level of patience as with leopard. The same can be said for Hippo which can be combined with crocodile for an exciting aquatic hunt.

Other species not to be overlooked are Common waterbuck, Johnstone’s impala, Greater kudu, bushpig, warthog, Grey duiker, Red duiker, Sharpe’s grysbok, Chobe bushbuck, Common reedbuck, and Olive baboon.