I agree you can turn a $6000 pkg. into $12,000 very fast. Although the Eastern Cape Plains game hunt my wife, son and I went on this spring, seemed very economical. Here were our total costs.
1) 3 round trip tickets to Port Elizabeth from Rochester New York @ $1535 each = $4605
2) 10 full hunting days 1x1 for me, Sherry and Josh were observers. $2800 for me w/ $1000 credit towards trophy fees. $1000 each for Sherry and Josh. Also arrival day and departure day were included at no additional cost. $4800
3)Kudu- $1150, Black Wildebeest- $1000, Bushbuck- $700, Warthog-$475, Blesbok- $450, Impala-$400, Springbok-$300. Total-$4375 minus $1000 trophy fee credit= $3375
4)Tips PH, tracker and staff - $600
5)Dip and Pack, crate and ship. 7 european mounts, and salted skins of all the animals. $1450. I shared the crate with my buddy.
6) $500 misc.
Grand total $15,330
That is the whole thing I believe. We did get great deals on the flights and there were no rooms on either end. Our flights left Rochester NY at 6:30 am on Saturday and arrived in PE, SA at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. We were picked up at the airport that day then brought back to PE 12 days later to get on our flight at 12:30 pm. We then arrived back in Rochester New York the next day. Hope this helps.
Kevin
