Finally getting time to post of the dates and prices for the trip back to Botswana's Tuli Block and the prices for Kevin and Lindi's Darnaway Farm and Wim's Basinghall Farm.
The good news is they are both keeping the daily rates, trophy and cull/management fees the same as 2023. You'll notice that the animals they would have to hunt off of their farms are changed to POR (Price on Request). The reason they did this is to be able to shop around between the various neighboring farms at the time the game is needed. Normally, off farm game fees are sorted out during the off season for the following year. By waiting until after the rainy season to see how the fawn/calving is going, gives the landowner a better idea of how many head they want to make available. It also gives the outfitter/PH the opportunity to "shop around" a bit to find better availability and prices.
I've already set the dates with Kevin & Lindi and Wim.
Depart: 24 Aug (overnight flt)
Arrive Johannesburg (JNB): 25 Aug (7pm arrival) Stay overnight at the City Lodge Hotel in the terminal complex.
Depart JNB: 26 Aug. One of two morning flts on SA Airlink to Gaborone (GBE) Botswana.
Arrive GBE 26 Aug early to mid morning and in camp early afternoon.
Hunting: 27 Aug to 5 Sep
Depart on 6 Sep
Arrive Home 7 Sep
We are planning on using Delta because one of the original guys going this year had to cancel after he had already purchased his airline tickets and Delta gave him a full credit but not a refund. IF you decide you'd like to go, you can choose whatever airline and route you want to take and either meet us in Atlanta on 24 Aug or JNB on 26 Aug or in Gabs the morning of 27 Aug before 10 am.
Here are the prices for both. Note that Kevin is offering a 10 cull/management impala and one cull/management blue w/b for $1000.00.
Darnaway Game Ranch
Tuli Block, Botswana
Owners: Kevin & Lindi Nell
Tel/WhatsApp: +27 83 359 8885
E-mail: [email protected]
2024 MANAGEMENT GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
Blue Wildebeest 200.00 Kudu 450.00
Impala 100.00 Warthog 100.00
Zebra (Plains) 350.00 Chacma Baboon 50.00
Vervet Monkey 50.00 Blackback Jackal 50.00
Cull Impala special – 12 cull rams or ewes regardless of size, plus 1 cull/management blue w/b for $1000.00
2024 TROPHY GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
(Additional Trophy Game can be arranged on neighboring farms, Prices On Request - POR)
Blue Wildebeest 600.00 Zebra (Plains) 600.00
Limpopo Bushbuck 1000.00 Waterbuck 1400.00
Impala 400.00 Kudu (Greater) 1500.00
Steenbok 200.00 Warthog 300.00
Red Hartebeest POR Eland POR
Gemsbok POR Waterbuck POR
ACCOMMODATION/DAILY FEES:
1x1 $350.00 per person per day
2x1 $250.00 per person per day
Observer/non-hunter $150.00 per person per day
Daily fees include: •Hunting permits •Temporary firearm import permits •PH services •Road transfers from Gaborone Airport and back •Use of hunting vehicle •Initial preparation of trophies – skinning, salting/drying and delivery to local taxidermist •Accommodation •All meals, soft drinks, reasonable amounts of wine and beer and locally available liquor • Laundry and maid service.
Prices Exclude: •Airfare. • Lodging en route to/from Darnaway Game Ranch •Airport charged taxes and fees if any •All taxidermist fees •Dipping, packing and shipping of trophies •Insurance and medical expenses •Tips and Gratuities.
Terms of Business: • Confirmation of a hunting booking will require a deposit of 50% of the daily fees and game to be hunted •The balance is due at the completion of your safari •Trophy fees and any safari extras are due and payable at the completion of your safari • Payment must be paid in cash or wire transfer before leaving Botswana •Safaris cancelled more than 180-days prior to scheduled safari date - 50% of the deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled between 180-days and 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - no deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled less than 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - total deposit will be forfeited unless the client finds a replacement •Rescheduling, instead of forfeiting, is possible on a case by case and open date available basis.
Basinghall Game Ranch
Tuli Block, Botswana
Owner: Wim Biemond
Tel/WhatsApp: 228.263.1714
E-mail: [email protected]
2024 MANAGEMENT GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
Blue Wildebeest 200.00 Kudu (Greater) 450.00
Impala 100.00 Warthog 100.00
Blackback Jackal 50.00 Zebra (Plains) 350.00
Chacma Baboon 50.00 Vervet Monkey 50.00
2024 TROPHY GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
(Additional Trophy Game can be arranged on neighboring farms, Prices On Request - POR)
Blue Wildebeest 600.00 Zebra (Burchells) 600.00
Limpopo Bushbuck 1000.00 Kudu (Greater) 1500.00
Duiker 200.00 Impala 400.00
Warthog 300.00 Red Hartebeest POR
Eland POR Gemsbok POR
Waterbuck POR
ACCOMMODATION/DAILY FEES:
1x1 $350.00 per person per day
2x1 $250.00 per person per day
Observer/non-hunter $150.00 per person per day
Daily fees include: •Hunting permits •Temporary firearm import permits •PH services •Road transfers from Gaborone Airport and back •Use of hunting vehicle •Initial preparation of trophies – skinning, salting/drying and delivery to local taxidermist •Accommodation •All meals, soft drinks, reasonable amounts of wine and beer and locally available liquor •Laundry and maid service.
Prices Exclude: •Airfare. • Lodging en route to/from Basinghall Game Ranch •Airport charged taxes and fees if any •All taxidermist fees •Dipping, packing and shipping of trophies •Insurance and medical expenses •Tips and Gratuities.
Terms of Business: • Confirmation of a hunting booking will require a deposit of 50% of the daily fees and game to be hunted •The balance is due at the completion of your safari •Trophy fees and any safari extras are due and payable at the completion of your safari • Payment must be paid in cash or wire transfer before leaving Botswana •Safaris cancelled more than 180-days prior to scheduled safari date - 50% of the deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled between 180-days and 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - no deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled less than 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - total daily rate will be forfeited unless the client finds a replacement •Rescheduling, instead of refunding, is possible on a case by case and open date available basis.
Obviously, you can refer back to my last two trip reports here Botswana Tuli Block Aug 2023 and here Botswana Tuli Block Aug 2022 for camp pictures etc.
I plan is to wire over my funds for my 10-days 1x1 and Kevin's impala/blue w/b cull package after the new year. Then I plan on targeting just additional cull/management blue w/b while there. That way I can relax and take at least two head or more per day.
If you can't make these dates for this trip, PLEASE feel free to contact Kevin or Wim to set up your own dates. I'll still help you sort out the travel and lodging bits if you'd like. As of today, I have three 99% confirmed people going. Myself, Chris who went this Aug and Calaam who had to cancel the Aug 2023 trip. That leave two spots (tents) open. IF one more want to go (total 6), I will just stay at either the Rondavel next to Kevin and Lindi's house or with the PH's over at Wim's. I won't take more than six (me+5) as it becomes too much like herding cats. If someone wants to bring an observer/hunting spouse, you'd share a tent or you'd stay in the Rondavel instead.
I realize some may have some trepidation around the current world events. Understandable. At this point, it is still centered a full continent and 4000 miles away. Only concern I have at this time would be taking an airline route via Dubai (Emirates) or Doha (Qatar). Obviously, the situation can change pretty rapidly and Aug 2024 is still 10 months away. At least this way, IF someone is contemplating going and has to submit vacation dates well in advance, this gives you the dates needed.
DISCLAIMER: As ALWAYS, I have no personal or business financial interest in either farm or their owners, either directly or even indirectly. I DO NOT get a fee or commission from them for doing any of this. I pay my full way, all the way and the same daily rates and animal fees as everyone else booking with them. IF you go with me and have a good time, all I ask is on the way home thru Jberg and the Big Five Duty Free store, you buy me a very nice bottle of South African Whiskey that I love and can't get in the US.
The good news is they are both keeping the daily rates, trophy and cull/management fees the same as 2023. You'll notice that the animals they would have to hunt off of their farms are changed to POR (Price on Request). The reason they did this is to be able to shop around between the various neighboring farms at the time the game is needed. Normally, off farm game fees are sorted out during the off season for the following year. By waiting until after the rainy season to see how the fawn/calving is going, gives the landowner a better idea of how many head they want to make available. It also gives the outfitter/PH the opportunity to "shop around" a bit to find better availability and prices.
I've already set the dates with Kevin & Lindi and Wim.
Depart: 24 Aug (overnight flt)
Arrive Johannesburg (JNB): 25 Aug (7pm arrival) Stay overnight at the City Lodge Hotel in the terminal complex.
Depart JNB: 26 Aug. One of two morning flts on SA Airlink to Gaborone (GBE) Botswana.
Arrive GBE 26 Aug early to mid morning and in camp early afternoon.
Hunting: 27 Aug to 5 Sep
Depart on 6 Sep
Arrive Home 7 Sep
We are planning on using Delta because one of the original guys going this year had to cancel after he had already purchased his airline tickets and Delta gave him a full credit but not a refund. IF you decide you'd like to go, you can choose whatever airline and route you want to take and either meet us in Atlanta on 24 Aug or JNB on 26 Aug or in Gabs the morning of 27 Aug before 10 am.
Here are the prices for both. Note that Kevin is offering a 10 cull/management impala and one cull/management blue w/b for $1000.00.
Darnaway Game Ranch
Tuli Block, Botswana
Owners: Kevin & Lindi Nell
Tel/WhatsApp: +27 83 359 8885
E-mail: [email protected]
2024 MANAGEMENT GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
Blue Wildebeest 200.00 Kudu 450.00
Impala 100.00 Warthog 100.00
Zebra (Plains) 350.00 Chacma Baboon 50.00
Vervet Monkey 50.00 Blackback Jackal 50.00
Cull Impala special – 12 cull rams or ewes regardless of size, plus 1 cull/management blue w/b for $1000.00
2024 TROPHY GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
(Additional Trophy Game can be arranged on neighboring farms, Prices On Request - POR)
Blue Wildebeest 600.00 Zebra (Plains) 600.00
Limpopo Bushbuck 1000.00 Waterbuck 1400.00
Impala 400.00 Kudu (Greater) 1500.00
Steenbok 200.00 Warthog 300.00
Red Hartebeest POR Eland POR
Gemsbok POR Waterbuck POR
ACCOMMODATION/DAILY FEES:
1x1 $350.00 per person per day
2x1 $250.00 per person per day
Observer/non-hunter $150.00 per person per day
Daily fees include: •Hunting permits •Temporary firearm import permits •PH services •Road transfers from Gaborone Airport and back •Use of hunting vehicle •Initial preparation of trophies – skinning, salting/drying and delivery to local taxidermist •Accommodation •All meals, soft drinks, reasonable amounts of wine and beer and locally available liquor • Laundry and maid service.
Prices Exclude: •Airfare. • Lodging en route to/from Darnaway Game Ranch •Airport charged taxes and fees if any •All taxidermist fees •Dipping, packing and shipping of trophies •Insurance and medical expenses •Tips and Gratuities.
Terms of Business: • Confirmation of a hunting booking will require a deposit of 50% of the daily fees and game to be hunted •The balance is due at the completion of your safari •Trophy fees and any safari extras are due and payable at the completion of your safari • Payment must be paid in cash or wire transfer before leaving Botswana •Safaris cancelled more than 180-days prior to scheduled safari date - 50% of the deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled between 180-days and 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - no deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled less than 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - total deposit will be forfeited unless the client finds a replacement •Rescheduling, instead of forfeiting, is possible on a case by case and open date available basis.
Basinghall Game Ranch
Tuli Block, Botswana
Owner: Wim Biemond
Tel/WhatsApp: 228.263.1714
E-mail: [email protected]
2024 MANAGEMENT GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
Blue Wildebeest 200.00 Kudu (Greater) 450.00
Impala 100.00 Warthog 100.00
Blackback Jackal 50.00 Zebra (Plains) 350.00
Chacma Baboon 50.00 Vervet Monkey 50.00
2024 TROPHY GAME HUNTING PRICES (prices are in U.S. Dollars)
(Additional Trophy Game can be arranged on neighboring farms, Prices On Request - POR)
Blue Wildebeest 600.00 Zebra (Burchells) 600.00
Limpopo Bushbuck 1000.00 Kudu (Greater) 1500.00
Duiker 200.00 Impala 400.00
Warthog 300.00 Red Hartebeest POR
Eland POR Gemsbok POR
Waterbuck POR
ACCOMMODATION/DAILY FEES:
1x1 $350.00 per person per day
2x1 $250.00 per person per day
Observer/non-hunter $150.00 per person per day
Daily fees include: •Hunting permits •Temporary firearm import permits •PH services •Road transfers from Gaborone Airport and back •Use of hunting vehicle •Initial preparation of trophies – skinning, salting/drying and delivery to local taxidermist •Accommodation •All meals, soft drinks, reasonable amounts of wine and beer and locally available liquor •Laundry and maid service.
Prices Exclude: •Airfare. • Lodging en route to/from Basinghall Game Ranch •Airport charged taxes and fees if any •All taxidermist fees •Dipping, packing and shipping of trophies •Insurance and medical expenses •Tips and Gratuities.
Terms of Business: • Confirmation of a hunting booking will require a deposit of 50% of the daily fees and game to be hunted •The balance is due at the completion of your safari •Trophy fees and any safari extras are due and payable at the completion of your safari • Payment must be paid in cash or wire transfer before leaving Botswana •Safaris cancelled more than 180-days prior to scheduled safari date - 50% of the deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled between 180-days and 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - no deposit will be refunded •Safaris cancelled less than 60-days prior to scheduled safari date - total daily rate will be forfeited unless the client finds a replacement •Rescheduling, instead of refunding, is possible on a case by case and open date available basis.
Obviously, you can refer back to my last two trip reports here Botswana Tuli Block Aug 2023 and here Botswana Tuli Block Aug 2022 for camp pictures etc.
I plan is to wire over my funds for my 10-days 1x1 and Kevin's impala/blue w/b cull package after the new year. Then I plan on targeting just additional cull/management blue w/b while there. That way I can relax and take at least two head or more per day.
If you can't make these dates for this trip, PLEASE feel free to contact Kevin or Wim to set up your own dates. I'll still help you sort out the travel and lodging bits if you'd like. As of today, I have three 99% confirmed people going. Myself, Chris who went this Aug and Calaam who had to cancel the Aug 2023 trip. That leave two spots (tents) open. IF one more want to go (total 6), I will just stay at either the Rondavel next to Kevin and Lindi's house or with the PH's over at Wim's. I won't take more than six (me+5) as it becomes too much like herding cats. If someone wants to bring an observer/hunting spouse, you'd share a tent or you'd stay in the Rondavel instead.
I realize some may have some trepidation around the current world events. Understandable. At this point, it is still centered a full continent and 4000 miles away. Only concern I have at this time would be taking an airline route via Dubai (Emirates) or Doha (Qatar). Obviously, the situation can change pretty rapidly and Aug 2024 is still 10 months away. At least this way, IF someone is contemplating going and has to submit vacation dates well in advance, this gives you the dates needed.
DISCLAIMER: As ALWAYS, I have no personal or business financial interest in either farm or their owners, either directly or even indirectly. I DO NOT get a fee or commission from them for doing any of this. I pay my full way, all the way and the same daily rates and animal fees as everyone else booking with them. IF you go with me and have a good time, all I ask is on the way home thru Jberg and the Big Five Duty Free store, you buy me a very nice bottle of South African Whiskey that I love and can't get in the US.