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The first-time hearing lions and hyenas in the night was a primal experience for me. Also, hearing some crocodiles splashing in the river and thinking death by crocodile would totally suck. The sounds of doves in the early morning brings about a good, peaceful feeling. Campfire smoke.

So many have described wonderful sights, sounds, smells and I love most of what has been posted. But for me, nothing compares to listening to a lion’s roar. It’s my favorite sound in the wild.

Fortunately I’ll be in a camp in northern Cameroon in just a few weeks, so hope to again enjoy so many of the sounds mentioned on this thread.

^^^^^ This ^^^^^

And the smell of Mopane wood smoke.

What are you going after in Cameroon? I was there in 2003. It is a great safari destination.

I hear the barking of baboons fouling up my attempts to sneak up on game.
Frustrating, memorable, and something I would love to hear again.

Yep, that'll do it--especially since their barks carry so far!

But had more than one stalk screwed up by giraffes in the Okavango--which I would also love to hear/see again....

Mac, I’ll primarily be hunting Lord Derby Eland and Roan. Other game Hartebeest, Cob, Reedbuck, Oribi.

Are you taking your own rifle/s, and if so, did you need to send your passport to Brussels to get the gun permit?

Nice. Roan was my primary reason for going there. The one I got taped a little over 34 inches. They have great Roan there. I hunted with Ngong Safaris and was very happy with them. I saw Lord Derby 3 times while I was there, neat critters but way too pricey for me.

  
The little stinkers...

+1 on the doves

Yes!

The first time I was landing East London, I was beginning to scheme how I could go another time. I'm have now gone 3 times in 9 years.

If I was still working, I would be going a 4th time soon.

Too true. Africa is changing rapidly, and not for the better. Find a way to go while you can.

THIS..bu tin Zim

I worked in two hospitals in Cameroon - Gara Boli and Ngarendery

They were dirt poor.
Dust on the operating table. Patients pooping in the hallways and in their rooms. No refrigeration. Patients were 75% HIV positive. Poisonous snakes in our living quarters. Natives found black mamba in my hut, king cobra at the dump, Crocodiles, elephants, hippos, baboons etc. no one had a gun. Hospital rooms smelled worse than the chicken houses I cleaned as a kid.
I watched people die due to disease. Electricity wasn’t secure. The back up generator for the hospital ran on diesel. Natives stole the diesel.

Don’t want to be a patient there.

I worked in a village next to Central Africa Republic. I was the first white man many in the village had ever seen.

Yes, I’m taking my .375 and yes I had to send my passport to Brussels for my Cameroonian Gun Permit. Gracy Travel handled that for me, as they have a fellow in Paris who takes the passport to Brussels, gets the Visa and Gun Permit and then FedExes it back. It’s not cheap but they have the process down pat. Nothing about an LDE hunt is cheap, unfortunately.

About how far does a lion's roar carry at night?

Spent a few days visiting the Lutheran Church hospital in Ngoundere about 10 years ago when I was still in practice. Also saw the “local” hospital, if you could call it that. Compared to a first world hospital, it was night and day in the Lutheran hospital and absolutely no comparison in the local hospital. On topic, the sound of lions roaring and elephants trumpeting at night will raise the hair on your whole body.

jdollar, are you still a covtard or have you seen the light and pulled your head out of your assss ? You're a coward, and you and people like you ruined many people's lives. I don't understand why you keep crawling out of your hole and coming back over here instead of kissing the libtard/covtard's assses over at the muslim owner's board. Screw you and the horse you rode in on.