BIRD HUNTING

All year round. Close proximity to Port Elizabeth. Shoot takes place at dams and / or fields with decoys and hides. Daily average shot per hunter varies between 30-100 shells. Daily rate: $200$ per hunter. Min 4 - Max 8.


July- August. 3 hours' drive from Port Elizabeth. Hunting with medal winning pointers on the Karoo mountain plateaux, at 2500mt altitude. Daily shoot varies 30-100 shells with average 20% success rate due to the fast flights of this elusive birds. Daily rate: $400 per hunter. Min 2 - Max 4 – Min 2 days. 60 days advance booking is required.


January – May. One hour's domestic flight or 6 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Shoot takes place in sunflower fields. Daily shoot varies between 500-1000 shells. Daily rate ; 200$ per hunter. Min 4- Max 10. Min 3 days. 30 days advance booking is required.


September – November. Around Port Elizabeth. Drive hunt in wheat fields with daily shoot varying around 20-50 shells per hunter. Daily rate: $200 per hunter. Min 4 – Max 12

A widespread waterfowl found in fast-moving streams and rivers as well as in dams. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North West, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
A grey-brown bird that is easily identified by its long black spatulate bill. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, North West, Northern Cape, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
Black and white birds with the males sporting a large knob on the top of their bills which enlarges in the breeding season! They are typically found in pans, dams and large rivers. South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
(Tadorna cana) A russet coloured duck found on freshwater lakes and dams. Interestingly, they prefer to nest underground in burrows made by various mammals. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana
A distinctive white face and long-necked duck. South Africa: Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
(Anas undulate) Often found in flocks and on any open fresh water, this duck has a bright yellow bill. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
A pale duck with a pink bill that lives in both fresh and saline open water. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Similar to the redbilled teal but has a noticeable blue bill and is found inland on small bodies of water. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Found in fresh water, this common teal sports a distinctive red bill. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Very common even in urbanised areas and around Cape Town;  are protected species. They are commonly seen roosting in trees. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
An orange-coloured goose that sits in floating vegetation and nests in holes in trees. South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
A very large black goose that likes water bordered by grasslands which it likes to come ashore to feed on. These birds have large sharp spurs on their wings. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Probably our most famous gamebird with their bare heads and bright necks. Interestingly, this nakedness helps the guineafowl to forage in the heat of the day. There are several other species in west, central and northern Africa as well.
Known for their curly feathers on top of their heads, these guineafowl prefer forests and eat fruit and insects. South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Africa: Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
This is the most widespread upland gamebird. Recently, there has been quite substantial interbreeding with feral or domesticated guineafowl which results in white feathers and a similar loss of colour in legs and neck. South Africa: country-wide except for Limpopo Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
This quail is the rarest, its numbers being dependent on the amount of rain in a season. South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal Africa: Zimbabwe, Angola, Kenya, Ethiopia, West Africa
Migrating long distances at night and moving in large groups these birds prefer grassland areas. Unfortunately, hunting them in large groups coincides with their breeding season. South Africa: country-wide Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe. North African populations Congo, Angola, Namibia, Zambia
The coqui francolin is the smallest francolin in the region and is also the most widely spread, although its grassland habitats are under threat of destruction. They have a particularly late breeding season and most hunting takes place in the late winter and spring months to accommodate this. South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Most commonly known as a partridge to local farmers, this bird responds well to calling. It is found in woodlands or thick bush and is fairly widespread in the area. South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Gauteng Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
The most hunted species and the only Southern African francolin to really withstand commercial shooting, this is one of South Africa's most successful commercial wingshooting ventures, particularly in the Eastern Cape. South Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Free State
A prolific gamebird in the Northern Cape up until the 1930"s, this francolin prefers both sandy areas and grasslands. South Africa: Limpopo, Free State, Northern Capeother: Namibia, Angola, Botswana
Shelley's francolin is found mainly in more moist grasslands. South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo Africa: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
The Natal Francolin is a medium sized bird, common from South Africa to Zambia. Likes rocky hillsides, water courses, and Acacia bushveld. Feeds on seeds, insects, fruit, molluscs and bulbs. When startled the Natal Francolin makes a strident long call of chattering notes. Nests on the ground in thorn thickets. The nest is a hollow scrape lined with grass. 4-8 creamy yellow eggs are laid, hatching in about 3 weeks.
Is found in the open savannas, grasslands & all types of dry woodlands in East Africa from Sudan & Ethiopia southwards through Kenya & Tanzania; across all of southern Africa with the exception of the coastal deserts of Namibia & the Karoo in S. Africa.