| Travel Information. |
| Going to the Eastern Cape, clients must fly directly to the O.R Thambo international in Johannesburg, from where they must fly 90 minutes to the Port Elizabeth airport where they will be met by Sunguti Safaris representatives, and drive with airconditioned hunting vehicles 3 and a half hours to main camp with comfortable hunting safari vehicles. Going to the Limpopo, clients must fly directly to the O.R Thambo International. There clients must fly with charter to the main camp, or either drive together with Sunguti Safari Representatives in comfortable hunting vehicles with air conditioning 2 to 4 and a half hours to the various hunting concessions. Main camp being 4 and a half hours away. Going to the Kalahari, clients must fly directly to the O.R Thambo Internation from where they must fly 60 minutes to the Kimberly Airport in the Northern Cape, where they will be met by Sunguti Representatives, and drive 4 hours to main camp in comfortable hunting vehicles with air conditioning. |
| How to Reach the Areas |
| Kalahari |
| Cliens will stay in 5 star thatched lodges and chalets, with bar, swimming pool, jacuzzi, spa and sauna. Fully equiped skinning facilities. Day trips on quadbikes in the kalahari sand, trips to the meerkat manor and kalahari gemsbuck National Park can be arranged. Temperatures during summer arebetween 35 and 45 degrees C. During winter between 25 and 30 degrees C. Hunting on this 140, 000 acres, means hard work and long shots. Drive by hunting car until spotting animals, and then plan a stalk is the easiest way. Shots are taken between 100 and 400 meters. Calibres such as 300s are the best to use in this area. Excellent bow hunting from monster termite mound blinds. Animals must drink everyday. Shots from 20 up to 30 meters are taken at waterholes. The area are home to 10 antelope species, such as eland, blesbuck, duiker, oryx etc. |
| Eastern Cape |
| Clients stay in a very comfortable early 1900s farm house restored into a beautiful guesthouse in the heart of the Klein Karoo. Fully equiped skinning facilities. Day trips can be arranged in advance to the Mountain Zebra National Park, Addo Elephant National Park, visits to war museums in Graaff Reinet, shopping malls in Port Elizabeth. Summer temperatures are between 25 and 35 degrees C. in winter 15 and 25 degrees C. Clients are adviced to bring warm jackets because of the cold winds and night temperatures, even during summer. Hunting in this area are on a 90, 000 acre rance with whide open grass lands, mountains, thick bush and karoo. The most popular way of hunting is by driving with hunting vehicle until animals are spotted, from where a stalk is planned, and the hunt starts. Shooting distances are between 50 and 300 meters, calibres in the 270 and 338 range will be suitable for this area. This area are home to 27 antilope species, all springbuck, blesbuck, rhebuck, black wildebees, kudu, red hartebeest |
| Limpopo |
| Clients will stay in beautiful and luxurious thatched roof lodges and chalets with bar, swimming pool and jacuzzi. Fully equiped skinning facilities. Depending on in which area in Limpopo the clients stay, day trips to the well known Kruger National Park, cheetah breeding project, private nature reserves, white lion farm and crocodile farms can be arranged. Temperatures in these areas are between 35 and 45 degrees C. during summer, while during winter between 20 and 30 degrees C. Because of the vegetation on this 12 000 acre areas0 the best way of hunting is by walking and stalking. Shooting distances are usually between 20 and 100 meters. Calibres with slow heavy bullets such as 30-06 will be best to hunt with. This area is also exccellent for bow hunting. Bow hunters will hunt from brick blinds with thatched roofs, and is big enough for 3 to 4 people. Shots 20 up to 30 meters will be taken. The area is also home to 17 antilope species, such as kudu, oryx, zebra, eland, warthog, giraffe etc. |
| Sunguti African Big Game Safaris is solely owned and opperated by Danie Scheepers. With more than 25 years experiance in guiding hunters and tourists in Southern Africa. With more than 242, 000 acres of hunting land, and 37 game species, Sunguti Safaris is truely an unique place to hunt with. Opperating on 12, 000 acres in the Limpopo Province, 90, 000 acres in the Eastern Cape and 140, 000 acres in the kalahari, Sunguti offers clients the true South African hunting experiance. From hunting in Savanna, Bushveld, Mountains, grass plains, Karoo and the unique Kalahari, Sunguti's got it all. We cater for bow and rifle hunters, with the Kalahari as the best destination for bow hunting. Hunting in all of these areas, provides for some of the best walk and stalk, long and short range shooting and bird hunting opportunities. Temperatures in the Eastern Cape vary between 20 and 30 degrees C. in summer, while in winter between 15 and 25 degrees C.limpopo and kalahari temperatures are very much the same. During summer between 30 and 45 degrees C. and in winter between 25 and 35 degrees C. In the Eastern Cape, Sunguti clients stay in a very comfortable guesthouse on the farm. During the heat of the day, clients can relax in the dining area while drinking South African wines and beer, also take a swim in the pool. Accommodation in the Limpopo is in a 5 star lodge with luxurious chalets. Guests relax next to the swimming pool while overlooking a big waterhole where game animals frequently drinks, or they relax in the jacuzzi at the bar with an ice cold drink. Kalahari accommodation is in a 5 star lodge with a spa, souna, swimming pool and jacuzzi. Clients that books a hunt in the Eastern Cape, must to fly to Johannesburg (O.R Thambo international) from where they will have to fly 1 hour 30 minutes to the Port Elizabeth airport. There clients will meet Sunguti Safaris representatives, and drive from there 3 hours 30 minutes to the main lodge. |
| About Sunguti Safaris |