Hunt
Hunting in Southern Tanzania, south of Selous Game Reserve
If you're into photographic safaris and are wondering why we offer hunting, read our explanation.
We offer two types of safaris: (1) a la carte and (2) all-inclusive.
A La Carte Safaris
With A La Carte Safaris, you pay for each trophy you seek. You pay for your airfare, lodging (in Dar es Salaam), transfers, etc.
Our daily rate is $2,500 per hunter, per day.
We give generous discounts as you increase the number of days.
Here are our trophy prices for the most desirable trophies:
| Animal | Trophy Fee |
| Buffalo | $5,200 |
| Bushbuck | $1,000 |
| Common Plains | $250 |
| Eland | $3,000 |
| Elephant | $20,000 |
| Gazelle | $900 |
| Hippo | $1,500 |
| Hyena | $1,500 |
| Kudu | $3,000 |
| Lion | $20,000 |
| Leopard | $7,000 |
| Reedbuck | $500 |
| Sable / Roan | $6,000 |
| Waterbuck | $2,000 |
| Wildebeest | $3,000 |
| Zebra | $3,000 |
This is a partial list. If there is a particular animal that you seek, ask us for the pricing.
All-Inclusive Hunting Safari Packages
Most hunters don’t mind getting down and dirty during the hunt, but we will take special care of you at all moments before, during, and after your hunting safari.
What is included
- Business-class flights from your home to the airport that is near our hunting block and back
- Meet-and-greet at the airport, escort you through customs, take you to a 5-star hotel, and do the same on the return
- Ground transportation in a safari vehicle
- Hunting license
- Wildlife Concession Fee
- Firearms Import Permit
- All trophy fees
- Professional hunter, tracker, skinner, and driver
- Luxury tented camps
- Exquisite all-you-can-eat food
- All-you-can-drink beverages (including alcohol after the hunt after the firearms are put away)
- Daily laundry service
- Concierge, cook, and staff at your service
- First-aid kit
- Trophy storage in a climate-controlled room in Dar es Salaam while your trophies await shipment
What is NOT included
- The skinning, salting, drying, tagging, crating, disinfection, and paperwork related to your trophies
- Shipping of the trophies back to the United States
- Ammunition and its associated tax
- An optional $5,000 (one-way) charter flight that lands in the camp if you want to avoid the six-hour drive from Songea's commercial airport.
- Gratuities/tips, which are optional
Where is the Wildlife Management Area of Best Luxury Safaris?
It's in Southern Tanzania (which is in East Africa) and it's just south of the Selous Game Reserve, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Best Luxury Safaris has exclusive access to two contiguous hunting blocks:
1. Nalika: which is 1,800 square km (450,000 acres).
2. Mbarang'andu: which is twice the size as Nalika and is adjacent to it.
Mbarang'andu was the favorite hunting block of one of Africa’s most famous and most successful ivory hunters, James Sutherland, whose 1912 book, Adventures of an Elephant Hunter, spoke of how he camped many years on the banks of the Mbarang'andu River.
Today, you can camp by that same river at our camp.
Both hunting blocks are located where the red circle is on the map below.
Map of our Nalika and Mbarang'andu hunting blocks with our two main camps
How to get to the Nalika and Mbarang'andu hunting blocks
If you're coming from the United States, we will fly you from anywhere in the United States to New York and then on a business-class flight to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We will do our best to not route you through Europe. You'll fly nonstop to nearby Nairobi, Kenya. From Nairobi, you'll take a short hop to Dar es Salaam. This simplifies and shortens your trip. You'll stay one night in a 5-star hotel in Dar es Salaam (e.g., the Seacliff Hotel).
From Dar, you have two options
A) We can fly you to Songea (which is five hours west of our hunting blocks - see map). The price of this flight is included in all our hunting packages.
B) We can charter a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan for a supplemental $4,999 one-way charge. The upside is that it can land in our airstrip that is right next to our Mbarang'andu camp and less than two hours from our Nalika camp.
Accommodations
We offer luxurious tented camps with exquisite cuisine customized for your tastes.
Game in our Nalika and Mbarang'andu hunting blocks
- Lion
- Leopard
- Elephant
- Cape Buffalo
- Hippopotamus
- East African Kudu
- Roosevelt Sable Antelope
- Eland
- Waterbuck
- Common Reedbuck
- Nile Crocodile
- Impala
- Bushbuck
- Bushpig
- Olive Baboon
- Common and Red-flanked Duiker
- Spotted Hyena
Common Plains Game
- Hartebeest
- Nyasaland Wildebeest
- Antelope
- Warthog
All-inclusive Southern Tanzanian Hunting Packages
Our prices are higher than most because we offer far more than most. Many outfitters offer "all-inclusive packages," but then ask you to pay for the international flights and all the trophy-related fees.
Best Luxury Safaris will not nickel-and-dime you. You pay one flat fee so that you can leave your wallet at home.
Below are our standard hunting packages. We can customize your trip, of course. The prices below are for the hunter. Professional Hunters, agents, and other resellers will get a commission.
10-day 1 BUFFALO + 4x COMMON PLAINS GAME luxury hunting safari
One Buffalo and one of each of Hartebeest, Nyasaland Wildebeest, Antelope, and Warthog.
1 hunter $49,999.
2 hunters sharing and quota is $29,999 per hunter.
16-day 2x BUFFALO + ONE WATERBUCK + ONE REEDBUCK + 4x COMMON PLAINS GAME luxury hunting safari
Two buffalos, plus one of each of these: Hartebeest, Nyasaland Wildebeest, Antelope, Warthog.
1 hunter hunts two buffalo and other species listed for $59,999.
2 hunters sharing costs and quota $39,999 per hunter.
21-day 3x BUFFALO + HIPPO on land + 1 ELAND + 4x COMMON PLAINS GAME luxury hunting safari
1 hunter hunts three buffalo and other species listed (including one of each of Hartebeest, Nyasaland Wildebeest, Zebra, and Warthog) for $69,999.
2 hunters sharing costs and quota is $49,999 per hunter.
21-day HIPPO on the land + 2x BUFFALO luxury hunting safari + 1 BUSHBUCK or REEDBUCK or WATERBUCK + 1 KUDU or SABLE or ELAND + 4x COMMON PLAINS GAME
Killing a hippo while he's in water is easy compared to hunting him on land. Give yourself a challenge. Hunt the hippo on land.
On this hunt, a hippo bull will only be shot on the dry ground and not from the safety of a riverbank or lakeshore, as the hippo surfaces for a breath of air. Dry-ground hunting for these remarkable creatures is dangerous work. Hippos can weigh as much as 7,000 pounds and be 40 years old. This is hunting at its finest. Leave your bolt-action at home. Bring a double rifle loaded with solids. Give yourself the challenge you’ve always dreamed of! And don’t forget to bring an extra set of ‘balls’ for your professional hunter.
1 Hunter for $69,000.
2 Hunters sharing cost and quota for $49,000 per hunter.
21-day ELEPHANT + 2 BUFFALO + 1 ZEBRA + 1 KUDU or SABLE or ELAND + 1 BUSHBUCK + 1 WATERBUCK + 1 REEDBUCK + 1 HYENA + 4 COMMON PLAINS GAME luxury hunting safari
1 hunter $89,000.
2 hunters sharing cost and quota is $69,000 per hunter.
21-day LEOPARD + 2 BUFFALO + 1 ZEBRA + 1 KUDU or SABLE or ELAND + 1 BUSHBUCK + 1 WATERBUCK + 1 REEDBUCK + 1 HYENA + 4x COMMON PLAINS GAME luxury hunting safari
1 hunter $79,000.
2 hunters sharing cost and quota is $59,000 per hunter.
21-day LION + 2 BUFFALO + 1 ZEBRA + 1 KUDU or SABLE or ELAND + 1 BUSHBUCK + 1 WATERBUCK + 1 REEDBUCK + 1 HYENA + 4x COMMON PLAINS GAME luxury hunting safari
One hunter for $79,000.
Two hunters sharing the cost and quota for $59,000 per hunter.
21-day UNRESTRICTED luxury hunting safari, includes Patterson's Eland, Kudu, or Sable
This entitles you to ONE of each species listed above and up to THREE of each species of the common plains game listed above.
One hunter can hunt any animal in our two hunting blocks for $99,000.
Two hunters cost $79,000 each.
When to go
The hunting season is from July 1 to December 31. Temperatures are warm all year long.
Payment
Best Luxury Safaris accepts:
- ACH or wire bank transfers to our United States bank account, which simplifies payment.
- Credit cards.
- Venmo and PayPal.
- Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Francis Tapon, a co-founder of Best Luxury Safaris, is based in Northern California. Ivan Flavien Mjengwa, the other co-founder, is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Observer fees: $499 per day, per observer. Also, observers must pay for their own airfare.
Hunting rules
- No more than two hunters per professional hunter
- Your group may not exceed four clients (and two professional hunters)
- No night hunting
- No hunting of female or young animals