Charlton McCallum Safaris
2025 archive

Field journal 56

JT - Dande

202511 photographs2 field notes

Client Comment - Father

Absolutely amazing trip! Half way through we started talking about when we would come back and what animals that we wanted to pursue. We were scheduled for buffalo, leopard, sable, and roan. I knew it was a tall task to harvest all. Originally, I planned for only buffalo and leopard, but decided to add the other two as potential bonuses. We ended up with 2 buffalo, (a cow for leopard bait, a super exciting, intense duggaboy hunt), 2 impalas, and one duiker. We had great stalks every day. We came very close on the leopard, sable, roan, spotted hyena, and zebra. We joked at camp it was trip of just 1 more. Needed one more second for the sable, 1 more year of age on the male leopard, one more safety click on the spotted hyena at 7 yards (my fault, lol), and the roan are just tough. I was blown away by the staff, in particular the young pH and his team. They worked tirelessly and gave it their all to make the trip a once in lifetime experience. The food was amazing, staff super friendly, and all were very knowledgeable about the culture, the animals, and the plants. Great learning experience. So happy and special to share with my 12-year-old daughter.

Client Comment - Daughter

One of the best trips of my life. The culture, food, and the experience were amazing. I started crying as we flew out because I started to miss the people with the company. They were some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I learned a lot about the animals there and got to see so much. Sadly, we didn’t get every animal we wanted but still got 2 buffalo, 2 impala and a Duiker so it was worth it all.