Mozambique

After centuries of ethnic and Arab rule, slave trading, Portuguese colonialism and decades of devastating civil war, Mozambique finally became a democratic republic in 1990. This long country with nearly 1500 miles of coastline, about twice the size of California, borders Tanzania to the North, Zambia and Malawi to the Northwest, Zimbabwe to the West, and South Africa to the Southwest. To the East of Mozambique, lies the Indian Ocean. A vast plateau covered with savannah and open Miombo woodlands rises up toward the mountains in the west and north which accounts for nearly half of the total area of Mozambique. The western and northern highlands are patched with dense forests. The Zambezi is the largest of the 25 main rivers flowing through Mozambique into the Indian Ocean. This rich and varied habitat, with relatively small human population, has enormous potential and is regaining its once proud reputation as primary safari destination. Hunting Mozambique should be on every African hunters list.

Mozambique is famous for nyala, sable antelope, leopard, lion and big elephants. In the north, the hunting is virtually indistinguishable from hunting in neighboring Tanzania. The vast Nyasa Reserve is the largest game reserve in the country, at nearly 20,000 square miles. It is surrounded by hunting concessions, known as coutadas, where lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo are numerous. Further south the mighty Luganda River supports additional hunting concessions, where buffalo, sable, kudu, Nyasa wildebeest and leopard are common. The primary hunting areas in the famous Zambezi Delta, now boast the largest herds of Cape buffalo in southern Africa today, as well as high populations of sable, as well as nyala, waterbuck, kudu, bushbuck and reedbuck. The thick sand forest of the Delta is the best place in Africa to take a suni, both blue and red duikers, and it also has extraordinary warthogs. The areas along the boundary of the famous Kruger Park in neighboring South Africa were hard hit by the ravages of the civil war, but plains game numbers are increasing and buffalo numbers are improving.

The Hunting Consortium Ltd. represents Mozambique’s finest operators, with a great selection of hunting areas throughout the country. Safaris are constructed with the requirements of each client in mind, hunting the areas that will most likely produce the best trophies of the desired species. The quality of service rivals that found in Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Prices in Mozambique are lower than in other front line African hunting countries, as the safari industry there has recovered from the effects of the civil war. Consequently, Mozambique offers perhaps the BEST VALUE in big game hunting in Africa today.

Species List:

• Elephant
• Lion
• Leopard
• Cape Buffalo
• Hippo
• Crocodile
• Sable
• Baboon
• Chobe Bushbuck
• Bushpig
• Lichtenstein Hartebeest
• Southern Bush Duiker
• Livingstones Eland
• Livingstones Suni
• Sharpe Grysbok
• Hyena
• Impala
• Klipspringer
• Southern Greater Kudu
• Common Reedbuck
• Natal Red Duiker
• Blue duiker
• Warthog
• Common Waterbuck
• Nyasa Wildebeest
• Zebra