| The mere sound of the name rings bells of | | | | the rifle hunting. However, although it is popular |
| adventure, exploration, realization and hunting. | | | | enough there are still unsettled issues concerning the |
| Because of the diversity of hunting safari, it offers as | | | | caliber of the rifle. Please check on the guidelines as |
| much opportunities for hunting fanatics to explore a | | | | suggested by you tour operator. |
| range of ecological areas that have their own | | | | Next to the rifle hunting is the bow hunting, which for |
| specialties. | | | | the present is not as customarily used as the rifle |
| Well, it's hard to imagine how we can exactly | | | | hunting. Experts see the future of bow hunting |
| describe the purity of Africa. It is safe though to tell | | | | though as the standard to restrict any other issues |
| you that it is filled with rich resources of plain animals | | | | that must be dealt with the more common form of |
| suited for game, predators that follow after their kill, | | | | hunting. |
| animals grazing on fertile and unspoiled lands and | | | | The lion, being one of the big five along with the |
| others. | | | | rhino, buffalo, leopard, and elephant is very much |
| The game aside, Africa gathers the largest, most | | | | esteemed since it is the king of the jungle. Though |
| dense and extreme concentration of plant species | | | | safaris are not exactly characterized as jungles in the |
| and strange animals that seem to have come directly | | | | typical sense, lion country safaris are still very much |
| from the sixth day of the creation. Now going to the | | | | sought after. |
| bird, at any given time of the year, a single national | | | | Lions tend to be lazy though. However, it is their |
| park can contain an average of 300 to 500 bird | | | | instinct to give as much distance away from humans |
| species, which make Africa not only a haven of | | | | if possible. This is why they are rather hard to hunt |
| species but also a paradise for naturalists and | | | | than those of the plains games like the antelopes, |
| ornithologists. | | | | wildebeests and the likes. So how would one |
| The plant and tree species are also diverse that it is | | | | maximize lion country safari game viewing? |
| impossible to record them all. Some species are as old | | | | For one, you have to know the right season. It is |
| as several thousand years ago, which again seemed | | | | usually the dry season that encourages the |
| to be the direct link to the Creator. Al these | | | | congregation of both preys and the predators in |
| combined (and the mixture of other components), | | | | common places. These places are normally around |
| Africa is one big paradise for man and the creations | | | | the riverbed, water holes and the lakes. If you would |
| to enjoy. To flourish and to experience the circle of | | | | not want to take the risk of getting to near with the |
| life. The dance that plays with each organism and | | | | lions and other wild animals, you may chose to avail |
| specie. And the life that sets the balance between | | | | small shelters that overlook the spots where animals |
| the created and the wardens. | | | | naturally proceed. Nonetheless, you can maximize the |
| As for the hunting safari, Africa boasts the most | | | | use of your open vehicle. |
| excellent sites and species that fuel man's passion for | | | | Summer is not only good because it is when most |
| hunting animals in their natural habitats. Though | | | | animals group. This is also the season when |
| hunting is restricted in some national parks, local | | | | vegetation is significantly thinned. Thus, better game |
| governments still assigned African hunting safaris | | | | viewing. It is strange how the biggest of elephants |
| where varieties of games are enjoyed but in | | | | can camouflage with the thickest grasses but that |
| accordance with ethical restrictions. | | | | still is the way that it goes. |
| Some common hunting safari animals in Africa are: | | | | Dry season varies depending on the region where |
| black wildebeest, gemsbuck, red hartebeest, | | | | you are camping. In the eastern Africa, first dry |
| springbuck, waterbuck, bushbuck, zebras, antelopes, | | | | season occurs between January to March and the |
| eland, steenbuck, rhebuck, impala, blue wildebeest, | | | | second dry season is from July to October. In |
| warthog, kudu and many other species. In African | | | | southern Africa however, dry season extends from |
| hunting safaris, the most common method used is | | | | May through October. |