The 15-day elephant
More days in the field means the right bull, not the first one. Genuine free-range hunting in Deka Pool and Deka Tail, tracking on foot until the ivory is right.
THE HUNTS
Free-range game, on quota.
Elephant, leopard, buffalo, lion and the full spread of Zimbabwe's game, every safari built around your priorities.
Inquire about a huntJohan hunts the full spread of Zimbabwe's game, not just the flagships. Every safari is built around your priorities and the quota, from a heritage elephant to a week of plains game and a day on the water.
Leopard
Bait & blind · record cats
Save Valley for trophy cats, Makuti for the odds. Best in the late dry season.
FULL LEOPARD PAGE →Cape Buffalo
Dagga boys, tracked on foot
Save Valley Conservancy. Best in the late dry season.
FULL CAPE BUFFALO PAGE →Hippo & Croc
Zambezi Valley
Plains Game
Kudu, eland, warthog & more
Available alongside any dangerous-game safari.
FULL PLAINS GAME PAGE →Add tigerfishing on the Zambezi to any safari, a day off the rifle.
DANGEROUS GAME
Cape buffalo on foot
Dagga boys tracked and taken on foot, thick cover, close range, no shortcuts. One of Johan's most-hunted, and the truest test of nerve in the bush.
14 for 14 on leopard
Bait and blind, done properly. Save Valley for trophy cats; Makuti for the odds. Trail cameras confirm the tom before you ever sit in the blind.
ON THE TRAIL CAMSAVE VALLEY
The tom, confirmed, before you ever sit the blind.
A leopard working the bait on Johan's trail cameras. Every leopard hunt starts here, patterning a specific tom night after night, so the days in the blind are spent on a cat we already know. It's the discipline behind 14 for 14 since 2021.
Where Johan hunts
ZIMBABWEDeka →
Free-range elephant & lion, Deka Pool and Deka Tail.
Save Valley · Savuli →
Trophy leopard & buffalo in the Save Valley Conservancy.
Makuti →
High-success leopard country in the north.
Zambezi Valley →
Buffalo, hippo, croc & tigerfishing on the great river.
INQUIRE
Tell Johan what you want to hunt.
No price lists, no pressure, a real conversation about the hunt that fits you. Replies usually within a day.
Johan takes on a limited number of hunts each season, some seasons are booked out a year or two in advance.