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.
INQUIRE ABOUT ELEPHANT →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.
Elephant
Heritage flagship · 15-day
Deka Pool & Deka Tail, free-range.
Leopard
Bait & blind · record cats
Save Valley for trophy cats, Makuti for the odds. Best in the late dry season.
Cape Buffalo
Dagga boys, tracked on foot
Save Valley Conservancy. Best in the late dry season.
Lion
Deka, late season
Free-range, on quota.
Hippo & Croc
Zambezi Valley
Plains Game
Kudu, eland, warthog & more
Available alongside any dangerous-game safari.
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.
SEE BUFFALO IN THE GALLERY →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.
INQUIRE ABOUT LEOPARD →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.