2hrs
Driving Time from Port Elizabeth to Southern Concession Base Camp
A Hunters Paradise
It offers a diverse combination of landscapes, vegetation and wildlife together making it a unique destination for the safari enthusiast to Africa.
The Malaria Free Eastern Cape offers the finest hunting in the country with over forty different species of plains and dangerous game spread across large tracks of land spanning vast semi-arid desert, dense coastal forests, mountains and open savannah.
We have access to two million acres of privately owned land and over seven hundred thousand acres of free ranging areas stretching from the coastal forests along the Indian Ocean, to the unsurpassed beauty of the Great Karoo, and the breathtaking mountains of the north; hunting the game in their natural environment and habitat where they are naturally of better quality.
With over forty different species available to our hunters, and many occurring in a variety of habitats, we have found the need to establish camps within the moister southern and drier northern regions of the Eastern Cape. This often allows our hunters the opportunity to enjoy the variety of a multi-area hunt on the same safari, while ensuring we achieve the very best in trophy quality.
While hunting South Africa you are not limited by hunting seasons, we prefer our season runs from mid-February through to October annualy. During these months the Eastern Cape boasts a moderate climate, making for comfortable hunting conditions. This combined with first class lodging and numerous tourist attractions, makes the East Cape a world class destination for both hunter and non-hunter on safari.
Driving Time from Port Elizabeth to Southern Concession Base Camp
Driving Time from Southern Concessions to Northern Concessions
Garden Route: Distance from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town
Commercial Flight from Johannesburg – Port Elizabeth
Commercial Flight from Cape Town – Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth: 1h 45m
East London: 1h 35m
Port Elizabeth: 1h 15m
East London: 1h 35m
Bankfontein: 2h
Northern Tribal Region: 2h 30m
Southern Tribal Region: 3h 30m
Woodlands Safari Estate: 2h
Bankfontein: 3h
Northern Tribal Region: 4h
Southern Tribal Region: 3h 30m
Woodlands Safari Estate: 2h 30m
Bankfontein: 4h 30m
Northern Tribal Region: 2h
Southern Tribal Region: 2h
South Africa offers both free-range and large high-fenced hunting, depending on the region and hunting area. Unlike countries such as Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, much of South Africa's wildlife is managed on privately owned land, where fencing plays an important role in conservation and wildlife management. The privatisation of land and fences has saved our wildlife and allowed numbers to grow to more than what there was 100 years ago, and to a point that no other country in Africa boasts similar numbers.
Our hunts enjoy a combination of large high-fenced areas of 25 000 acres + and free-ranging domestic stock fenced areas. In combination we have found this to be the perfect balance in achieving the kind of results we pride ourselves on. Do note that our camps/lodges are based/situated on large high-fenced concessions, offering both large high-fenced and free-range hunts in the same region depending on the specie/s you may be after.
Yes. Traditionally one will see and experience greater numbers of wildlife in the large high-fenced areas vs free-ranging areas. Both offer a unique experience depending on the game you are hunting, but game numbers are ultimately determined by the main land use for that particular acreage.
Fences are not there to assist you the hunter. Fences play an important role in wildlife conservation in South Africa. They help protect and manage wildlife populations on private land, allowing game numbers to grow while supporting sustainable hunting and wildlife management.
Plains game has been our game for more than four decades and we’re the name hunters turn to when it comes to the best plains game hunting in Africa.
