I've always questioned the differences in the daily fees myself and why such a great disparity in prices concerning the animal hunted.
For example when I hunted plains game in Zim, I paid $300.00 per day. Another client in camp was hunting buffalo at $500.00 per day. A third client in camp was hunting ele and just about anything else that moved at a $1000.00 a day. We all had the same accomadations, ate the same food together, taveled in the same type vehicles. I was on a 1 x1PH hunt, the guy hunting buffalo was a 1 x 1PH (his PH carried a rifle), and the guy hunting ele was on 1 x 2PH (both carrying rifles) + there was a Govmt. agent of some sorts with them. All of us had 2 trackers with us every day.
I guess the high cost of the daily rates for the ele hunter had to be to cover the cost of the second PH and the Govmt.agent. I couldn't justify the cost difference between the guy hunting buffalo and myself. Surely carrying a rifle doesn't necessitate an extra $200.00 a day.