Detoews,

I'll be posting a hunt report with details and photos soon.

In the mean time, this was my first trip to Africa so keep in mind my limited experience. I hunted with Roger Whittal Safaris in Chewore in the Zambezi Valley and then at Roger's Humani Ranch in the Save Conservancy. Roger is one of three operators who share the Chewore South consession. Proffessional Hunter was Richard Tabor and I would definitely highly reccomend him, very competent guy. He's a very quiet guy, which I enjoyed. Others might want more banter. Also, I met several PH's who work for Roger and each was a good guy. Others here have hunted with some of them.

I loved Chewore. I liked Humani. There is less plains game in Chewore, in fact, there is no comparison. Humani has tons of game. There are elephant at Humani and buffalo too as well as lions, white and black rhino and leopards. Its no tame place but it just isn't as remote and wild as Chewore.

If my son or sons were on the young side, I think Humani would be great. Always something to see or stalk, relatively flat for the most part. If my sons were older, I'd split the trip and go buffalo hunting, taking advantage of any plains game opportunities, in Chewore and then move to Humani for several days.

If a son, daughter, wife... were going to hunt or sight-see/game view seperately from me and my PH at Humani, I would make sure that he or she hunted with or was accompanied by a fully qualified PH and not an aprentice PH or guide. Some of the elephants down there are very agressive and down right nasty.

Roger Whittal Safaris is not a really big operation and you won't get lost in a crowded schedule. Roger is very accomodating too. I signed up for one safari and at the last minute and during the safari it evolved, according to my wishes, into a very different safari. For example originally, no elephant were on the agenda. EricD's hunt report pushed me over the edge and a mere 10 days before I was scheduled to depart I sent an email asking about elephant possibities. In the end the safari kind of revolved around elephant since that was my new found desire. Very accomodating to these changed desires.

Hope this helps, feel free to PM me with any further questions.

JPK