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GENERAL INFORMATION
to help you Prepare for your Hunt.
For more information on Namibia access www.namibiatourism.com.na
 

    1. Visa requirements/inoculations:
                                              No visa is required by USA citizens for entry into Namibia. You will need only your passport.
                                              No inoculations are required.
                                              We advise clients to see to it that their tetanus shots are up to date.
                                              Our concessions fall outside high risk malaria areas, but the decision is yours.
                                              We carry first aid equipment, so you do not need to bring any. Obviously, should you require special medication, bring that with you.
                                              Make sure you have ample sun lotion with you.

    2. Clearing Immigration in Namibia
                                                At the Immigration desk in Namibia you will be required to hand in a completed Arrival form. Most of the questions
                                                are straight forward, but they will want to know where you will be staying while in the country. Use the following address:

                                                  African Days
                                                  8 Spitskop Street
                                                  Windhoek
                                                  Namibia

    3. Rifle imports:
                                              Namibia is one of the most hunter friendly countries in Africa.
                                              You are allowed to bring as many rifles as you wish, with an allowance of a maximum of 80 rounds of ammo per rifle.
                                              If you do bring a shotgun, don't hassle with ammo. We will supply plenty.
                                              A rifle in the 300 Magnum range (300WinMag, 338, etc) will be plenty for everything up to Eland.
                                              You will be required to fill out a Rifle Import/Export Application, which must be handed to the police at the airport.
                                              Download and print  your Rifle Import Application  by  clicking here. (You will need Microsoft Word on your computer to use this). Have it                                               filled out and ready when you arrive in   Namibia.
                                              At the bottom of this form there is a table to be filled out. Some of the questions are a little confusing, so here is an example of what they                                               require:
 

                                            It is extremely important that you contact your local Customs office BEFORE you leave the United States.
                                            They require that you obtain a form declaring which rifles you are taking out of the country.
                                            Not important on the way out - but extremely important when you come back.

    4. Clothing requirements:
                                              Most important is a pair of well broken in, ankle length boots.
                                              Bring a broad rimmed hat to protect neck and ears against the sun.
                                              Bring something warm for the evenings and early mornings, especially during our winter (June, July, August). It gets cold at night!
                                              We prefer our clients to hunt in long pants and long sleeved shirts. Both as sun protection and general protection.
                                              Most of our bushes have thorns!
                                              Make sure you pack no bright colors - khaki and/or faded blue, green, etc will be best.
                                              Although we can use camo in the bush, public use is reserved for police and military. My advice would be to forget about camo -
                                              blue jeans and  neutrally  colored shirts will do fine.
                                              Above all, travel light! We have daily laundry service in all our camps, which means yesterday's clothes will be available tomorrow.
                                              Three changes of  clothes will do it.

    5. Cameras, etc:
                                                Our power supply is 220volt. If you will require recharging, make sure you bring an inverter.
                                                The same is true for any electrical device (hair dryers, etc.).
                                                 Make sure your camera bag is dust proof.

      6. Camps:
                                                  Most of our camps are set up to handle groups of up to 3 hunters with 3 observers, or 6 hunters.
                                                  Groups larger than this will, of necessity, be split between camps. Discuss this with us if your group is larger -
                                                  our main lodge can handle up to 12 people, so it is a question of whether the lodge is available on your
                                                  prefered dates.
                                                  All of the camps have hot and cold running water. Bathrooms are all equipped with flush toilets, so you
                                                  won't have to rough it too much.

      7. Specie availability:
                                                    Not all species are available in all camps. Best is to let us have your wishlist and leave the camp decision to us.

      8. Costs:
                                                    When you calculate costs according to our pricelist, you can rest assured that there will be NO hidden costs.
                                                    This is an African Days  guarantee. What you see is what you will pay.

    9. Where to Hunt:
                                                    African Days  has several concessions spread throughout the country. We can offer hunts in the South (Kalahari),   Central and
                                                    North of Namibia.
                                                    Where ever you end up hunting, your guide will be from the area (most often he will actually own the land you
                                                    will be hunting). Local knowledge ensures a maximum experience for you.
                                                    Because not all the concessions have all our species available, your specie wish list will determine on where   we are going to take you.
                                                    Best would be to tell us what it is you want to shoot and then to leave the camp decision up to us. If your wish list makes it necessary
                                                    to change camps somewhere during your hunt, we will give you the option of   chartering a plane to cover the vast distances.
                                                    Between our Kalahari camp and our Northern camp would take seventeen hours by road!
                                                    To find the general areas in which we hunt, access the Namibia page and find the map of Namibia.
                                                    Our Kalahari concession is near a town called Aranos.
                                                    The Central concession is near Okahandja.
                                                    Our Northern concessions is near  the Etosha National Park, both to the north and east.

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