South Africa Duck Hunting Combo
South Africa duck hunting combo is an incredible adventure that rivals Mexico and Argentina in terms of volume, but is an excellent collection duck hunt, too. Yes! Trophy bird capes may be imported to United States for taxidermy! Our customized GetDucks South Africa duck hunting packages encompass multiple provinces to ensure widest possible variety of habitats, maximizing the variety of ducks, geese and upland gamebird species possible. For serious duck hunters, experienced collectors or vacationing families seeking to experience real South Africa duck hunting and Africa bird hunting, this is the very best South African duck hunting combo package available. We diligently worked years to carefully develop this program and to ensure trophy bird export. South Africa is too far to go for anything less.
This excellent South Africa duck hunting and bird hunting combo package is perfectly delivered with the expertise gleaned from decades professional guide-outfitter bird hunting experience in South Africa. Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Freestate provinces are hunted, depending on your itinerary. Finished itineraries reflect hunters’ goals. Hunting areas are located about 3 hours to 6 hours from Johannesburg. Extended trips make a loop through all areas to maximize shooting and bird species diversity. These packages are perfect for 3 to 6 hunting guests.
Whether seeking some of another continent’s exotic crown jewels for your growing collection, or expanding your wing-shoot and travel horizons, this South Africa duck hunting combo trip is the perfect remedy. Targeted waterfowl species include Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Goose, African Pygmy Goose;African Yellow-billed Duck, African Black Duck, Cape Shelduck, Africa Knob-billed Duck, Red-billed Teal, Hottentot Teal, Cape Teal, Cape Shoveler, Maccoa Duck, White-faced Whistling Duck, Southern Pochard, Fulvous Whistling Duck, White-backed Duck; Helmeted Guineafowl, Crested Guineafowl, Knob-billed Coot, Swainson’s Francolin, Orange River Francolin, Gray-winged Francolin; Button Quail; Redeye Dove, Laughing Dove, Cape Turtle Dove and Rock Pigeon. Want to add trophy plains game for which South Africa is renowned, too? No problem! South Africa duck hunting combos may be custom-coordinated with extended activities to include photo safaris, plains game or big game safaris.
While the waterfowl and gamebird species listing is impressive, the diversity of shooting scenarios presented by hunting them is equally impressive. Egyptian and spur-winged geese present exhilarating pass shooting as they fly between pre-scouted reservoirs and feeding areas. Ducks are hunted over decoys or by spot-and-stalk methods as necessary to ensure certain species. Francolin are hunted over staunchly-pointing German shorthairs that know their business, surely some of the most formidable dog power on the African continent. Doves and pigeons provide fast-paced shooting as they dart into grain fields in impressive number. With knowledge of the terrain and bird habits, field-staff ensure that driven guineafowl shoots easily rank high on clients fun list–they’re faster than they look!
Accommodations, food and staff services are of the highest standards and ensure that guests experience magnificent South Africa in its perfect cultural context. Our South Africa duck hunting guests are lodged in charming, generations-old, family farmhouses or charming hotels. Central dining rooms, a well-stocked bar and cozy social areas for guests to fellowship. Dinner is a three-course affair, to include various venison, beef, pork, chicken and game bird with traditional African seasonings. Hospitality is second to none. Nothing is spared in ensuring that the hunters are well fed and ready for the next day’s adventure.
Experience an authentic taste of South Africa wingshooting, a refreshingly new shotgunning destination. “I personally believe that this GetDucks South Africa duck hunting combo adventure represents one of the top 3-4 wingshooting destinations in the world. It’s right up there with Mexico and Argentina in terms of volume, but duck species and gamebird diversity is high plus you can get your trophy birds back to US taxidermists. It’s the perfect South Africa duck hunt,” says Ramsey Russell.
Read–Taking Flight in South Africa: A Waterfowler Spreads Her Wings (Safari Magazine, Jan/Feb 2024)
Rates & Dates
Timing
South Africa duck hunting season June – August: South Africa duck hunts and goose hunts runs 1 June – 31 August. Combo packages during this time include hunting for ducks, geese, doves, pigeons, guinea fowl, francolin. August seems prime time to ensure very best-available waterfowl plumage.
Rates
South Africa Duck Hunting Combo Package Rates
$950 per day standard packages/tours
POR for individual or small group species-only hunts.
Reservations require 50% deposit, balance due 60 days prior to travel. Non-hunters $470 daily (meals, lodging, transfers, no any non-hunters activities available). GetDucks Travel Protection available (call to discuss).
Trip Specifics
Included
South Africa Duck Hunt packages include:
- Local airport and daily hunting transfers
- Executive-class Lodging
- Satellite TV and wifi connectivity
- Chef-prepared Meals
- Professional guide services and bird boys
- Personalized, bilingual hosting from arrival through departure
- Daily laundry services
- South Africa duck hunting and gamebird hunting licenses and permits
- Trophy preparation
Not Included
South Africa Duck Hunts do not include:
- Ammo ($18 per box of 25) Prices subject to change.
- Gun import permit fees
- Optional “Meet-and-Greet” provides a comprehensive range of services that ensures a smooth arrival in Africa. Their service includes arrangement of Firearm Import Permits at O. R. Tambo Airport, transfer to B&B, etc. (arranged through third-party)
- Arrival night Mpumalanga, meals and lodging $300 (if arriving late for lodging only)
- All voluntary gratuities (10-15%)
- Phone calls
- Airfare and airport fees
- Baggage overweight charges
- Hotels, tours
- Any item of strict personal nature
- Waterfowl and Gamebird Trophy Export Permits
- GetDucks Travel Protection Plan/ Trip Insurance
Itinerary
Sample Itinerary for 9-Day South Africa Duck Hunting Combo
Day 1. Depart USA
Day 2. Arrive Johannesburg, clear customs, eat dinner and overnight to ensure good night’s rest.
Day 3. Transfer to Mpumalanga Camp (afternoon hunts available for upgrade)
Day 4. Pass shoot geese during morning, decoying ducks during afternoon.
Day 5. Pass shoot geese during morning, decoying ducks during afternoon. Transfer to upland location.
Day 6. Hunt guinea fowl in mornings and afternoons.
Day 7. Hunt francolin during morning, shoot doves during afternoon.
Day 8. Transfer to KwZulu-Natal, maybe hunt that afternoon.
Days 9-12. Target waterfowl species such as white-backed duck, Africa pygmy geese cape teal or other species.
Day 13. Transfer to Johannesburg.
Day 14. Arrive home to US.
This South Africa Duck Hunting combo package can be abbreviated or extended as your goals require. Add South Africa Plains Game Hunt or other activities before or afterwards.
What To Bring
A GetDucks South Africa Duck Hunting Combo Pre-trip is provided after receiving deposits. We’ve been there and know exactly what you need. Ramsey and Anita Russell are personally available at all times before, during and after your scheduled travel to assist.
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Field Report
As stated by a long-time revisiting guest, “Africa duck hunting is must-do for any serious shotgunner. For the money, the volume may be a little lower (than Argentina hunts), but waterfowl hunting in Africa is a high-quality experience, that presents more diverse and challenging shooting, and best of all – you’re in AFRICA!”
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Customer Testimonials
South Africa waterfowl collectors hunt was spectacular
Big shout out to Ramsey Russell with GetDucks! Just got back from South Africa waterfowl collectors hunt and had a spectacular time. Staff are awesome. Every spot-and-stalk was dead on. Was like 15 mini safaris. Only a duck collector will get what mean by that. Was able to collect the 15 waterfowl species I was chasing in 3 1/2 days. Everything ran like a well-oiled machine. The accommodations, food, culture and of course the duck hunting were awesome! Thanks again to Ramsey and his wife Anita for putting this wonderful trip together for me!!
Rich Maris
Referenced hunt: South Africa waterfowl collectors hunt
South Africa wingshooting…Truly life changing
Gratitude. That’s the word that comes to mind while thinking back on my South Africa wingshooting experience with GetDucks. It taught me the importance of hunting and the critical role that hunting plays in conserving South Africa wildlife. Made me appreciate the harvest of game even more when I learned that nothing goes unused, and how our duck hunting experience impacts communities. The lodging, the food, the guides/PHs, the people and the culture were exceptional. Ramsey has done an amazing job of inserting variety into this South Africa bird hunting trip and no 2 days are the same. I’m a better, more educated hunter as I return home. Truly life changing. I can’t wait to come back again!
Austin Collins
Referenced hunt: South Africa Wingshooting
South Africa Duck Hunt is a trip of a lifetime
Making a hunting trip to the Dark Continent has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. The opportunity to share my first African experience with Ramsey made the trip that much more memorable. I was blessed to be able to chase almost all the bird species available across 3 provinces and 4 camps plus spend a week in Limpopo hunting South Africa plains game. All the outfitters and PHs that we spent so much time with were professional and enjoyable. The South Africa Duck Hunt is a trip of a lifetime, and it ignited my desire to make it the first of numerous trips of a lifetime to Africa.
Garrett Bowman
Referenced hunt: South Africa Duck Hunt
Incredible duck hunting experience in South Africa!
Ramsey & Anita
Thank you for an incredible duck hunting experience in South Africa! Absolute amazing time from seeing the country, meeting the people, collecting species and just having a great duck hunting and traveling experience! World-class South Africa duck hunt at its finest, and that was just a small portion of the trip. The food, wine and hospitality from every place we visited was extraordinary! From chasing species to the wing shooting experience, I didn’t want to leave.
Michael Guard
Referenced hunt: Duck Hunting in South Africa
duck hunting in South Africa, couldn’t have asked for more
I have booked hunts with Ramsey Russell’s GetDucks.com twice and have another hunt booked for February. The trips are well planned, from guides utilized to the lodging and meals. My latest was duck hunting in South Africa and I couldn’t have asked for more, we hunted 3 provinces to collect the most species possible and even had time to hunt plains game for a day. I ended up collecting all but 2 waterfowl species, but got a bonus Nyala on the trip so I couldn’t be happier. The guides are on top of the paperwork needed to import birds into the USA, so that takes a lot of stress away. Anita provides a precheck list which is also helpful and the trip itinerary are well thought out. I cant wait for the next hunt with Ramsey.
Mike Pestka
Referenced hunt: Duck Hunting in South Africa
Nothing even close to this South Africa duck hunting adventure!
Ramsey/Anita,
I hope this email finds you well. Beverly and I would like to thank you for the incredible memory we now have of our waterfowl hunting trip in South Africa.
My South Africa wingshooting trip started by arriving at the airport with someone waiting for me to assist in getting me to the Africa Sky. It was very intimidating to be in a foreign country’s airport, but the anxiety disappeared quickly when I met our VIP host, Gilbert. After spending that night at Africa Sky overcoming my jet leg, Prudence greeted me in the courtyard letting me know they were ready to prepare lunch for me. I reviewed my itinerary to find out this was not part of my trip but was offered out of kindness. After my short stay at Africa Sky, our hunting trip was in full motion.
Everyday of the South Africa bird hunt was a new event. I spent the first few days just getting comfortable with the other hunters and Ramsey. While my main focus was harvesting as many species as possible, it was very interesting hearing the other hunters talk about their reasons for being on the hunt. We had a couple people focused on collecting species, the other people were excited about the volume of the hunt. I personally don’t think it is possible to strictly collect the various species and get the full African experience. Now that the trip has become one of my memories, I was really lucky Ramsey suggested the full 12-day version f this South Africa duck hunting adventure. I would have never experienced the enjoyment of feeding an African family with our harvest if had I purchased a shorter trip. I would not have seen the volume of ducks on our evening hunt had I only focused on collecting species. My most educational moments were traveling with Clayton into the African villages looking for our trophy ducks. I spent 3 days meeting people to kill 4 ducks. It was the best 3 days I could have ever experienced. I actually saw people retrieving their drinking water from a river. It’s unbelievable the difference of my world compared to their world.
I would have never experienced the enjoyment of feeding an African family with our harvest if had I purchased a shorter trip. I would not have seen the volume of ducks on our evening hunt had I only focused on collecting species.
The opportunity to meet an African Chief, paying tips to get access to areas to hunt, paying off a policeman to prevent a speeding ticket, watching African women making mattresses out of local cane, seeing little kids cheering for us when we shot ducks, riding in boats made with branches. Are you kidding me? All these experiences in a short 12-day South Africa bird hunting adventure! This is a tribute to the time that y’all invested to create a hunting package that includes much more than a hunting trip. No one else out there is offering anything even close to this for a South Africa duck hunting adventure. After all these experiences, I returned to the B&B to meet my wife and spend 7 days experiencing the Safari and touring other areas of Africa.
We can wait for our next trip. We want to go to Australia for va
cation, then onto New Zealand for collecting more waterfowl species. Beverly and I are hoping you can help us figure out the best dates to take this trip so we can start planning now.
I sincerely appreciate everything.
Thank you
Roy Brocato
Referenced hunt: South Africa Duck Hunting Safari
South Africa duck hunting combo was phenomenal
Wanted to let you know we had a great time hunting waterfowl in South Africa. All of you are very professional and truly great people. Could not have asked for a better South Africa duck hunting combo experience. The hunting was phenomenal and your company was even better. I plan on hunting again with you guys in the future. We are having a great time plains game hunting but I just wanted to reach out to you and let all you know we had a spectacular time. Best wishes for continued success. Cheers.
Louis Russell
Referenced hunt: South Africa duck hunting combo
South Africa duck hunting…easily described as a “trip of a lifetime” but I don’t think that it was our only visit!
A couple of years ago, my wife took me on a waterfowling trip to Alaska for my 50th birthday, so I was under considerable pressure when hers came around. South Africa duck hunting could not have been a better choice. We spent an enchanted week with gracious hosts at their beautiful lodge. South Africa is a beautiful and interesting country with an abundance of wildlife and a spellbinding history. And the wingshooting? I must say that I have never seen a greater variety of opportunities anywhere. A typical day might involve an early hunt for Egyptian and spurwing geese, a mid-morning hunt for driven guineafowl and francolin, a break for lunch and an afternoon shoot for hot-gun doves or pigeons. I can easily describe this experience as a “trip of a lifetime” but I don’t think that it was our first and only visit!
Jim Crews
Referenced hunt: South Africa duck hunt
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