The
country of Zimbabwe offers the opportunity to hunt
the largest land animal on earth, the African elephant.
The Zambezi valley is an area where, for decades, elephant
hunters have left their footprints. Weighing upwards
of seven tons, a big elephant bull is truly an awesome
sight.
Elephant
hunting is one of the most misunderstood sports in
the world. The anti-hunting community would like you
to believe the elephant is endangered and on the verge
of extinction. Facts however paint a very different
picture. There are in excess of 70,000 elephants in
Zimbabwe today – a figure nearly double what
the environment has the capacity to support.
Hunting
the African elephant requires expert tracking. In addition,
an elephant hunter must be prepared to walk great distances,
for days on end, to secure a good tusker. The elephant
is one of the most exciting trophies to hunt in the
Zambezi valley. The typical elephant hunt begins as
you leave camp at daylight in search of fresh spoor.
Often, one will see several sets of tracks before ascertaining
a set that is both of the size that is likely to be
a trophy bull, and as important, a freshness that makes
it worth following. You will marvel at the skill of
the great African trackers as they follow the tracks,
mostly invisible to the untrained eye. 
Elephant
hunting is often a numbers game, where you will experience
many long stalks, and look over multiple elephant before
securing a the tusker you are looking for. Elephant
hunting can be a physically demanding sport, requiring
the client to be in reasonably good shape before the
safari.
