Leopard Hunting in Zambia By Earl Peterson During early September of 2018, I was heading to Africa with the excitement of a leopard. I had a two-week hunt scheduled with one of WTA’s best African outfitters. It was a leopard and plains game combo hunt on the banks of the...
Botswana; THE Place for Giant Kudu
Botswana; THE Place for Giant Kudu by Tim Herald, WTA Owner & Consultant I recently returned from another fantastic trip to Botswana as I hosted two groups of WTA clients. This is 3 out of 4 years I have done a hosted trip, to Botswana, and they are always a...
South Africa Spotlight – A Hunter’s Paradise
SOUTH AFRICA SPOTLIGHT - A Hunter's Paradise, By Frank Cole, WTA Sr. Hunt Consultant South Africa offers the traveling sportsperson an unparalleled mix of species and eco-systems, then tops it off with practically a year-round hunting season. Worldwide Trophy Adventures (WTA) is proud to work with the best of the best...
WTA Hosted Hunts – Great Hunting and Camaraderie
WTA Hosted Hunts Great Hunting and Camaraderie By Tim Herald, WTA owner and consultant What is a WTA hosted hunt, and why should I consider going on one? We get those questions all the time, and the answers are pretty simple. A WTA hosted hunt is a small group hunt...
Guest Blog: Tim Herald, The Two-Year Sable
Tim Herald is co-owner and host at Worldwide Trophy Adventures. The Two-Year Sable originally appeared in African Hunter To me the sable antelope is worthy of its royal status, and personally I find a jet-black bull the most striking of all the antelope on earth. Some may argue that the...
The Great African Adventure, Part 9: Leaving Chobe
Sunday May 18th Moving Day Chobe River Front We wake up extra early, head out and climb the rocks to the Bushman Paintings and watch the African rise and show us her rosy face. Pictures are taken of the 2000 year old paintings of the giraffe, buffalo, Mopani Worm and...
The Great African Adventure, Part 8: A Lesson from Big Cats
We're almost at the end of Kathy Barry's African travel journals. We rejoin her in Chobe National Park... Friday, May 17th, Savuti Area, Chobe National Park It’s a Beautiful Day in Africa! We see 4 baby wild pigs that have lost their mama- perhaps a lion or maybe a leopard. ...
The Great African Adventure, Part 7: Chobe National Park – Savuti Area
Friday May 16 – Chobe National Park – Savuti Area It occurs to me that our days in Africa are coming to an end. I try not to think about it because every day is better that the one before and everything seems more majestic and powerful. We head out...
The Great African Adventure, Part 6: Leaving Khwai for Chobe National Park
Thursday, May 15. Leaving Khwai for Chobe National Park – Savuti Area Our last morning in Khwai was another bright, chilly gorgeous beginning. We see herds of wildebeests, lovely impala, sand grouse, guinea hens and lots of hornbills. We head back to our lovely camp in Khwai and assist Lawrence...
The Great African Adventure, Part 5 – Sunshine, Elephants, and Leopards
Wednesday May 14 – Khwai Area – North Moremi The elephants continue to parade through our camp at night and skirt around the perimeter in the daylight. Cheri and I and Lawrence watched a big male shake the daylights out a Jackalberry tree and then eat the seed pods like...
The Great African Adventure, Part 4: Elephants, Setswana & Beyonce
Part 4 of The Great African Adventure picks up with Kathy Barry still in Khwai, with her encounters with elephants and learning more Setswana. Tuesday May 13th – Khwai North Moremi Area The next morning we had a nice big cheery pot of coffee and a tasty breakfast and headed...
The Great African Adventure, Part 3: Khwai & The Battle Royale
Part 3 of WTA Travel Services' Client Kathy Barry's story of her 2014 African vacation picks off midway through Monday, May 12, in Khwai... Khwai We arrived in beautiful Khwai, which is north of the Moremi game reserve and went out on an afternoon game drive while camp was...
Guest Blog: Burkina Faso; An Adventure Start to Finish
Written by: Tim Herald Originally published in African Hunter. On January 18, 2016 there was a terrorist attack on the Splendid Hotel and a coffee shop in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou. Thirty people were killed and at least 56 more were wounded. There were 176 hostages that were eventually...
