About Us | Shakari Connection

Why we started Shakari Connection...

Over the nearly thirty years that we have been travelling around Africa in the hunting safari business, we have met numerous hunters in hotels, airports, bars, on concession boundary roads...and they all have had stories to tell...

"Nobody told me about the Dutch Consent Form and the new double rifle I bought especially for my first buffalo hunt is still in New York" "I booked a 2x1 hunt with my buddy and there were 18 other hunters in our camp" "Nobody met me at Johannesburg Airport. I didn't know I was supposed to fly to Richard's Bay" "I've just finished my second hunt in Tanzania and still haven't got a buffalo" "I've been staying in this hotel for 3 days and still haven't been told when my air charter leaves" "British Airways won't carry my .308 Blaser" "My trophies were refused entry and sent back to Dar es Salaam"

We don't claim to have all the answers but we thought it would be really useful for all hunters to Africa, especially first-timers, to have as much useful information as possible gathered together in one place.

There is plenty of information out there on different aspects of hunting Africa on other websites and hunting forums but we also aim to guide potential clients into asking all the right questions of their potential outfitters or agents in order to get their hunt completely right for them. Over the years it has never ceased to amaze us how clients part with so much money to hunt in Africa yet neglect to make sure the components of the hunt which obviously are important to them, are not in place.

We are extremely keen proponents of ethical hunting and hunting industry business practices. Over the years, we believe we have built up a solid reputation both with our colleagues in the African hunting industry and with the hunting public.

In 2008 the Shakari Connection website came about as a result of the tons of accummulated African hunting knowledge we wanted to share. By chance we found the ideal company to help us on our way in the form of SiteSell.com. Their 'Site Build It' system truly allows anyone to create a successful website, step by step.