Straight from 
the bush.

16 January 2019

GRAND SAFARI in CALIFORNIA USA

ISE Sacramento CA is about to open its doors for the 2019 exhibition. Christophe Beau from Grand Safari is waiting for you hall A mezzanine booth #971

9 January 2019

Here we go, booth #4112, at the Sci annual convention in Reno Nevada!

Come and visit and let’s talk about your next Grand Safari!

7 January 2019

Hello from Frankfurt international airport on my way to Reno Nevada USA.

Visit us at SCI 2019 convention in booth #4112 and let’s talk about your next Grand Safari!

31 January 2018

2018 SCI convention Las Vegas USA

We’ve been telling you to come and visit us booth 461 but it seems like it seems to be marked as booth 457. Look for our friends from MOA Rifles on the directory, this is where we are! Looking forward meeting you booth 4

30 January 2018

Classic Safaris in Tanzania

We have been running classic safaris in Tanzania since 1994 with great success rates on cape buffalo, leopard, lion and other species. Come and join us in wonderful Tanzania. Today is booth set up day for the 2018 SCI co

24 January 2018

BENIN, Big Game Hunting in Vaudou country

New year coming with new challenges and a brand new destination in West Africa (the deep dark Africa as it is known).We have just returned from the first exploration trip on our new concession in Benin (one of the bigges

20 April 2017

African hunting is in safe hands!

The new season has started, with some new young hunters testing their new skills. Action is taking place in the wild mountains of the Stormberg range, Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This is traditional hunting at

15 June 2016

Grand Safari Bushnews – June 2016

It all started very well in the Congo, with the first hunters harvesting some bongos, yellow backed duiker, river hogs, forest duikers and even sitatunga … It was now Peter Flack and myself’s turn to have a good time in

26 January 2016

Grand Safari News – January 2016

Already a month into the new year…and still hardly any rain in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Yes, I am now back home after a great show in Dallas. DSC knows how to put a show together, that is for sure. It w

3 July 2015

Sea, Hunt and Sun

It all started in the US when Chris and Bob Beck from EOL introduced me to Bob’s MOA rifles business partner Ken Cox… One or two Gin & Tonic later in Dallas and I end up changing all my flights between 2 shows to spend s

22 May 2015

International Day for Biological Diversity

22nd of May is the day chosen by the United Nations to celebrate biological diversity. We are very fortunate to leave and have our offices in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, where 5 out of the 7 biomes are to

25 April 2015

Huntex Johannesburg, RSA: 2015

The only way to take a decent photo of our outstanding booth (thanks to Neels and Yolande from African Outfitter magazine ) is to arrive early. Once doors are open it gets rather busy. .. Has been great so far, thank you

23 April 2015

Huntex JNB, RSA – 2015

We are now in Johannesburg fine tuning last details before the Huntex show starts. Neels and Yolande from African Outfitter are very kindly hosting us in their beautiful booth # 514 Hall 5 from 24 to 27 May 2015. Easy to

27 March 2015

French Hunting Convention Rambouillet 2015 – Mantes la Jolie

10 to 13 April 2015 Each year, I have the great pleasure to attend to this great convention outside Paris. Our booth number is D26 (same booth as last year). I will be presenting our various safari options in CONGO, UGAN

23 January 2015

Canadian shows

After a little break with my friend Ken from MOA rifles in Alberta where I could shoot 1000 yard targets with some of the latest MOA long range guns.Could a .375 shooting at 1000 yards be the optimum African gun? We’ll s

16 January 2015

2015 Dallas safari club convention

What a busy first day at the show today, thank you for all the interest shown on our safari options in Congo. We are now starting to look at our 2017 season for bongo and other forest species!

11 January 2015

Seasons Greetings!

25 November 2014

Congo Hunt – Part 1

24 November 2014

Hunt Uganda with Grand Safari

7 November 2014

GRAND SAFARI in CONGO: Last Safari of the 2014 season

It is early October 2014 and I am in Brazzaville waiting for a group of French hunters. The main raining season should have started already, but although it is hot and humid most days, rain is not quite here yet. While w

29 September 2014

BUSH NEWS September 2014

UGANDA, some news record trophies taken recently Tom has just been hunting with us in Uganda, herewith his first report: Hello Christophe; The trip exceeded my expectations by far. Uganda is an amazing destination. The w

29 August 2014

BUSH NEWS July – August 2014

Herewith the second part of Sergey and his hunter Dima with us, guided by our PH Jarryd. Dima got a very good Mountain Reedbuck as well as a good common Blesbok, before heading to an other concession of ours a little bit

29 July 2014

CONGO – BONGO in the MIST

06:00 AM, there is now enough light to see that small herd of Bongo getting into the softest leaves alongside the road. It’s gonna be hot today, the mist is thick and comes over us in waves. We’re on foot, 60 meters away

2 July 2014

BUSH NEWS, May – June 2014

SOUTH AFRICA More hunters in the Eastern Cape with some very nice trophies taken lately, herewith some pics PH Mike also guided some hunters in the Limpopo with a magnificent Southern Greater Koudou amongst other species

4 May 2014

Grand Safari Bush News: May 2014

Some bush news from Grand Safari team with a few hunts in process and some great stuff drying in the salt… Richard smoked an old dagga boy with a perfect frontal shot … He also took some very good plains game during his

26 March 2014

Bush News – March 2014

Saturday, Martin (Grand Safari PRO staff member) wants to take his bow for a walk on one of our concession close to the Indian Ocean. It is a lovely afternoon and I decide to join him. … Some Nyalas on our left are check

22 December 2013

2013 Season is over

Time to relax before the show season starting early January. It has been a busy year for Grand Safari, with the last big hunt in South Africa ending just a few days ago with a very nice rhino bull. Great offers for next

21 December 2013

Long live the memory and legacy of Nelson Mandela

The team at Grand Safari wish to convey its heartfelt condolences to Mandela’s wife, Graça Machel, his entire family including his six children and seventeen grandchildren and the African National Congress on the passing

22 November 2013

Great news from Tanzania

In the last newsletter, we mentioned that big lion from Tanzania taken by our last client of the season, well, here it is This is an old big Selous Lion, welldone to our hunter Christophe, you did very well bwana! Togeth

30 October 2013

And the season just carries on!

Already October, still busy hunting with a few big hunts to run here in RSA before the end of the year. In Tanzania, we are half way through the last 21 day of the year, with already a huge lion taken a few days ago … ou

27 September 2013

Domino is gone

Lost my best hunting buddy last Friday, got hit by a car in a very remote place called Hamburg on our South African coast. My best friends lost their dog Roxy too in the process. Painful, unfair, sad, very sad right now…

11 September 2013

Hunter’s dream come true?

Bryan Donovan is a keen Australian hunter and we have just completed a Grand Safari together that took us from the Kalahari to the Karoo region in South Africa. Bryan is a well experienced hunter that has been hunting in

1 September 2013

Spring Bush News

Spring Day!! And possibly last day for your summer holidays on the northern hemisphere.You’ve read our latest news from Cameroon. Herewith what happens in South Africa during the last very busy weeks: some very nice East

7 August 2013

2013 Rain forest season is over in Cameroon

Fred Dumont from Grand Safari Cameroon is now back in France after a successful but difficult season on our Rain Forest concession # 36.Not much rain in June made it tough to hunt Bongo, however, Fred still got 7 out of

17 July 2013

New Hunting Season in Tanzania

Season has officially started on the 1st of July, and we are waiting for our first group of hunters arriving in a few days time. Camp is ready, stunning again this year, remember that we are not allowed to have permanent

3 July 2013

Bush News June 2013

Already half way through the year…but we’ve been real busy in the bush over here, with some great trophies taken recently. Roan in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, yes we have! Philippe harvested a very nice bu

13 May 2013

Uganda, Pearl of Africa

Xavier and myself are currently in the middle of Uganda looking for the big sitatunga of East Africa. My friend has been hunting with us for a few years now in different countries. And we have decided to meet in Entebbe

9 January 2013

Come and visit us in USA!

Can’t believe it is 2013 already, where has the year gone?! It seems like we were attending the “Bourse aux Armes” hunting show in Switzerland yesterday, and it was 2 months ago. Thank you all for visiting our booth ther

11 December 2012

News from Selous Game Reserve of Tanzania

Just got back in South Africa after a classic 21 day safari in the Selous Game Reserve of Tanzania. with long time friend and great professional hunter Peter Dafner. We have 3 blocks (concessions) in the western sector o

22 May 2012

Game Industry Wildly Successful

Once in dire straits, SA’s game heritage has transformed into a multibillion-rand industry.Stafford Thomas reports on this success story. WHAT IT MEANS South Africa is a world leader in game conservation. Game could be a

14 May 2012

Magnificent Kudu in the Eastern Cape

We are in Eastern Cape of South Africa and at the top of the breeding season. Our new zone is producing well and kudus are everywhere. Here are some beautiful males taken over the last few weeks. You will notice the thic

23 January 2012

And the winner of the rifle is Dale Lane!

Thanks to all the visitors this week-end a the Yankee Classic, it was nice to see you guys again, always a great pleasure to come to VT. Good to hear that you enjoyed the Extreme Outer Limits African episodes done with u

21 January 2012

Hello from the Yankee Classic in Vermont

Left our warm South African swimming pool for the Yankee Classic in Vermont. Crisp weather today here but not too much snow this year. Thanks to all of you for your visit on booth 213 where we have the first 3 episodes o

21 December 2011

Our last stalk of the 2011 season

Last stalk of the 2011 season this last week-end, and a very nice Zebra for my friend Jürgen. That was Tika’s first encounter with blood (new long legged Jack Russel), under Domino’s supervision (well, I am sure you all

5 December 2011

Save the rhinoceros, hunt them!

A lot has been said lately about intensive rhino poaching in South Africa. A lot, but still not enough and we all have to contribute towards stopping poachers killing our assets. Already over 400 rhinos have officially b

21 November 2011

Xolilé is gone …

I lost a friend this week-end, a faithful companion for so many years. Our 15 year journey that took us across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique just came to an end. We’ve hunted everything togethe

13 May 2011

Zimbabwe elephant safari – March 2011

This is the story of an exceptional elephant safari. When reading this article, always remember that elephant hunting is a serious business, strictly ruled and regulated. All trophies taken during this hunt where done ag

7 February 2011

Hello from Harrisburg PA, USA!

Here we are again, back in the noisy game call hall in Harrisburg PA!!You will find us on the same booth # 4320 as previous years. Come and check out our 2011 safari options, from pygmy blue duiker antelope on the Easter

21 January 2011

Greetings from the Yankee Classic Show, USA

The Yankee Classic was again a great venue to meet all of you this year, thank you for your support and thanks to all of you that bought a raffle ticket from us at the show. Your help to send a wounded warrior on a hunti

14 November 2010

Pascal gets his ultimate trophy – Orange Nyala

May 2010, we landed in Johannesburg with some friends for a plains game safari in the Eastern Cape. We got Grand Safari’s contact by some friend of ours in Lyon (France) that has been hunting with Christophe Beau’s organ

27 September 2010

Trophies galore in Mozambique

NEW SCI # 1 NATAL RED DUIKER (pending) July 2010, Claude, his wife Sonia and myself went hunting in Mozambique. Coutada 11 is a great concession with many good trophies around. Claude harvested his leopard the first nigh

6 June 2010

Golden Blesbok in RSA

The action takes place on one of Grand Safari vast concession in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. We are now at the end of May 2010 and Philippe wants to check these Golden Blesbok out that I mentionned to him la

25 April 2010

Was this going to be our day?

Two great old Elephant bulls were standing close together in the long yellow grass of the Kilombero valley with the late afternoon sun on their backs. The hunters had spent already 16 days of a 21 day hunt and many hours