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By: Brad Fitzpatrick from NRA Hunters leadership Forum Danene van der Westhuyzen grew up in Namibia and began hunting with her father at an early age, and one of the lessons that she remembers [...]

The Aru 2018 Memories book is now available on Blurb and Amazon for purchase. On these pages lie special moments from all the hunts at Aru Game Lodges in 2018; testimony to the fact that we [...]

Ladies & Gentlemen – and all protocol observed The Namibia Professional Hunting Association marked its 45th year of existence in 2018. It is an achievement to be proud of. I know of no [...]

The annual Dallas Safari Club Expo took place from the 4 – 7 January 2018. With over 1000 exhibitors attending the Dallas Convention Center in Texas, it was an exhilarating time. But it was [...]

Many times I have been posed the question; “What is a hunter, and why do they hunt?” On the last page of our NAPHA brochure there is an advertisement placed for a vacant post. The job description [...]

Aru Game Lodges Memories 2017 The Aru 2017 Trophy book is now available on Blurb for viewing and purchase. On these pages lie every trophy hunted with our guests in 2017; testimony to the fact [...]

In bright sunlight the leopard slowly and quietly stalks up to a waterhole. He calmly sits down and watches the surrounding bush, alert and ready, his ears catching even the softest of sounds. [...]

I accidentally stumbled upon the Rhodesian Ridgeback 15 years ago when I was living in Windhoek. My neighbour often visited with her lustrous red hound with its fantastic character and charming [...]

Aru Game Lodges treasures the principle of fair chase and utilizes this principle throughout our hunting practices. The fair chase principle holds that hunting should be the lawful and ethical [...]