2022 Fair-chase Namibian Plains Game Safari
Travel with professional adventure safari host Frank Cole as he returns to Aru Game Lodges in search of an old warrior Eland bull. Frank has planned and led multiple Cabela’s Outdoor Adventure [...]
My tender shoulder: Reminiscences of a buffalo hunt.
Original post from, African Expedition Magazine By: Danene van der Westhuyzen I have a very dear aunt who lives in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Every time she sends me a text [...]
Hunting Namibia’s most Formidable Swordsman
Daybreak finds us sitting close to the camel thorn fire, for the morning air is chilly. Soon the kettle boils and coffee is brewed. Another day on the arid hunting grounds awaits. My hunting [...]
Rites of Passage on the Sands of Africa
Rites of Passage on the Sands of Africa by Aram von Benedikt My young son was the hunter, his small hands wrapped capably around the stock of my Nosler rifle, having left his own at the truck. [...]
Lessons to Learn & Strategies to Implement in an Anti-hunting Conversation
Deconstructing an Interview with Emma Barnett on BBC’s Emma Barnett Show Press play to listen to the entire, original BBC interview: Not long ago, Namibia Professional Hunting Association [...]
Namibian PH Says Hunting Is the Game Changer for Conservation
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 [...]
Hunters United Against Poaching
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 [...]
The Soulmate of Africa
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’s Fair Chase Hunting Philosophy
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 [...]
