We are more than just hunters

Apr 18, 2016 | Features, Hunting

At Aru Game Lodges, we believe we are more than just hunters. There has been an obvious tension between hunters and anti-hunters for some time now with both interest groups claiming that their intention and methods are the best to protect nature and its wildlife....

Professional Hunter Spotlight: Danene van der Westhuyzen

Jul 16, 2015 | Features, Hunting

Danene van der Westhuyzen, who was mentored by her father, began hunting at an early age. Eventually her passion for hunting and a desire to bring about changes in the industry motivated her to discontinue her optometry practice, and become a professional hunter....

Hunting and fishing in Namibia

Jan 30, 2015 | Features, Hunting

Go hunting and fishing in Namibia all in one day. Take a look at this interesting article Shoot a buck? Check. Topple a brace of birds? Check. Land a fish? Check. All in one day? Check. How a Canuck hunter took on a Scottish hunting and fishing challenge—in Africa...

Wings over Kalahari

Dec 11, 2014 | Hunting

Morning at the water hole. We hear them long before we see them. To a beginning it is difficult to hear exactly where the soft, intermittent chucking sound comes from. But after a little while I pick up a group of dots against the azure sky high over the greyish green...

YWH walk & stalk springbok culling trip to ARU Game Lodges in Namibia: True African hunting from a different perspective

Dec 11, 2014 | Hunting

For most hunters, hunting in Africa means: big game and trophy hunting. But what if you like to stalk antelopes, but are not interested in collecting antlers and/or trophies? Or what if you love the almost therapeutic impact of walking through the Western Kalahari,...

My Tender Shoulder – Reminiscences on a Buffalo Hunt

Dec 11, 2014 | Hunting

I have a very dear aunt who lives in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Every time she sends me a text message, email or word of mouth message, her missive ends in the following words; “Please tell him that I still pray for him, every day.” She...