Chirisa Safari Area - Hunting Success Rate


Situated in the central midlands of Zimbabwe exactly halfway between Victoria Falls and Harare lies the pristine wilderness of the Chirisa Safari Area. Some 1200 square kilometres in size or 300,000 acres, Chirisa is without a doubt one of the finest, if not the finest big game hunting concessions in Zimbabwe.

Chirisa is an important link in the elephant migration routes from the Zambezi Valley through to the central plateau and Hwange National Park on Zimbabwe's western border. With its excellent network of natural springs and pans, and its diverse habitat ranging from hardwood forests to lowveld riverine, Chirisa is a hunters paradise where lion, leopard, buffalo and elephant are in abundance.

Species available to hunt, annual quota and 2007 statistics
Please note "ease of hunting" is rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being very easy and 10 very difficult.


Species
Quota
Ease of hunting
2007 success rate
2007 Largest trophy
2007 average size
Best time of year
Elephant bull
9
2
90%
65 lbs
45 llbs
Mar/Apr & Oct/Nov
Elephant t/less
3
5
100%
N/A
N/A
 August - Oct
Buffalo bull
44
1
100%
46"
38"
 May - Oct
Buffalo cow
13
1
100%
N/A
N/A
 All year
Lion
3
4
75%
24"
24"
 May - Sep
Lioness
1
2
100%
N/A
N/A
 All year
Leopard
10
4
40%
16"
14.5"
 All year
Kudu
21
3
80%
56"
51"
 April & July - Oct
Zebra
35
1
100%
N/A
N/A
 All year
Waterbuck
9
3
90%
32"
27"
 July - Oct
Reedbuck
6
3
100%
14"
12"
 May - Oct
Impala
100
1
100%
23"
20"
 All year
Eland
6
5
25%
39"
33"
 Sept/Oct
Warthog
15
4
80%
14"
11"
 July- Oct
Klipspringer
3
4
100%
5"
4"
 May - Oct
Hyena
21
3
75%
N/A
N/A
 All year
Bushpig
4
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
 All year


Other non important species available are:
Baboon, jackal, duiker, guinea fowl, francolin, dove and sandgrouse.