News Letter January 2026

We are at the end of a successful and busy hunting season and looking forward to a happy Christmas season to spend time with the family and recharges our batteries.

This year, after having a dry summer, we were blessed with good rain in the Autumn with more than good early rain during the Spring.  

The game mated well and almost all the adult females are pregnant.  There are a lot of Impala and Springbuck babies in the area and cute baby Warthog’s are running all over with their moms. I often wonder how the Warthog moms educate them to lift their tails while running on such a young age ?   The Black Wildebeest and Impala are now in their lambing season. The Blue Wildebeest, (end of December) are lucky to give birth in a veld soft and green of pasture.  The Kudu and Waterbuck are calving throughout the year and their figures are constantly growing.

We at Jakkalskuil Safaris support sustainable hunting.  We believe that if one can put a value on to an animal, like to offer it to be hunted at a price, you will protect the game from poaching and over utilization and practice a proper veld management system.   Hunting helps the game farmer to manage the amount of animals in a herd so that there is enough natural pasture for them to survive on, during a less than normal rainfall period.  The plant population of the Karoo is very sensitive to overgrazing.  A healthy plant population is the factory where one can produce top quality animals, sustainable.

 During 2025 we hosted hunters from the USA, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and several clients from Hungary. Trophy hunting is surely busy to pick up, specially of clients coming from Europe.

We are enjoying it to watch and share the old and beautiful hunting culture of central Europe with our clients. The respect and gratitude shown to the animals and the environment are notable.  This year we had two father and son hunts, where it was touching to watch how the fathers are, with great patience, busy to transfer their hunting culture to the next generation. There are a few new pictures in the photo gallery, demonstrating some or the rituals

We invite you to have a look at our pricelist for 2026. It is a very competitive list with several good buys to make. We proudly refer you to the trophy price of Sable, Oryx, Oryx Scimitar, Bontebok and the Springbok slam to mention a few. At the package hunts you will find good value for money.

We hope to see a few of our old friends back during 2026 together with some first timers to explore the jewels of the Karoo.

We are dedicated to give you a superb Karoo experience in Africa and a most enjoyable safari.  

Best regards

Kobus of the Karoo