Boshof Game Farming and Bird
Currently
11
hunting-
and guest
farms in
the Boshof
district
offer
accommodation
and/or
excellent
facilities
to
approximately
3000
visitors
annually
and the
hunting
business
is still
growing -
whether it
is trophy
hunting,
venison
for the
pot or for
biltong.
Most
offer
guides and
trackers,
skinning,
cutting
and
cooling
facilities.
Taxidermy
services
are
available
nearby in
Kimberley.
Game
farms extends
over
approximately
101587
hectares
and at two
hectares
per head,
approximately
50 794
animals
are
accommodated.
In
the Boshof
area,
three very
different
natural
habitats
converge:
grassland,
karoo and
Kalahari
bushveld.
Therefore,
the land
is
suitable
to
accommodate
a wide
variety of
species of
game.
Apart from
endemic
small
mammals,
one find
springbok,
blesbok,
reedbuck,
redbuck,
eland,
gemsbok,
kudu,
rhebuck,
zebra,
buffalo,
deer,
warthog,
blue- and
black
wildebeest,
red
hartebeest,
ostrich,
bontebok,
oribi,
tsessebe,
nyala and
lechwe
(roan
waterbuck)
on various
farms -
even
rhino,
giraffe,
camel,
lions and
white
lions are
found on
some of
these
farms.
Some
farmers
stock game
to
complement
their
stock
farming.
If
your
passion is
game or
bird
watching,
most of
these
farms will
accommodate
your every
wish, as
the Boshof
district
can also
boast with
a very
unique
bird list
of almost
200
different
species of
birds.
Boshof is
also
visited
every year
by large
numbers of
Lesser and
Rock
Kestrels.
A large
variety of
raptors,
including
the
Lappet-faced
Vulture,
White-backed
Vulture,
Cape
Vulture,
Martial
Eagle and
Verreaux's
Eagle are
endemic to
the
region.
There are
even the
rare
visitors
to the
region:
Red-billed
Oxpeckers,
Common
Redstart
and Blue
Crane.