Hunting in : Zimbabwe : Harare Province : Roger Whittall Safaris

Roger Whittall Safaris

Address:

Zimbabwe

Harare Province

11 Hazeldene Rd, Borrowdale

Coordinates:

Latitude: -17.747141

Longitude: 31.100018

Hannah Whittall

Contact:

+263 4 776266

+263 774 514 451

+263 772 420 510

Communication language

English, Afrikaans

E-mail

rogerwhittallsafaris@gmail.com

Web-site

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With 50 years hands-on experience in wildlife management and big game hunting, Roger Whittall is one of Africa´s most distinguished and respected safari operators/conservationists, and the driving force behind Roger Whittall Safaris. As far back as the 1960s, in an era dominated by cattle ranching, Roger was championing wildlife − translocating herds of plainsgame to his land (Humani, in Zimbabwe´s south-east lowveld) from areas where they were being shot out, to make way for cropping projects. During the 70s and 80s, Roger introduced rhino to the Save Valley − both white and the critically endangered black species − initiating what is arguably the most successful black rhino conservation story ever. During this period, Roger also harboured the only elephant herd remaining in the Save Valley, in the face of staunch opposition from his neighbours. Whilst the majority of landowners felt that cattle and wildlife could not co-exist, Roger knew they could and better − that wildlife was the more sound option, both environmentally and financially. 
 

Prompted to a large extent by the devastating drought of 1991/92 which wiped out the lowveld´s cattle herds, other landowners eventually began to see the logic in converting to wildlife, and the Save conservancy was subsequently established. Today, the Save conservancy is the largest privately owned conservation area in the world (800 000 acres) and a wildlife wonderland, with healthy populations of the big five and plainsgame species across the board. This state has been achieved against enormous odds, and through the years Roger Whittall has been at the forefront, as enthusiastic now as he ever was.