Hotfire Safaris, which is owned and run by business partners Patrick and Ryan, is a highly personal business which focuses on clients’ individual needs over profit, still aspiring to the Handshake being our promise to deliver on what we say. With over 35 years combined in the hunting industry, we know what small things make up the perfect safari for you. With conservation at the heart of our business ethic and how we manage our reserve. We can assure you of an ethical honest safari to exceed your expectations.
Set in the Eastern Cape, the camp is very accessible, yet extremely remote. Spectacular and varied topography. Offering miles and miles of river frontage, rocky cliffs and dense mountainous vegetation, this is home to diversity difficult to explain. Here, Africa’s nature is on display, from fishing to birding – with an abundance of game. Secluded bush camp set among a grove of indigenous trees. This is the base of Hotfire. The home of tough authentic hunting in South Africa’s most popular province.
Our logo describes what we’re about and it couldn’t be better explained. Easy to recognize, yet a challenge from the outset. The endemic eastern cape greater kudu. Smaller, more beautiful than it’s larger cousin, but offering a classic experience for the discerning international hunter. 6000-plus acres of distinct African wilderness is what we offer, time and your commitment is what you need.
On safari with Ryan Phelan
Cathcart
Eastern Cape
5310
South Africa
- Baboon
- Blesbok
- Bushbuck: Cape
- Bushpig
- Buffalo: Cape
- Caracal
- Duiker: Bush
- Eland: Cape
- Fallow Deer
- Gemsbok
- Greater Kudu: East African
- Hartebeest: Red
- Impala: Southern
- Jackal
- Nyala: Common
- Reedbuck: Common
- Springbok: Common
- Steenbok
- Vaal Rhebok
- Warthog
- Waterbuck: Common
- Wildebeest: Black
- Wildebeest: Blue
- Zebra: Plains
Property & Location
Our camp is a Classical East African Style tented camp with all the comforts that one would need. Electric blankets, fans, electricity. Lovely bathrooms built into surrounding dolerite boulders. Set amongst stunning indigenous vegetation within a large acacia grove with swimming pool to while away the heat of the day.
Turnstream Reserve, which is the base of Hotfire Safaris, is undulating terrain with high mountainous cliffs falling away through valley bushveld to the Black Kei River. It is interspersed with flat grassy areas, riverine bush, mountain forest and small annual streams. This allows incredible stalking utilising glassing-and-stalking and walking-and-stalking. This terrain and vegetation allows a variety of species, from buffalo through to grey duiker.
- Pvt Owned
Property is game fenced due to neighbours being stock farmers. This enables our game to be managed. There are no internal camps. It is only perimeter fenced. This is a purely wildlife conservation area.
Land Cruiser Double cab, Hilux Double cab, Land Cruiser Single Cab
Our game is wild and not selectively bred and hunted like a catalogue, like some folks aredoing. We always endeavour to get the oldest specimen who have done their breeding and have great characteristics and looks.
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Being small and owner-run, we are able to adapt and cater to your every need, unlike the large factory-style outfitters.