The number below is not an estimate from an old brochure — it is the live listed trophy-fee position for greater kudu across farms on Safari Hunts, and it updates automatically as outfitters adjust their price lists.
Live trophy-fee range across 5 active Safari Hunts listings — updates automatically as farms change their prices.
Add the trophy fee to your daily-rate block: rate × nights × hunters. Greater Kudu hunts sit comfortably inside a standard 5–7 night safari, and the species pairs naturally with other plains game to spread the daily-rate cost across several trophies. Deposits on Safari Hunts are 50% into escrow, balance 90 days before arrival, trophy fees settled at the farm for animals taken.
The greater kudu is the trophy most first-time African hunters picture before they land: the grey ghost of the bushveld, deep-spiralled horns, and a talent for evaporating into thornveld the moment the wind swings. Kudu are widespread across southern Africa, but density is not the same as easy — mature bulls live in thick cover, feed early and late, and rely on those radar ears. A kudu hunt is won slowly: glassing ridgelines at first light, reading tracks at waterholes, and closing the last two hundred metres on foot.
Full species guide: Greater Kudu hunting · all prices: African safari costs.