I have visited regularly since 1991. There was huge hope for the country post 1994. Now they joke that you measure rainfall by how much it fills up the potholes in the highways. My last visit was April this year and it was all very sad.
Fairly is not an accurate description. Country is very close to being a failed state. I deal with it on a weekly basis and return annually for end of financial year meeting. If we did not still have the farm, I would have washed my hands of the country long ago. Difficult giving up on generations of blood sweat and beers.
If flying via Frankfurt , do your rifles have to be checked in at Frankfurt airport when you land or do they get transferred directly to next flight?
I went via Frankfurt last month. Firearms were transferred automatically, I never saw them until I arrived in Jo’burg.
In my case I had to collect and transfer myself. No problem at all, Germany has a hunters exemption, declared it on entry as a firearm in transit and carried I it to the check in. Flight crew were German, aircraft was Boeing.
Was this Lufthansa ? I would have gone that route but if I read it correctly it was €200 each way for firearms.
We missed our connecting flight to East London the first trip and even with the bribes the second trip was very tight, they just dont give a f***.
Never had a problem with firearms in SA and I've been over 20 times. Get all of your paperwork in place correctly and there is nothing to worry about. Alternatively I have a guy who meets people and makes sure there is no hassle, it costs $50 unlike these other companies that charge £150.
Yes, out of Dublin, travelling with a firearm is expensive, it doesn’t seem to matter which airline you use. They wouldn’t check it in for the entire trip because they’d no interline/code sharing agreement with the Namibian airline.
Try Ethiopian next time. I’ve used them the last few trips. A bit of faffing about in the dark bowels of baggage handling in Addis Ababa but it works. No charge for firearms if you’re within your baggage/weight allowance. I think Namibian airlines have folded.
Looks like Lufthansa are doing some runs Frankfurt dct Windhoek,
They do, using their partner Eurowings. They still charge €200 each way. A resident of the Fatherland joined us last week and used a camp rifle because of the cost.
I flew Lufthansa from Manchester. The check in employee was new and didn’t know they were supposed to charge me €250. I didn’t feel the need to tell them!
Yeah, last few years I’ve given up on bringing my own .
