Cape Buffalo Hunting in South Africa

There are outfitters who can put you on a Cape buffalo. And then there are outfitters who breed them, live among them, and have managed the same herds for decades. Marula Game is the second kind.

Set across 24,700 acres of classic Bushveld near Steenbokpan in South Africa's Limpopo Province, Marula Game is a family-owned operation that has spent nearly three decades building one of the district's most carefully managed Cape buffalo herds. For the hunter, that breeding focus is the whole point: consistent quality, genuine free-range pursuit across large blocks, and a range of buffalo opportunities — from mature trophy bulls to management and cull animals — that few outfitters can offer from their own ground.

Why hunt Cape buffalo at Marula

• Our own herds, our own ground. We don't buy in buffalo for the season. They are bred and managed here year-round across multiple large, game-fenced blocks — so the hunt is real, and the quality is consistent.
• True dangerous-game experience. Tracking buffalo on foot through thick cover, reading the wind, closing the distance — this is the hunt that earns its reputation as one of Africa's most demanding and rewarding.
• A spread of opportunities and budgets. Mature trophy bulls for the record book, management bulls past their breeding prime, and cull/cow animals for hunters who want the full dangerous-game experience at a more accessible price.
• Exclusive use. When you book Marula, the camp is yours — your party, your professional hunter, no shared vehicles or crowded blocks.

Trophy, management and cull buffalo — explained

Trophy bulls

Mature, hard-bossed bulls hunted on foot across our buffalo blocks. This is the classic dangerous-game safari — the one most international hunters travel to South Africa for.

Management bulls

Older bulls that have done their work in the herd. They offer a heavy, characterful trophy and an authentic hunt at a lower trophy fee than a top-end bull.

Cull and cow hunts — affordable Cape buffalo hunting

For hunters who want the dangerous-game experience without a record-book budget, cull and cow buffalo offer the same heart-pounding tracking, the same adrenaline, at a fraction of a top trophy fee. It's also how a working breeding operation keeps its herd in balance.

Cape buffalo trophy fees in USD are listed on the Hunting overview.

Plan your buffalo hunt

Buffalo quotas are limited each season and the best dates book early. Tell us when you'd like to travel and which buffalo experience suits you, and we'll build the safari around it.

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Marula Game is a registered member of the hunting industry's professional bodies (SCI, PHASA, DSC). See also: Plains Game Hunting · Photographic Safaris · The Lodge · How much does a buffalo hunt cost?