Mountain Buffalo Hunting Mt. Gelai - Tanzania

"Hunt the Ghost of the Mountains"

After hunting Mt.Loosimingor for 23 years (1999-2022) the government of Tanzania has decided that the Essimingor Forest Reserve (Mt. Loosimingor) will not be a part of any hunting area anymore. 

From 2024 onwards I am able to offer a very limited amount of mountain buffalo hunts on Mt. Gelai in Northern Maasailand/Tanzania - a mountain I used to hunt from 1993-95 before settling at Mt. Loosimingor. 

Mt. Gelai (dormant volcano) looms 2,942 meters ( 9,652 ft) tall in northern Maasailand just south of the Kenyan border and east of Lake Natron. Mt. Gelai Buffalo hunting offers the most challenging hunting for Cape Buffalo in Africa. I have personally guided Buffalo hunts in the mountains of Northern Maasailand for over 30 years and my team and I have perfected our style of stalking buffalo in this breathtaking but challenging environment. As we only hunt lone, old bulls or bulls from bachelor groups, we remain with a very healthy buffalo population on the mountain. You will most likely see buffalo several times every day.

The trophy quality is excellent but what makes this hunt so extraordinary is the fact that you will be hunting buffalo the full day on foot from a beautifully situated mountain log cabin! We usually get within a very short range to buffalo which makes hunting with iron sides the preferred style of hunting. 

When you come on a 10 day buffalo hunt, it is possible to enjoy our very comfortable main camp on the plains to hunt some of the Maasai species (such as Grants Gazelle, Thomson Gazelle, Wildebeest and others) before or after the mountain hunt.

Main period of hunting for Mountain Buffalo:  June - October

Mt. Gelai is a part of the hunting concession Lake Natron East and offers some of finest hunting in Tanzania for the Maasai species. There is no other area which gives you a more or less 100% chance of successfully hunting the key maasai species Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk and Fringed-Eared Oryx. In addition the Leopards in this part of Maasai - especially on Mt. Gelai are known for their enormous size and their beautifully dark colouring. 

For more details such list of game distribution, costs or any other questions you might have please “contact" us through this website.