Your Adventure. Your Way. Your Africa.
Who you travel with, and why guests keep coming back.
Anthony leads the hunting and fishing personally; Ingrid runs the administration. You travel with them, not with a call centre.
Over 28 years of professional hunting and tourism, guiding hunters across the Eastern Cape, Limpopo, the Karoo and Southern Zimbabwe.
Epic Paradise Tours (Pty) Ltd, Co. Reg. No. 2022/594232/07, with Outfitter Permit Number 202311000031502, based in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape.
Hunting safaris in South Africa and Zimbabwe, plus holidays, tours and game fishing on Nosy Be, Madagascar — “Arrive as strangers, depart as friends.”
Fly into Nosy Be, never Antananarivo on the mainland. Nine routes from Europe, the Americas and Johannesburg, the airlines to use, and the €35 visa on arrival.
Flight Routes & MapFly into Johannesburg or Cape Town, then connect to the airport nearest your hunting area. Seasons, what to pack and how the hunting season runs from mid-February to mid-July.
South Africa Flight MapPrivately owned properties, no crowds — guided personally by Anthony Schenk from start to finish.
See South Africa Safaris →Game fishing for GT, marlin and sailfish, with reefs, lemurs and whale sharks around the island.
Discover Nosy Be →From the rugged bushveld and open plains of South Africa to the turquoise waters of Nosy Be, Madagascar, we create unforgettable experiences for hunters, anglers, nature lovers, photographers, families, couples and adventurers.
With over 28 years of experience in professional hunting and tourism, we bring knowledge, expertise and passion to every journey — whether your dream is a South Africa hunting safari, a Madagascar fishing holiday, or simply a tropical island escape.
South Africa · Zimbabwe · Madagascar
Ten pages on who we are and how we work — the people, the country we cover, the camps, and how a trip gets built.
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Anthony Schenk leads the hunting and fishing personally — an Outfitter with more than 28 years in hunting and tourism; Ingrid runs the administration — bookings, paperwork and the travel arrangements.
Every trip is arranged by the two of them, not handed to a booking system.
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Over 28 years of professional hunting and tourism across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Madagascar — the Eastern Cape, Limpopo bushveld, the Karoo and Nosy Be.
That experience is why a trip runs smoothly from the airport pickup onwards, and why the days end like this one.
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Evenings are spent around the table and the fire, which is where most of the stories from a trip actually come from.
Guests arrive as clients and tend to leave as friends.
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Hunting, fishing, photography, culture, relaxation, or a combination of all of it — the itinerary is built around what your group actually wants.
There is no fixed, one-size-fits-all package.
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We work across South Africa and Zimbabwe for hunting and safari, and on Nosy Be in Madagascar for fishing and island holidays.
That spread is deliberate. It means a trip can follow the season and the species rather than being forced into one property’s calendar.
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Accommodation runs from tented camps to permanent lodges, chosen for where the hunting or the game viewing actually is rather than for a brochure.
The common thread is that it is comfortable, quiet and small — you are not sharing a dining room with sixty strangers.
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A tented camp is not roughing it. Proper beds, hot water and someone cooking — with canvas between you and the bush instead of brick.
It is the closest most guests get to the sounds of the night, and it is usually the thing they ask for again on a second trip.
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Evenings run the same way wherever you are: everyone back in, a fire, and the day gets retold with the parts that went wrong included.
It is where a group of guests who arrived as strangers stops being that, and it is as much a part of the trip as anything that happened in daylight.
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Not everyone in the party wants to hunt, and that has never been a problem. Photographic drives, coast, culture and golf all run alongside a hunting itinerary rather than instead of it.
Groups routinely split during the day and come back together at night, which is usually the arrangement that keeps everyone happy.
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Nothing here is an off-the-shelf package. Every trip is built around who is coming, how long you have, what you want to see and what you would rather skip.
Tell us roughly what you have in mind and we will tell you honestly what is realistic in the time — and what is worth adding while you are here.
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More than 28 years guiding hunters and hosting travellers, from the Eastern Cape bush to Nosy Be.
Every trip is built around the people on it, and plenty of guests leave as friends.
Our knowledge of the bush, wildlife, fishing grounds, destinations and local culture helps you experience Africa at its best.
Private hunting properties, carefully selected destinations and professionally guided excursions provide a more personal and authentic experience.
Whether you are looking for hunting, fishing, wildlife, photography, culture, relaxation or a combination of everything, we build your itinerary around your interests.
From airport pickup and accommodation to excursions, hunting arrangements, fishing adventures and trophy export, we help take care of the details.
Everything below is arranged personally by Anthony and Ingrid, not handed off to a call centre or a booking system. Hunting, fishing, island holidays and everything in between is built into one itinerary, with the logistics — flights, accommodation, guiding, permits and export — handled from the first enquiry to the final goodbye.
Twenty-eight years of this has taught us that the trips that work are the ones built around the actual people coming.
Send us a message — no obligation, and we will tell you honestly what does and does not fit the time you have.
No obligation and no hard sell — tell us what you have in mind and we will tell you honestly what fits.
Rough dates and who is coming is enough to start. No lengthy booking form, no card details.
If the days you have will not cover it, we say so up front and adjust rather than take the booking and disappoint you.
Nothing sold off a shelf. Priced against your dates, group and interests — in USD, Euro or ZAR.
Land-based four to sixteen, live-aboard six to eight, big-game fishing four to five. Never a crowd.
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The Epic Paradise Tours team on Nosy Be.
Anthony Schenk leads the hunting and fishing personally — an Outfitter with more than 28 years in hunting and tourism — while Ingrid Schenk runs the administration — bookings, paperwork and the travel arrangements.
Over 28 years of professional hunting and tourism experience across Southern Africa and beyond, from the Eastern Cape to Southern Zimbabwe and Nosy Be.
Based in South Africa's Eastern Cape, operating hunting safaris across South Africa and Zimbabwe, and fishing and island holidays in Nosy Be, Madagascar.
Private hunting safaris, game and deep-sea fishing, island holidays in Madagascar, cultural experiences, accommodation and airport transfers, guided excursions, rifle hire, catch-and-release fishing, trophy export and photography and video packages.
Anthony guides hunting safaris in South Africa until around mid-July, then is based on Nosy Be through to 15 January.
We quote in USD, Euro or ZAR, and every trip is quoted individually around your dates and group.
Come and discover the wild beauty, culture, adventure and hospitality of Africa — and create stories you will tell for years to come.
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