I’m out on the mambas, but I’ve been intrigued by Save valley.'Hunted the Mkwasine (River) area and it was fantastic. 2 good buff, saw plenty of lion, hippo, heard leopard at night, waterbuck, eland, bushbuck, bush hog, and mambas. The lion love eating herbivores that feed in the nearby sugar estates. The concession leases seem to turn over frequently, but as said above just about any area PH can get you in there...Saw more elephant closer to the Save river (Mkwasine being a smaller river that feeds into it) but it depends upon time of year.
lol You'll see them in every S. African country while hunting...in the Save, they behaved...were always in (or slithered into) pits dug along brushy, shady riverbanks (poss abandoned hog holes). We'd just peer in from the top and admire them. Never an issue out on the beaten paths...(Adders like to bury themselves in sand tracks in Namib! 'Have nearly stepped on 2 of 'em there.) Cobras always seem to peer out at you from rocks (Kopjes, piles of boulders, etc.) or even slither into your (cool) hut in the heat of day IF you leave the door opened...I’m out on the mambas, but I’ve been intrigued by Save valley.