Motswedi Safari's - Renier Visser

Renier Visser and his team wish you a warm welcome to Motswedi Safaris. Located in the North West Province, South Africa and 2 hours drive from Oliver Thambo International Airport; Motswedi Safaris is not just a Safari business, but a place where you will relax and unwind, meet new friends and feel completely at home!

Welcome to Motswedi Safaris!

Renier Visser, Professional Hunter and Outfitter of Motswedi Safaris, has been in the hunting fields since his early childhood. Hunting is a family legacy and Renier spent many hours in the veldt where his love for hunting evolved into the professional hunter he is today.

Motswedi (meaning place of water) was started by Renier in 2003 and has grown strongly with hundreds of plains game and dangerous game hunted in the past few years. With a number of concessions, Motswedi Safaris offers you over 150 000 acres of well managed private own land and a variety of species of game to complete your wish list.

For the ladies joining their men in South-Africa, but not interested in the bush, we offer you a variety of non hunting activities.

Sun City Tours; Visiting the Gatsby International Health and Beauty Spa; Curio Shopping at Hartebeespoortdam and many more. Family activities, if the hunter wishes a day of non hunting, we offer day tours to Pilanesberg National Park.

*Please note that these activities are not part of the safari packages and all prices are excluding daily rates.

To understand the main reason of hunting we would like to give you a brief history of where hunting started:

Man has been hunting antelope for the purposes of food, clothing and shelter.

Hunting actually predates the educated world as we know it today and there are many archaeological discoveries that confirm this fact.

Most likely the first weapons to be used were rocks that were thrown to kill small game. Soon after people started using spears; a long piece of wood with a sharp point. A very effective close in weapon that could bring down large animals.

Some of our earliest ancestors also used running down animals to get their food. Animals may be faster than men but a determined man could run down almost anything. They just plain wore the animal out until it couldn't run to get away and then they killed it.

Now you might think that's far fetched but hunting this way is still used in some parts of Southern Africa, today.

The bow and the arrow were developed, but nothing like anything today. It was a simple tool. A piece of wood, few feet long, a groove in it to hold the arrow. The bow and arrow becomes the first, true, long range weapon that men used. It gave men that know how to use one the advantage to those who didn’t know. It enabled them to provide meat for their families much faster.

Society evolved into groups that stayed in one place and grew their own food. Hunting became a specialized job. Time passed and hunting became a sport, not that much for the meat but for the trophies. With the bow, the rifle also become a big part of the killing of the animal. Men and dogs also started hunting together. Hard to believe but Poodles were the first breed of hunting dogs.

Hunting has evolved even further than before with what are now called bloodless hunts. You can actually go on a safari where the sole purpose is to capture pictures of big game with a camera.