MINIMUM LEGAL CALIBERS & PERMITTING PROCEDURES BY COUNTRY

 

 

COUNTRY

ELEPHANT/BUFFALO/RHINO

LION/LEOPARD

LARGE PLAINS GAME

PROHIBITIONS

PERMITTING

Zimbabwe

9.2mm and 5.3KJ/.360 and 3688 ft.lb

7mm and 4.3KJ -Lion

7x57mm Leopard

Eland/Giraffe as for Lion

Upon entry

Botswana

22 rimfires; semi-autos

In advance via PH

Namibia

7mm and 5.4KJ/.284 and

7mm and 2.6KJ/.284 and

Handguns

Upon entry

South Africa -Limpopo

375 H&H

375 H&H

na

SA/pump long guns

Upon entry or in advance

South Africa - KZN

375 H&H

375 H&H

na

SA/pump long guns

Upon entry or in advance

South Africa - Cape

6mm

6mm

6mm

SA/pump long guns

Upon entry or in advance

Mozambique

In advance (7 weeks)

Tanzania

375 H&H

In advance

Zambia

Mil calibers (223 and 308)

In advance via PH