But tigers are not the only trophies. Rhino horns reach great sums for Chinese medicine and dagger handles in the Middle East. Between 1970 and 1992, poachers killed a staggering 96% of all rhinos. Yet eco-warriors have regained some ground, with three of the five rhino species recently reported as on the increase.
For rhino hunting in the photographic sense, visit Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater. Formed from a collapsed volcano, the journey through the clouds that spill over the tree-lined rim and the 2,000 feet descent into the plains below, justifies the trip, full stop.
Add in the herds of wildebeest, the lakes fuchsia-studded with flamingos and the hippos splashing around in the mud and you may forget what you came for.
Until you see one. Steady, still and solitary, rhinos summon visions of a prehistoric world, of dinosaurs, beautiful with unrepentant ugliness, plodding against the backdrop of the ancient volcano
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