No African plains game hunting safari is complete without targeting the fast-paced warthog (Phacochoerus)! These hogs provide an exciting and adrenaline-filled hunting adventure for all game hunting enthusiasts and warthog hunting in Mauritius ticks the boxes for those wanting a unique game hunting trophy. Warthogs are highly adaptable creatures, with this being evident in terms of both their habitats and activity. While they are usually up and about during the day, if circumstances require, they can be more active at night, foraging for a variety of foods including fruits, roots, vegetables, grass, insects, carrion, and eggs. While warthogs prefer savannas and grassland habitats, they can adapt to many different habitats or regions, if there is a stable water supply. Warthogs are also water-dependent hogs, that enjoy a good mud bath now and again. Warthog hunting may at times be an opportunistic hunt, they are usually hunted using the walk-and-stalk method or even ambushed near a water hole. A temporary blind is set up, and the animal is targeted as they come down to drink. Adult male warthogs, at 340 pounds, are twice the size of their female counterparts. Warthogs have large heads, with two tusks protruding from under their upper lip, while the bottom jaw has two smaller teeth that mirror the shape of their tusks. The easiest way to tell male and female warthogs apart, without relying on size, is by their warts. Males have two large warts on each side of their head, while females only have one on each side. Males also have larger and thicker tusks, reaching 10-35 inches compared to 6-10 inches of females’ tusks. They have very little hair covering their bodies, but what there is, is light brown. Warthogs have manes that run down the spine to mid-back, and a short little tail that stands upright as they run, like an aerial. While warthog hunting in Mauritius is available throughout the country, some popular locations include the Kafue region and the Luangwa Valley.