2 of the big 5, Cape Buffalo and Leopard, can be hunted for about the same that a Brown Bear hunt or a Dall Sheep hunt in AK goes for. You can do a tuskless cow elephant in Zimbabwe for even less than that. Lion, tusked elephant and rhino are another thing though. Right now it would cost $40000+ for a lion, $25000+ for a tusked elephant and at least $50000-$75000 for white rhino. The very few black rhino permits go for at least $250000. The big 5 have always been expensive but there is a lot more to hunting Africa than the big 5.