CountChocula
Keeper of the Watch
Oh cmon, it's not like you're playing the game on iPhone/iPad where the minimap would take half of the screen…
Maybe this mod would help - it unlocks HUD on QTE or if crouched, otherwise HUD is removed:
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/734046-Mods-for-Far-Cry-3?p=8818960&viewfull=1#post8818960
So far nothing bothers me much that I would go use mods, especially when I'm playing the game for the first time.
Haven't used any mods, all I did was edit the dll file to remove the HUD. It's pretty easy to do, and the game is so much more fun without it, I could never go back to playing with the HUD.
You just look out into the landscape and go where you want to go, without worrying about all those markers and stuff on the screen. You can still pull up your map if you want to see where you are on the island, and you can identify landmarks in the terrain to navigate.