Ride safari Botswana

The OKAVANGO DELTA is a rider’s dream and part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. The river water that spreads over the sand in the Kalahari Desert forms the basis for a rich wildlife and lots of birds, and the perfect way to experience this is from the back of a horse.

This trip does not look like other trips in deltas. Instead of staying permanently in a camp, you spend the night in mobile camps, which are transported every day between the various accommodations using a small fleet ofmekoros– local, traditional canoes paddled by members from the local community, people who live in the delta permanently and therefore know it as their own trouser pocket.

THE CAMP is very comfortable with tents where you can stand upright, good beds, the possibility of primitive shower and toilet. This trip is best suited for you who are a good or very experienced rider.

You must book this trip to experience this magical delta, the skilled local guides and the amazing wildlife.

This is a riding experience of the very big ones, where you also eat surprisingly well!

This safari is carried out almost completely without the use of vehicles, and together with the camp’s good cooperation with the local community, this provides an environmentally friendly journey. You start with a half-hour drive from Maun Airport to the southern end of Okavango, where your safari adventure begins. Here the horses are waiting for you, your luggage is loaded into one of the canoes to sail up to the camp, and you say hello to your horse and saddle up.

Exploring this wild nature from horseback is really exciting, and especially your first encounter with elephants will be a great experience – completely different from seeing them from a car or minibus.

The day ends with us riding into camp at sunset. Often the camp is located on a beautiful, isolated island.

There is not really a fixed program for the journey. The pace of the day is determined by how the water moves in the area where the animals are located and the weather. The longer you choose to be on this safari, the more times the camp will move between different locations. And there are many beautiful places to choose from, often you choose to spend the night on a sore that may have many trees – it provides shade during the day and less rain in the camp at night.

A typical day starts early with a light breakfast at dawn at the campfire site. The morning and morning are spent riding along old elephant paths or other paths and where the guide looks for traces of animals. Everywhere there will be birds that keep an eye on us with interest, both in the field and in the air.

We return to our camp at lunchtime. Now lunch and siesta await in the shade of a tree – often jackalberry or leadwood. In the afternoon or evening we take an excursion more, but most often at a slower pace. The horses are allowed to control the pace, and the evening sounds of the bush form an almost meditative soundscape. A little later we return to camp to have dinner under the stars.

From time to time, both horses and humans can take a break. This may mean that one evening we might take a relaxing boat ride in a mokoro or go for a walk in the bush to get acquainted with some of the smaller animals that have the area as their home. If you want, the guide can show you how to look for clues and signs in nature.

No two days are alike during this journey, and we look forward to sharing this unique nature with you.

On this journey, the chances are high that you will meet for example elephants, lions, hippos and other majestic animals.