Horse Riding Holidays in South Africa

This safari captures all the best elements of riding on the Horizon reserve in South Africa, including game sightings, polocrosse, mustering the horses at dawn and popping logs on the jumping lanes. This private game reserve sits in a region of sour mixed bushveld in the north-western region of South Africa. There is no better way to see the bush and its wildlife than from a horse. You will ride across an area of approximately 21,000 acres.

This safari also offers the chance to spend a night away from the lodge and under canvas at Camp Davidson.

The African Explorer is a horseback safari which encompasses two riding destinations, one in the Waterberg region of Limpopo in South Africa and the other in the ancient and undisturbed landscapes of the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana. Spread over eight days (seven nights) the safari entails riding first across the game rich plains, wetlands and mountain landscapes in South Africa, and then, once transferred by road to Botswana, along the Limpopo River floodplains and up into the heart of the Mashatu Reserve, with regular sightings of Africa’s most charismatic wildlife species. This combination of an introduction to riding in Africa with non-dangerous game, followed by encounters on horseback with elephant, spotted hyena and often lion, cheetah and leopard, while experiencing two African countries on one safari, has won the African Explorer a global reputation as one of the most accessible and
varied riding experiences in Africa. The three other ingredients which make the African Explorer so special are the quality of the horses, the professionalism of the guides, and the hospitality provided in the three unique and memorable camps, and one luxury lodge, used along the way.