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Polo Tours and Adventures
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Play polo in South Africa or Zambia and add on the experience of one of Botswana’s finest riding experiences. Select from either the famous biosphere of the Okavango or the Limpopo Valley’s Tuli Reserve.
An African Horse Safari in the Okavango Delta
We are sure you will never forget the true sense of freedom that you will experience on your horse with us in the Okavango Delta in Africa. This horseback safari is not usually taxing for the average fit rider, while retaining its ability to excite. Dependent on the season and levels of the Okavango flood, the itinerary and ground realities may change dramatically. At times it may not be possible to go on fly camps and during cooler months one longer ride may replace the normal morning and evening rides.
Sample extracts from our Okavango Itinerary:
We ride through different country, making our way through clouds of bushman hair grass to plains with fig trees. We might encounter giraffe or shyer antelope while passing through mopane woodlands. Our pace increases as we break out onto the flood plains, often disturbing troops of baboons…Fly camps are reached after riding deeper into the heart of the delta. On reaching another river system we find our fly camp looking out over a hippo pool. Here we stay for two nights.
After breakfast we ride back to Macatoo along the myriad of waterways lined with large trees. We canter through the shallow flood plains admiring the deeper pools of lilies. Here the buffalo gather in numbers and we have to creep up to them using islands for cover. For your final ride we will go along some of the high palm islands that offer great vistas. We'll maybe take a final exhilarating gallop and run with the game before returning to camp to prepare for your onward journey.
Our Classic Hemmingway style camp provides you with the creature comforts of life whilst allowing you to experience the wild beauty of the African bush. We have thirty horses ranging from full thoroughbreds, Namibian Hanovarian thoroughbreds, Arabs, Anglo Arabs and various other crossbred Kalahari bush horses.
The Limpopo Valley and the Tuli Game Reserve
In the remote north eastern corner of Botswana, at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers, lays an area known historically as the Tuli enclave - a diverse wilderness of savannah, riverine forests, marshland, open plains and sandstone outcrops. It is here within the Northern Tuli Game Reserve that one finds Mashatu Game Reserve, the home of horse safaris on this immense tract of pristine game viewing land. The area is also the home of no less than seven of Africa’s giants: the African elephant, the lion, giraffe, the baobab tree, the eland, the ostrich, and the kori bustard. The Northern Tuli Game Reserve, an area of history and legend, offers some of the most exciting game viewing in Africa. It is a place of exceptional beauty where one can explore the rugged, unspoilt African landscapes on horseback guided by expert rangers. In addition to the game experience, Mashatu offers notable archaeological sites including the Motloutse Ruins and the Pitsani Koppie sites. The terrain comprises a network of dry riverbeds, rocky sandstone outcrops and high ridges that afford a view for many miles across Africa’s vast game rich plains.
Our horses are recognized for being well adapted to extreme African conditions and harsh terrain. Among the breeds represented in our group of horses include the Boerperd, Basuto, Anglos and S.A. Warmbloods.
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