Blog: Botswana on horseback

As arguably the most exciting African country to go on safari, Botswana offers one of the greatest diversities of safari activities with game drives, bush walks, mokoros and motor boats amongst the most popular. Here our Botswana specialist, Annie, makes the case for why exploring the Botswanan bush on horseback should be top of your list.

Specialist Safaris

Need inspiration for your next safari holiday? We’re constantly developing our itineraries and adding new and exciting locations for those hungry to see more of this vast and intriguing continent.

So you’ve done the basics and fallen in love with Africa. We don’t blame you. But what’s next? We each have a personal interest in the mesmerising wildlife Africa has to offer and as a result specialist safaris are kind of our thing.

Be in control from start to finish on a unique self-drive family safari through Namibia. Couples will enjoy a Rwandan mountain gorilla trek. Madagascar is lush and green and home to excitable lemurs and more. The wild dogs of the Selous, walking safaris in Zambia, canoe safaris in the Okavanago Delta in Botswana; check out our off the beaten track recommendations.

Kwara Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Little Kwara is a superb fly-in tented camp on the edge of Botswana's Okavango Delta close to Moremi Reserve. Little Kwara is a birder's delight, with special boats allowing you to peer into the nesting bird colonies on amazing Godikwe Lagoon.

Little Kwara

Skeleton Coast and Kaokoland, Namibia

Serra Cafema in Namibia’s far northwest is one of Africa’s remotest camps. Accessible only by light plane, Serra Cafema overlooks the Kunene River and provides a transformative desert adventure among astonishing lunar landscapes and nomadic Himba tribes.

Serra Cafema Camp

Linyanti, Botswana

Famed as Africa's top venue for wild dog viewing, Kwando Lagoon Camp is located in the Kwando Concession, Botswana’s largest private reserve. Relaxed and well-run, Kwando Lagoon Camp offers a wonderful safari adventure and all the creature comforts.

Kwando Lagoon Camp

Namibrand Nature Reserve

Wolwedans Dunes Lodge is an elegant camp perched on top of a dune plateau in Namibia’s spectacular Namib Rand Reserve. Wolwedans offers wonderful wilderness solitude and panoramic views so you can experience the unfettered natural beauty of the desert.

Wolwedans Dunes Lodge

Damaraland, Namibia

Desert Rhino Camp is an extremely remote tented wilderness camp in Damaraland, Namibia. Part funded by the Save the Rhino Trust, Desert Rhino Camp is a great place to track the elusive black rhino and absorb the otherworldly desert landscapes.

Desert Rhino Camp

Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Hoanib Skeleton Coast is an ultra-remote and stylish fly-in tented camp on a private concession in Namibia’s Kaokoveld. A stay at Hoanib Skeleton Coast offers thrilling desert adventures, an amazing variety of wildlife, and startlingly rugged scenery.

Hoanib Skeleton Coast

Hoarusib River, Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Okahirongo Elephant Lodge is located in the Purros Conservancy, 55km from the skeleton coast and around 200km south of the Kunene River in the north of Namibia.

Okahirongo Elephant Lodge

Kunene River, Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Okahirongo River Camp is tucked far into the north-western reaches of Namibia. The Marienfluss region is a remote wilderness area which extends between two sets of mountains where the rough roads and lack of facilities keep the masses at bay.

Okahirongo River Camp

Samburu, Kenya

Saruni Rhino, located in Sera Community Conservancy, offers one of the first rhino tracking experiences in East Africa. This is an amazing walking safari offering a unique and thrilling experience while actively contributing to rhino conservation.

Saruni Rhino

Katavi, Tanzania

Chada Katavi is a simple, authentic tented wilderness safari camp located in mythical Katavi National Park in western Tanzania. Chada Katavi is particularly good for walking safaris, and quite possibly has the highest density of game of any African park.

Chada Katavi

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