Estate Living Magazine Estate Living Issue 29 May | Page 32

Horsing
around
The world looks different from the Bring your own
back of a horse – it’s a familiar If you feel guilty about going on a riding holiday and leaving your
perspective; a deep-seated where non-riders can play golf, and you and your horse can
horse behind, hitch up your trailer and head out to Koro Creek,
knowledge that harks back to the explore the reserve. www.korocreek.com/equestrian
dawn of the Bronze Age. Heaven – and horses, too
Wait a Little Horse Safaris offers great horseback safaris in
Horses make us powerful, invincible and adventurous. A few
hours or days in the saddle can lift a good holiday into a whole
new dimension. Whether you’re a born-in-the-saddle semi-
Big Five reserves close to the Kruger National Park, which you
would think is about as good as it gets – but then they added
Gourmet Big Five horseback safaris for small groups of four
to eight riders. It’s über-luxurious accommodation, four to six
centaur, a weekend warrior, or a wet-behind-the-ears wannabe, hours of riding a day in Big Five country, game drives, optional
there’s a horseback holiday that’s just right for you. walks, gourmet food created by two dedicated chefs, and an
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extensive wine list. What’s not to love.Oh and, by the way,
the food on the standard trails is pretty darn yummy anyway.
You don’t need a passport for a perfect family riding holiday www.waitalittle.co.za.
in the malaria-free Waterberg. Horizon Horseback offers a Through the desert on a horse with no name
wide range of horsey activities to keep everyone happy. Ride
with wildlife, have a lesson, do a gentle scenic hack, play
polo crosse, or try your hand at rounding up cattle, - there’s
something for every age and every ability, and even lots to keep
non-riders sweet. www.ridinginafrica.com
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Lyrical allusion aside, horses do, in fact, have names. But the
song still works. It’s nine days straight across the Namib from
Windhoek to Swakopmund. There are long, flat stretches of
desert plain, mountains with huge boulders where you have
to dismount and walk, long extensive grasslands, beautiful