Top HORSE RIDING TRAIL ALONG THE NAMIBIA / BOTSWANA BORDER, IN AN AREA KNOWN AS BUSHMANLAND | 
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A 12-day safari, with a 9 day Bushmanland horse riding trail along the
Namibia / Botswana border. Experience the thrill of bush and shrub
savannah, desert plains, pans and huge Baobab trees!
Bushmanland, another of Namibia's wild wilderness areas, and home to the last few nomadic
San / Bushman of the Kalahari. Throughout this area, there is not even a filling station available
for the back-up vehicles. Bushmanland is not on the map and communication is most difficult.
ITINERARY OVERVIEW
| | Meet your host at our International airport and transfer to Windhoek for a quick tour of its sights & sounds before settling into a comfortable B&B. |
| | | Leave Windhoek no later than 10h00 and drive via Okahandja, Otjiwarongo, Otavi and Grootfontein to Dornhügel. Arrive there early enough to meet the crew and horses, go for a swim and enjoy a sun-downer and the beautiful sunset in this typically African landscape. |
| | | Tack up and go; no trial ride, but go directly over farms named Sachsenwald and Oopval, vast commercial farming areas with palm trees, small coal processing & open vleis (Depressions). Evening camp at Blystroom in typical horse trail fashion! |
| | | Enter the private game park Eden which has an amazing number of game and a myriad bird life. Ride towards the big pan and from there as the crow flies towards the usually dry Omuramba Omatako, one of those dry riverbeds "flowing" towards the Okavango Swamps in the Kalahari. Lunch at Omatako, night camp at Morestêr. |
| | | Ride a short distance to the nearby loading ramp, load horses and tack and let them travel to Tsumkwe to avoid a very boring part of Bushmanland. Riders travel from first world commercial farming area across the Red Line at Rooidaghek into third world communal Bushmanland. Visit a Bushman settlement and join their day to day life. Drive on to Tsumkwe, visit the souvenir shop and meet the crew & horses near Tsumkwe Lodge. Go camping with the horses, but you can happily spoil yourself by renting a luxurious bungalow at the lodge at own expense (price and reservation on demand). |
| | | You meet the pickup at the Nyae-Nyae Pan for lunch & continue to the incredible Baobab Tree where camp is set up for two nights. Usually some Dxo!hwe-bushmen show up, make an appointment for the next day for them to take you into the bush for a demonstration of their famous hunting and tracking skills. |
| | | Spend the day with the Bushmen and follow the tracks of the Elephants. |
| | | Following the Elephants via Maheri either to Baraka or into the vicinity of Grenspos and Aha-Mountains - depending on where the Elephants are! |
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| | You definitely want to find Elephants, and if they are around, the famous Bushmen will help you track them down. Where ever you shall camp tonight cannot yet be said, probably close to the Aha-Mountains. |
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| | You ride to the main road (Botswana border), load the horses and travel back to Dornhügel. Enjoy your last dinner together, share endless stories and who knows, make plans for a future horse riding trail safari! |
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| | After breakfast transfer back to Windhoek by road and settle into a Game lodge en-route to the airport to "unwind". |
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| | Subject to flight departure time, you may have all morning to enjoy nature walks, or simply laze on pool chairs, viewing the wildlife. Transfer to the airport to arrive in time for your departure flight. |
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RATES: Currency Converter - ZAR to £/€/US$ etc. | PRICES IN N$ [Namibian Dollar - N$1 = R1 (R=ZAR-South African Rand)] | | 1 Rider | 2 Riders | 3 Riders | 4 and more Riders | | N$/ZAR | 48060 | 41760 | 39780 | 38700 |
QUICK REFERENCE, these prices are repeated in current US$, EURO & GBP rates: | PRICES IN USD ($); EURO (€) and GBP (£) | | 1 Rider | 2 Riders | 3 Riders | 4 and more Riders | | US$ | 6900 | 6000 | 5700 | 5580 | | € | 5340 | 4680 | 4440 | 4320 | | £ | 3180 | 2760 | 2640 | 2580 |
PLEASE NOTE! The table immediately above is a current guideline, only valid at date of
publication's exchange rate. The N$/ZAR table is valid as is until 31 October 2007. Subject
to only ONE possible change: Fuel price increases between now and 31 October 2007.
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THE N$/ZAR FIGURES REFLECT THE TRUE PRICE FOR THIS SAFARI – THERE ARE
NO HIDDEN COSTS OR ADDITIONAL, UNPLEASANT COST SURPRISES UPON
ARRIVAL! VALID UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2007. PLEASE READ OUR GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS.
DEPARTURE DATES - 2007: At the time of publishing - to date - no departure dates during 2007 was available for this horse
safari. If enquiries for a minimum of six riders should be received, a date could become available.
For a few helpful hints and pointers on horse riding trails, please click HERE.
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