Botswana’s salt pans by horseback

Beautiful scenery, desert adapted wildlife and comfortable camps in the Kalahari Desert and the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Join our horseback safari for 3 nights at our fixed based camp and 2 nights at a mobile fly camp.

Just saddle up and set off along the shoreline following in the footsteps of the early explorers.

• Kalahari Desert
• Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Nxai National Park
• 6 days/5 nights

Highlights of the Horseback safari

The remains of an ancient lake now form the Makgadikgadi Pans. Depending on your travel dates, we either go straight into the heart of the pans or ride along the edge of the grass plains…

Camp Kalahari on Brown Hyena Island right on the edge of the salt pans. Traditional, relaxed and family-friendly, an eclectic mix of original African textiles, colonial antiques, Moroccan Kilims and four poster beds.

Saddle up and head to Xau Xai fly camp. Ride through woodlands and grasslands a bird rich area with bustards and korhaans. A basic affair with comfortable dome tents.

• the best places to see the last migrations of zebra and wildebeest in southern Africa
• get up close and personal with a local little gang of friendly meerkats
• walk with Bushmen and learn about their ancient culture
• siestas and pool

Best time to go on a horseback safari

The safari is available on 2 set departure dates, monthly throughout the year with distinct differences between the wet and the dry rides:

• May to October – Dry season rides across the pans, good for quad biking across the expanse of the pans, stargazing – watch the planetarium show with horizon-to-horizon stars
• End of October to April – wet season rides 

If you love horse riding you’ll love this safari.