Acknowledged as the most successful stable and peaceful African countries, Botswana is an unspoilt land of timeless beauty which is teeming with game and bird life and is one of the finest tourist destinations on the African continent particularly for horse riders.

The Okavango, which originates in the uplands of Angola to the north-west, flows into and then spreads over the sandy spaces of the Kalahari to form an immense and wondrous inland delta of lagoon and labyrinthine channel, palm-fringed island and fertile floodplain. Described as 'the river which never finds the sea', the Okavango disappears into a 15,000 sq km maze of lagoons, channels and islands in north-western Botswana. It's the largest inland delta in the world and is a water wilderness with its seasonal floodplains and offers a safe haven for wildlife.

This rich and diverse habitat can be explored from the back of a horse and a safari here enables you to ride close to the huge variety of game that live here. Most obvious are the birds - thousands upon thousands of them - but there are also elephant, zebra, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, hippo and kudu. In fact, Botswana has the largest population of elephants in the world and is home to a migrant population of over 120,000 of these massive creatures.

Botswana has one of the lowest population densities in the world, and with it's exclusive tourism policies, the wilderness attractions are largely unspoilt and uncrowded, promising an unparalleled African horse riding adventure.