Horse Riding Holidays in Africa * Unicorn Trails *

HORSE RIDING HOLIDAYS IN AFRICA

A horse riding holiday in Africa will deliver memories full of adventures way beyond your wildest dreams.

Africa is a vast and intoxicating continent and once you've been there you will want to return time and time again. It currently consists of 49 different countries of different size, climates, tribes, traditions, religions, wealth, poverty, politics, wildlife, customs and languages. Some welcome tourists more than others and have a well developed tourist infrastructure. In this beautiful continent you can escape on horseback and ride with only the wildlife for company, and remember the wildlife in Africa really is genuinely wild and free.

Unicorn Trails offers horse riding holidays in the safe and friendly countries of Botswana, Namibia, Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Ethiopia. Our managing director was brought up in South Africa and has travelled extensively around the African continent so you won't find better riding holidays, or better advice than with Unicorn.

Each country has its own charm and key features to attract you.

Morocco in the far north and on the Medittteranean Sea, has traditional cities like Marrakesh with it's historic medina, or atmospheric seaide Essauira which are ideal to visit before or after a riding holiday in such scenic paradises as the Atlas Mountains or in the wide open spaces of the Sahara Desert. Spoil yourself with a stay in a luxury Berber camp. The riding is superb and offers wonderful opprtunities for experienced riders. If you are travelling from the UK, a real advantage is that flights to Morocco are very short and budget airlines offer cheap options. Short breaks are a real possibility.

Namibia has exhilirating riding holidays for all levels of riders and fascinating programmes for non riders. This African country creates sme of the most stunning viual scenes imaginable in the vast deserts. The Namib Desert trail is the flagship ride and is defintely not for the faint hearted. Billed as the toughest ride in the world, this challenging 12 day ride covers 400 km across the Namib desert. Perhaps you would prefer to ride in the area of Sossusvlei which has deep apricot sand dunes of moutainous heights. Here the riding can be tailored for less experienced riders and there are optios for a night in a luxury camp under the stars. The un-wordly Skeleton Coast, home of the desert elephant, offers another wonderful horseback holiday in Africa as does the restricted Diamond Area (Sperrgebiet) on historic ground in the area of the wild horses of the Namib Desert. Namibia is home to a fabulous game reserve - Etosha - where because of the nutrients in its salt pan, the animals grow larger than normal.

Many riders are looking for the ultimate horseback safaris in Africa and in Kenya, home of the Masia Mara and the Tsavos, in South Africa, home of the Kruger national Park and in Botswana, home of the stunning Okavango Delta, Unicorn has many wonderful safaris holidays. Often they are totally luxurious whilst camping trips are available for the more adventurous. An African horseback safari is without doubt the best way to get up close and personal to the game.

Tanzania is another great safari country in East Africa and after your riding trip why not extend your stay here to dismount and climb Mount Kilmanjo the highest peak in Africa. For that once in a lifetime moment, arrive at the summit just before dawn and watch the glorious sunrise.

Safaris, Deserts and Mountains are not the only horse riding holidays that Africa has to offer. Fancy galloping along white sand and turquoise oceans on fabulous horses? Well you can do just that in South Africa and a recent addition to our range, Mozambique. These provide the ultimate in beach riding!

Just as with Northern Africa, flying to to Southern Africa from Europe has benfits too. Why not take an evening flight departure. You can dine, sleep overnight and then disembarque to eat breakfast in Africa with no jet lag.

Lastly we are delighted to offer you a unique ride in Ethiopia. This will suit the adventurous riders who don't mind a limited tourism infrastructure in return for discovering a little known but totally fascinating ancient Abyssinia: source of the Great Rift Valley; the origins of mankind, the marvels of ancient christianity and the wild highlands and semi nomadic Oromo people. The wildlife of the Bale highlands are a world class treasure and best explored on horseback.

So Africa awaits you - whatever type of ride you choose, whatever country you decide on , you will an an unparalleded adventure. Contact us now to tailor make your personal African riding adventure!

At least one of our holidays in Africa has the following ride categories :
beach horse riding holidays
premier horse riding holidays
horseback safaris
  winter sun riding holidays
  trail riding holidays
  ranch riding holidays
horse riding holidays suitable for families
  mountain riding holidays
desert horse riding holidays
riding holiday with camping
faster riding holidays
  advanced rider holidays
  singles horse back holidays
horse riding holidays over Christmas & New Year
  centre based riding holidays
beginner horse riding holidays
tuition on a horse riding holiday
natural horsemanship riding holiday
heavier rider horse holidays
short horseriding breaks
horse riding holidays that can also accommodate non riders