The 2025 Safari Awards Winners Announced:  Best Safari Operator in Africa - Jack's Camp ........ Best Safari Experience in Africa -  Sirikoi ..........Best Safari Property Location in Africa - Greystoke Mahale..........Best Family Safari Experience in Africa - Sirikoi ..........Best Marine Safari Experience in Africa - Azura Benguerra ..........Best Safari Guiding Team in Africa - Cottars 1920's Camp .......... Best Safari Cuisine in Africa - Chem Chem .......... Most Romantic safari Property in Africa - Jack's Camp .......... Best Safari Spa in Africa - Royal Malewane .......... Best Riding Safari Operator in Africa - Ride Botswana .......... Best Mobile Safari Operator in Africa - Nomad Tanzania Mobile Safaris .......... Best Walking Safari Operator in Africa - Robin Pope Safaris .......... Best Value Safari Property in Africa - Flatdogs .......... Best New Safari Property in Africa - Onguma Camp Kala .......... Best Safari House/Villa in Africa - Mkombe's House Lamai .......... Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property in Africa - Grootbos Garden Lodge & Qorokwe Camp .......... Best Community Focused Safari Property in Africa - Singita Pamushana .......... Best Wildlife Conservation Organisation in Africa - Mara Elephant Project .......... Best African Tourism Board - Rwanda Tourism Development Board .......... 

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All you need to know

Intro

The 2014 Winner of Best Riding Operator in Africa is personally run and guided by David and Robyn Foot with 30 years of experience in the safari world. Their passion and enthusiasm for the African wilderness will rub off on you!

Highlights

The ever changing Makgadikgadi, covered by thousands of zebra and wildebeest during the last surviving migration in southern Africa and then the vast emptiness of the Pans with long canters in the moonlight and nights spent under the stars with our horses tethered close by.

Need To Know

Our Kalahari Ride runs out of the award winning Uncharted Africa camps – Jacks, San or Camp Kalahari – and takes us into the vast and mysterious Makgadikgadi Pans. Our Thamalakane River Ride runs out of the luxurious Royal Tree Lodge allowing us to explore the outer edge of the Okavango Delta.

Safaris

The Kalahari Ride. 3-7 nights on horse back along the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans that dominate the heart of the Kalahari. The Thamalakane River Ride. 2-7 nights exploring on horse back the outer reaches of the Okavango Delta. Privately guided safaris with David Foot throughout Africa.

Wildlife

The Kalahari Ride - tens of thousands of zebra and wildebeest during the migration season. Meerkats and rare desert adapted species - aardwolf, brown hyena, bat eared foxes - as well as wandering elephants, cheetah and the infamous black maned Kalahari lions.
The Thamalakane River Ride - giraffe, plains game including kudu, oryx, eland, zebra, springbok and along the waterways hippo and crocodiles.

Quick Facts

Region
Africa
Property Type
Safari Tented Camp ( less than 20 tents), Mobile Safari Operator
Average Stay

Kalahari Ride - 5 night mobile out of Camp Kalahari SDD 

Kalahari Ride - 3 nights out of Jacks Camp, San Camp, Camp Kalahari

Thamalakane River Ride - 3 nights

Average Price

Kalahari Ride US$750 per person per night
Thamalakane River Ride US$450 per person per night

Child Policy

Child friendly - on the Kalahari Ride they must be competent riders. On the Thamalakane River Ride all are welcome.

Accommodation

Kalahari Ride - luxury en suite tented camps - Jacks, San or Camp Kalahari - with some nights in a fly camp consisting of walk in dome tents and bucket showers and some nights on bedrolls under the stars. Thamalakane River Ride - luxury en suite tented lodge.

Accolades

Safari Awards: 2014 Best Riding Operator in Africa - Winner.
Safari Awards: 2015 Best Riding Safari - Highly Commended.
Safari Awards: 2016 - Nominee.

We Are Africa Awards: 2015 - Shortlisted Innovation Category

Season

Kalahari Ride - migration season December-April.
Dry season May-September.
Thamalakane River Ride - all year.

Region
Africa
Property Type
Safari Tented Camp ( less than 20 tents) Mobile Safari Operator
Best Riding Safari

Ride Botswana - really good horses and great guides! If I only could, I would spend my whole year with them :)

AK from Poland
27-12-2024 @ 2:24pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

Ride Botswana shows great concern for local community and their cooperation with locals is really great to watch

AK from Poland
27-12-2024 @ 2:24pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

My experience with Ride Botswana showed their great focus on leaving the environment the same as it was first met or better (cleaner). Plus as little interference into surroundings as possible :)

AK from Poland
27-12-2024 @ 2:24pm
Best Riding Safari

Exceptional experience with trained horses, amazing landscape rides, unique possibility to safely watch animals from so close distance; once rode with David, always want to ride with David!

27-12-2024 @ 9:46am
Best Community Focused Safari Property

Excellent organisation and local service, thank you!

27-12-2024 @ 9:46am
Best Walking Safari Experience

Highly professional and knowledgeable

25-12-2024 @ 10:56pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

Hires locals and looks to advance them

25-12-2024 @ 10:56pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Very thoughtful and looks to educate guests on ecological responsibility

25-12-2024 @ 10:56pm
Best Riding Safari

Best hospitality. Great horses, well trained, well-groomed. Good team with absolutely great guide David Foot. We are coming back from Poland every year with our horse riding students.

22-12-2024 @ 1:08pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

It was a pleasure to see local community involved in Ride Botswana project

22-12-2024 @ 1:08pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

Their educational and training support changes lives.

RN
18-12-2024 @ 11:00pm
Best Riding Safari

Ride Botswana has the best safari horses and the guiding and camp experience is exceptional

RN
18-12-2024 @ 11:00pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Their safari operation is constructed to make the minimum impact

RN
18-12-2024 @ 11:00pm
Best Riding Safari

Wonderful people and wonderful memories

GL from France
18-12-2024 @ 9:53am
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Fabulous horses to ride. Excellent camping and food. The highlight is a safari seeing many wild animals close up, the beauty was no cars or traffic. Stunning sunrises and sunsets.

V
17-12-2024 @ 12:49pm
Best Riding Safari

Only riding company to offer mobile safaris in the delta. An amazing week exploring the area and not seeing any other tourist during the time. Only the camp

V
17-12-2024 @ 12:09pm
Best Walking Safari Experience

Not applicable but can't skip the category....

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:15pm
Best Riding Safari

Amazing horses, quick an reliable and well taken care of by fantastic staff

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:14pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Getting as vlose to nature as possible with tented fly camps in different locations in the delta. Amazing!

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:13pm
Best Safari Cuisine

Amazing food prepared over open fire in a mobile fly camp! Freshly baked bread in the middle of the bush!

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:11pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

Ttansport and staff being supplied by the local communities

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:10pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Fly-camping, transporting everything by horse, donkey or mokoros. Working with the local communities. Horse-back safaris - as eco friendly as you can get!

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:09pm
Best Value Safari Property

Nothing beats the feeling of a fly camp- a feeling money can't buy

AO
14-09-2020 @ 5:07pm

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