Adventure Afrika

Bots by horse: a whole new perspective

Hatari, McClaren, Jamie, Jumbo, Geizar, Missy, Nikita, Smokey… All ordinary horses without previous achievements that would be used during Women’s Month as the travel companions of a group of women riders taking on an epic journey for the benefit of welfare organisations. In early August, the eight horses were loaded into trailers, and the convoy headed out on the dusty roads past Maun, Shorobe and Sankuyo to the 105 Cut Line. From there, the women would saddle up for a 300km ride to Elephant Sands.

As the sun was setting over a cool and dusty Botswana, the

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