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Connect with nature, wildlife and local people in Zambia’s beautiful Simalaha Conservancy on horse Our season reopens on 01 July 2022
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Located in the Simalaha Wildlife Conservancy of Western Zambia, a stay at Zambian Horseback Safaris allows riders the opportunity to experience a timeless place on horseback; to explore ancient lands, trees, the Zambezi River and enjoy a privileged encounter with the Lozi people of the Simalaha. We are privileged to be the sole operator in approximately 520,000 km² of prime Zambian wilderness. Int

ermediate to Experienced Riders - We offer a 3 night safari or longer for intermediate riders and above. For our riding safari, you need to be fit, confident & competent. Novice to Intermediate Riders - We will accommodate riders of all abilities if a group books out the camp on an exclusive-use basis.

13/06/2024

TODAY we head home to the Simalaha for the 2024 Season. We can’t wait to share it with you!

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11/06/2024

We were absolutely thrilled to have hosted - trainer, endurance rider and co-owner of Liversage Saddles at Zambian Horseback Safaris during our 2023 Season. This incredible woman just blew us away. Mariaan, your strength, kindness, knowledge, determination and passion has left us totally inspired. We hope to welcome you back one day soon! Thank you 🙏

Please follow this link to read Mariaans story and review of 🐎

https://www.zambianhorsebacksafaris.com/reviews

Liversage Saddles develop and manufacture Trailrider Saddles consisting of a range of Trailriding saddles, farm working saddles and specialized, custom endurance saddles distributed in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and USA. Trailrider Custom Handmade Horse Saddles

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- a wild place for wild hearts 🍃

06/06/2024

Getting to the Simalaha Wildlife Conservancy is where the adventure begins !

Our journey starts from our homebase in Livingstone with a 40 minute road transfer to a small African harbour called Mambova. Local villagers and fishermen trade their daily catch here and it is a kaleidoscope of colour, noise, children, goats and chickens! By this stage you are firmly off the tourist circuit and will be journeying into a beautiful remote part of Africa. From here, we continue our journey by River! This magical boat journey takes you upstream on Africa’s fourth largest river - the mighty Zambezi. After about two hours on the river, look out for Doug, our team and the horses, saddled and waiting on the riverbank. We ride into camp from here!

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31/05/2024

Africa, a land with vast savannas, dense forests, and rugged mountains, has long been the epitome of safari adventures. But beyond the well-trodden paths of famous reserves lies a whole new world less explored, brimming with untold stories and uncharted wilderness.
- a wild place for wild hearts 🍃

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27/05/2024

Monday things.
Crispy mornings, the smell of the bush and the dance of sunlight. The horses are getting ready for the season. It’s nearly time!

📸 .glutz

23/05/2024

Murray is our Master Farrier, taking care of all the hooves ! He also happens to be Doug’s son - always willing to lend a hand on our horse safaris, we are so grateful for his and constant support. Family is at the heart of our operation and we are blessed with the best!

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20/05/2024

There’s just something about horseback exploration in the Simalaha Wildlife Conservancy. It’s getting to areas inaccessible by vehicle. It’s the smell of wildlife being so close. It’s about getting to know your horse over days, your host Doug and fellow riders - friendships brewing for life over shared experiences, fireside chats, storytelling and sun. It’s the excitement of knowing how wild this place really is - the knowledge that you are hours away from other visitors or tourists is quite exhilarating. It’s simply magic.

[email protected]

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15/05/2024

Doug and Gail look forward to meeting all those who have booked to ride with us this year! Not long now!
📷.West

07/05/2024

Light from the sun captured in a jar. This is our power sauce in camp 🌞💫

30/04/2024

Sweet little things back home on the ranch during our “off-season” 🌸

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26/04/2024

Special experiences take special effort!

Getting to is an adventure itself - we absolutely love seeing our guests faces when they spot our horses, saddled and waiting on the Zambezi Riverbank, after 2 hours of boating up the River with nothing but birds, hippos and crocodiles in sight! This is the “real” Africa. Are you ready for it?

Let’s Ride! 🐎

Sun 30 June 2024 - 2 saddles
Sun 14 July 2024 - 4 saddles
Sun 28 July 2024 - 8 saddles
Sun 4 August 2024 - 8 saddles
Sun 18 August 2024 - 6 saddles
Sun 15 Sept 2024 - 4 saddles
Sun 22 Sept 2024 - 6 saddles
Mon 28 Oct 2024 - 4 saddles
Sun 22 Dec 2024 - 4 saddles

[email protected]

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25/04/2024

A highly nutritious and tasty bush snack in the Simalaha Wildlife Conservancy! Do you know it? 🧐

22/04/2024

It will be hot. It will be golden. It will be spectacular!

We have a few open saddles on our Simalaha Summer Rides! ☀️

Contact us for a list of confirmed dates - ideal for solo riders, couples and groups of friends to join. We offer a super sizzling SADC rate, so let us know if you’re joining us from the region. Let’s ride! 🏇

[email protected]

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17/04/2024

Lunchtime! 😋😴☀️🐎

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15/04/2024

Why ride with us?

It’s the rare opportunity of not seeing another person, vehicle or rider except for those in our party. It’s us alone to see, explore and experience. It’s the connection with nature. It’s the quiet contentment of travelling by horseback. It’s the laughter around the fire pit. It’s the camaraderie. It’s the indescribable magic of the Simalaha. 🍂

www.zambianhorsebacksafaris.com

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10/04/2024

Our herd are the heart and soul of ! Affable and accustomed to wildlife and the bush, they are always up for a treat… if the guests don’t eat it first! 🤣🥕🥰

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08/04/2024

Did you know?

Male sable antelope grow horns up to 1,6 metres in length. To put 1,6 metres into perspective, it’s roughly the same length as an elephant tusk. And how tall are YOU by the way? 🧐🤯💥

Sable grow these horns over an entire lifetime. Each year they develop a new ring, so the sable’s horns can be used to determine age. Amazing nature!

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06/04/2024

Lots of giggles at Mambova Harbour, when guest joined in a local footie game!

Getting to our camp is all part of the adventure! Our journey starts from our homebase in Livingstone with a 40 minute road transfer to a small African harbour. Local villagers and fishermen trade their daily catch here and it is a kaleidoscope of colour, noise, children, goats and chickens! By this stage you are firmly off the tourist circuit and will be journeying into a beautiful remote part of Africa.

Thanks for making the fun, Mariaan! We are all impressed with your soccer skills! 🤣💚⚽️👏🏽

📸 .west

😊 🇿🇲

03/04/2024

Back home stables, we are busy bees preparing for the season. Well, some of us. Others are enjoying the holiday and hay! 😂🐎

29/03/2024

Zambia - the country where water meets the sky!

Have you explored our website yet? It’s jam-packed with info and resources, ready for you to explore the Simalaha experience before your ride! Link in bio 👆🏽

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25/03/2024

We’re getting excited about our 2024 season, opening at the end of June!

Ride with us! 🐎

- 30th June 2024, 2 saddles available
- 14th July 2024, 4 saddles available
- 4th August 2024, 5 saddles available
- 18th August 2024, 4 saddles available
- 13th October 2024, fully booked

Book at [email protected] today and look forward to wide open spaces, free riding, beautiful wildlife, bush, trees, hot sunshine, well schooled horses and really, really good food and people who love horses, wildlife and hospitality ! 🥰☀️

📸 .west

22/03/2024

There’s something about night time in Africa. It’s the cicadas singing, the warm air and the absolute darkness - soon home to starry scenes you probably drew on paper as a child - with more stars, constellations and galaxies that one could possibly count or imagine. Ethereal, unbelievable, absolute.

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21/03/2024

“Our days started with a five hour ride at dawn following breakfast, home in time for a cold beer, shower and lunch. The rides were just amazing... long canters in the plains - at one point we were cantering beside zebra.. Afternoons, I spent birding - spotting eagles, parrots and so many other species. In the evening we went just before sunset out on the horses to find a perfect spot for sundowners... and after watching a breath-taking sunset, we pointed the horses home in the moonlight.

After a fireside drink and supper (food was phenomenal... I could wax poetical on the food forever!) we headed back to our beautiful tent and snuggled down, exhausted from the day, with warm hot water bottles listening to the sounds of the bush.

I really cannot recommend this place more highly. Doug, Gail and Murray are the most warm and welcoming hosts. I cannot wait to go back!”

📸 .west

18/03/2024

Without a doubt, the coolest pool in Zambia! Taking a dip in our eco-pool / wildlife hide / watering hole is great fun - you never know who you’re going to meet there! 🐃🦓🦅🦒🐎🐾🦔🦜🫏

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15/03/2024

If you are invited into a villagers home here in the Simalaha, it would be a privileged insight into Lozi life.
Areas of our camp are beautifully handcrafted each season by members of the Simalaha community - designed and inspired by traditional Lozi mud-style methods which stay naturally cool and breathable.

Handcrafted, durable, sustainable. 🛖

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13/03/2024

Get your boots on and live out your cowboy dreams . Rider Andre showing us how it’s done!

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11/03/2024

Our camp is a place to kick your boots off and tuck into the delicious, healthy meals Chef Henry has whizzed up in the container kitchen. It’s our refuge in the heat of the day and a place to park off between rides. Chat with fellow riders, cool down in our eco pool or relax in your tent and spot wildlife grazing in their hundreds on the Simalaha horizon. One of our most favourite activities of all is what we call ‘The DNA’ here in Africa. The Do-Nothing Activity! Do you know it?

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10/03/2024

Do you know your giraffe?

has ascertained that there are four distinct species of giraffe, and several subspecies. The four distinct species are Masai giraffe (G. tippelskirchi), Northern giraffe (G. camelopardalis), Reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata) and Southern giraffe (G. giraffa). Our giraffe in the Simalaha Wildlife & Community Conservancy are, of course, Southern giraffe.

Here’s some interesting giraffe trivia for you this Sunday!

🦒 It is believed that both male (bulls) and female (cows) giraffe can live to about 25 years in the wild.
🦒 Adult male giraffe are sometime predated by lion, while sub-adults and calves are particularly vulnerable and can also be taken by hyena, leopard, wild dog and crocodile.
🦒 The main threat to giraffe populations is habitat degradation and loss, caused by an increasing human demand for agricultural land, pastoralism, and unsustainable timber and fuel-wood harvesting.
🦒 Giraffe horns are not actually called horns but ‘ossicones’ which are boney projections of the skull covered with furred skin. Both female and male giraffe have ossicles.
🦒 Giraffe use their 45-50 cm long prehensile tongue and the roof of their mouths in order to feed on a range of different plants and shoots, most notably from Senegalia and Vachellia (formerly Acacia) species.
🦒 Giraffe often rest while standing up, but new research shows that they lie down more often than previously thought. When lying down, they fold their legs under their body, but mostly keeping their necks held high.
🦒 Giraffe’s patches (spots) are first and foremost for camouflage. But underneath each patch lies a very sophisticated system of blood vessels. A giraffe can send blood through these small branches into the middle of the patch in order to release heat through this system. Each patch acts as a thermal window to release body heat!

Thanks to for the lesson! 🧡

📸 .west

08/03/2024

Today we mark by celebrating our Female Changemakers here in the Simalaha! Given the 2024 theme , we talk about what inclusion means to us and how we can encourage it every day.

Let us collaboratively work towards shaping a more inclusive world for women in Zambia 🍃

📸 .west

07/03/2024

Could THIS be the Faraway Tree? 🤩

This giant and magnificent tree is no other than the Baobab : Africa’s iconic “Tree of Life”

It is a prehistoric species which predates both mankind and the splitting of the continents over 200 million years ago. Native to the African savannah where the climate is extremely dry and arid, it is a symbol of life and positivity in a landscape where little else can thrive. Over time, the Baobab has adapted to its environment. It is a succulent, which means that during the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its vast trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as “The Tree of Life” and it is at the heart of many traditional African remedies and folklore.

Baobab trees grow in 32 African countries. They can live for up to 5,000 years, reach up to 30 metres high and up to an enormous 50 metres in circumference. Magnificent nature!

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Livingstone
10101

Opening Hours

Monday	06:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	06:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	06:00 - 17:00
Thursday	06:00 - 17:00
Friday	06:00 - 17:00
Saturday	06:00 - 17:00
Sunday	06:00 - 17:00

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+260969641797

Website

https://www.zambianhorsebacksafaris.com/

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Horse Safaris We offer exhilarating and affordable multi-day horse safaris in Zambia’s wild and untamed Simalaha Community Conservancy which is on the Zambezi Flood Plains only 106km from Livingstone town and Victoria Falls.