Day 1
Riding: 1 - 2 hours
You will be transferred from the airport to camp in time for sandwiches and afternoon tea/coffee. The Wait A Little team, including Philip and Gerti, are there to welcome you and will introduce you to the safety procedures before going on your first ride.
This orientation ride takes you through the area surrounding the camp as you unwind from your journey and forget yourself in the peace of the African bush. This is your chance to become accustomed to the horses and riding style. You might even see your first giraffes or zebras or whatever else is in the vicinity. Sundowners, looking out towards the Drakensberg Mountains, are a perfect prelude to the generous 3 course dinner, accompanied by hand-picked South African wines, which awaits you in the dining area. This first night, with all its fantastic sounds and noises, is probably the most exciting one.
Day 2
Riding: 5 - 6 hours
You're awoken with tea or coffee in your tent in the morning. After a light, continental breakfast you are ready to mount your horses and go on safari. The weather and game movements will determine your day, but usually you ride for 3-4 hours in the morning and approximately 2 hours in the afternoon.
After returning from the morning ride, a big lunch awaits you with homemade quiches, pizzas or pancakes, freshly homemade bread, different types of salads and greens, meats and cheeses.
After lunch the hardest time of the day has arrived, siesta. You can spend your well deserved rest in your room or at the swimming pool or maybe you would like to improve your knowledge about Africa by reading one of the books provided in the library. You can also simply sit and watch the wildlife pass by.
Afternoon tea and coffee are on offer before the the afternoon ride which ends at a beautiful sundowner spot where, drink in hand, you can enjoy an often colourful sunset!
Day 3
Riding: 5 - 6 hours
Another exciting day awaits you. The morning is similar to the one on day 2, but today you go on an exciting drive to the buffalo project in the afternoon. Your guide will take you to the furthest northern corner of the reserve, all along the Makuthswe River to hopefully find these beautiful beasts. Here you enjoy your sundowner followed by a night drive back to camp.
Day 4
Riding: 5 - 6 hours
Another beautiful morning ride followed by Ana’s famous brunch. In the afternoon pack your bags to leave for sleep-out camp. The luggage will be brought by vehicle, whilst you set off on horseback. Riding south, you will pass between the twin rock formations of Lion and Leopard Hill with baited breath. The gently undulating roads in this area lend themselves to long easy canters. Giraffe, zebras or wildebeest may pick up the pace and run by your side, elegantly manoeuvering through the veldt.
Beacon Rock, your fly camp, is situated at a giant rock formation from where you can overlook the whole Lowveld escarpment. A quick scramble up to the top rewards you with a spectacular panorama over the whole reserve and the perfect vantage point to witness a blood red sun fall behind the looming Drakensberg Escarpment.
Under the stars around a campfire and surrounded by your horses, you spend the night listening to the call of the hyenas or jackals, which might visit in the night. Steaks or chops, cooked over the open fire with baked potatoes and salads are the perfect fayre to help you into a deep sleep tonight.
Day 5
Riding: 5 - 6 hours
Waking to the rich colors of the sunrise the fire is revived for coffee and breakfast before embarking on your ride. Today you are heading South to the Karongwe river where the hyenas often have their den. It’ll be a long ride back to Wait A Little main camp, where yet another of Anna’s wonderful lunches awaits.
Over lunchtime you are welcome to have a relaxing massage by the therapist. There is a well prepared massage room where everything is there for your comfort. Today is also the chance to shop for some branded souvenirs - from fleeces, fleecy jackets and sweatshirts to shirts, T-shirts, golf tops, hats and beanies to bath utensils there is a beautiful and fashionable selection of safari outfits available.
The last sundowner on Wait A Little's open plain will be sad, but beautiful, impressive and absolutely unique. The African fever might have caught you as well and the goodbye can be hard. For your farewell dinner Gerti chooses something special - perhaps game fillets like kudu or eland served on pasta with sherry sauce.
Day 6
Riding: 1 - 2 hours
An early wake up will get you on the horses quickly, so you can enjoy a short, sporty ride before the transfer service takes you back to the airport.
Note: All programmes and itineraries are weather dependent; in the face of adverse, or unexpected, weather conditions reasonable attempts will be made to provide equivalent riding. All programmes are accurate at the time of writing. However, the team may adapt or modify details, whilst aiming to provide a similar experience.
