Horse riding was an optional activity on our second afternoon at Tswalu....in order not to lose face everybody opted in & our group ranged in expertise from 'very proficient' to 'never ridden before in my life'. I am somewhere in the middle to lower section not having ridden in 9 years & slightly nervous. Comanche (the horse allocated to me) was brilliant - he pretended to listen to me & I pretended I knew exactly what I was doing & so we reached the sundowner spot together with neither of us embarrassing the other too much - bless him!! That horse has seriously made me consider taking lessons to learn how to ride properly...how lovely is this little scene.....a bit of a freshen up before tackling those sundowners....Kir Royale this time, if you must know...
In case you are wondering where the previous post's inhabitants were during this little episode, I should mention that the 100 000 hectare reserve is divided into 2 parts - 20 000 hectares is fenced off & dedicated to predators & the other 80 000 hectares is safe for horseriding, walking & ballooning and contains plains game, meerkats, giraffe etc.
Sundowners in hand, we survey the nibbles on offer....thought the porcupine burgers (no, not really) were very sweet.....
And then (mercifully) into the vehicles for the ride home......
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